Russo Steel carnage pics...

[Roadster Shop]

Originally Posted by ProTouring442

They (R&S) relied on a company who does this sort of thing to provide a secure tent. I don't know what the winds were in the area, but it is quite possible that the winds were simply too much for any reasonably secured tent of this style. Frankly, one good micro-burst may have been enough to cause the sort of damage seen here, and I am not sure any tent manufacturer or installer can really prepare for such occurrences.

We seem to forget, sometimes when Mother Nature gets pissed off, all we can do is run and hope like hell we survive.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

There was an art fair in the same parking lot, less than 500 yards away. They had 4 good sized tents up and there was no damage what so ever. The tents were staked into the ground which was basically packed sand and dirt. After 2 days of rain the ground was extremely soft and gave way. They started trucking in concrete barriers Thursday afternoon as if they knew the tents wouldn't hold, but never got them unloaded off the semi's.