Nearly Blown Away at Jordan Lake

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The missus and I are camping in the Poplar Point Campground in the Jordan Lake State Recreation Area this week. We have a site that backs up nearly to the lake and affords us a beautiful view from two of our windows.

We were all set up and ready to begin enjoying our trip when the wind began to pick up. A quick check of the Weather Channel showed a storm heading our way. A run of the mill thunderstorm we can handle. What we weren't expecting was the wind.

Our campsite is adjacent to the cove you see on the left side of the photo. As it happened, the wind came roaring across the open expanse of the lake, up the cove, and smack into our portable screen room.

The wind grew stronger. The pressure on the screen room increased, and we realized we either need to take it down or watch it fly off into the woods. Just as we reached to start breaking it down, the first tie-down cord snapped.

Luckily, we were able to untie the other cords and get the room folded and into the truck before any more damage was done.

The screen room is still in the truck. The weather this evening is calling for even worse winds. Perhaps this will be the last of the wind.

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