We survived the night, but the tent didn't survive the day.

We woke up two nights ago to our tent caving in on us. The wind was quite strong and our tent wasn't shielded. Kristin and i were sharing her tent. After restocking two corners at least twice, all of a sudden we heard "Snap". One of our support arches didn't survive. We went out side to see the damage: it wasn't good. However, a structural fix was do-able. Mike also woke up from the storm and was kind enough to come help us. As i'm holding the wooden and metal pole waiting for the supplies, i see a bunch of lighting in the distance. Uh-Oh! We used a couple extra metal stakes to splint the broken joint and duct taped the entire area. We then moved our tent between some metal buildings to shield us from the wind, although as the storm got closer, I moved my sleeping bag closer to the center, further from the metal building. Even though getting struck by lighting has about the same probability as winning the lottery, I didn't want to risk it. The strong wind continued much through the rest of the night with the tent struggling the entire time. Needless to say, we didn't get much sleep, but the tent miraculously stayed standing. The next day however, while at our worksite we received a call from the farm that two of our team's tents had collapsed. We knew for sure that one of them had been ours. More on that later, as well as our work. We're on the road once again and will be in Billings shortly. Unfortunately, my phone was near dead most of the time at our campsite, but I'll catch you up soon.