The kids ranged in age from 5 to 13, that was a factor too - quite honestly, it's easier when they are younger and unaware of what a howling wind in the forest means - my daughter, who has seen what happens when a large branch falls on my car (happened twice) knows that the tent isn't going to stop any of those big branches way up there - she clung to me like a little monkey all night long.
Sadly, there was a fatality along these lines just a few days ago.
"GRAND FORKS, B.C. - An 11-year-old boy is dead in British Columbia's southern Interior after trees crushed his summer camp cabin during a severe storm.
Police say the accident took place Friday afternoon at the Pines Bible Camp in Grand Forks, B.C., 523 kilometres east of Vancouver and near the border with the United States.
They say that during the storm, winds snapped off trees, causing two to fall through the roof of a hut, crushing the boy who was inside.
Police say several other children were also injured during the incident."http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Fa...0543/story.html
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