lost my mega tree in the wind today. i thought i learned from my first year(same thing) but i guess not. didn't have any issues last year and it was just as windy at times. SO TO ALL YOU NEW GUYS, MAKE SURE YOU TIE IT DOWN VERY WELL. IF YOU THINK IT'S OVERKILL, IT'S PROBABLY JUST RIGHT! we spend way too much time and money on this stuff to have mother nature wipe it out in a matter of a couple of hours. not too mention my wife is having surgery tomorrow so my next 4 or 5 days will be sitting in the house making sure she has what she needs so i'll be lucky to get my tree back up in time for this weekends scheduled show start. i hope every one else makes it threw the day with out problems.