Actually, what I've described as "significant weather events" are close enough to normal for our festival that it's pretty much what we expect. Elsewhere, where normal is a little more normal, those less prepared are likely to survive, and so far as I know we haven't lost anyone due just to the weather.

At one "classic Windfield," after a bone dry day when the temp topped 100 F, we crawled into the sacks (mostly tents then) and woke up the next morning with about 5 inches of water in the middle of the camp with ice on the surface. Late September does have a tendency to be "variable" here.

I still wonder at the speed with which EMS found our camper, although we had a couple of things going for us. It's one of only two sold in Kansas, that I was able to confirm, with the "Thumper" model name, with recognition facilitated by Lin's artwork (a classic "Thumper Bunny") to add a little distinction, AND - I guess we're sort of "notorious" among the regulars. Quite a few people now refer to us as Mr & Mrs Thumper, although the incident came before that was well established. (Fame is a terrible burden, but it comes in handy sometimes.)

John