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Hi Lacey,
The grid walls have no weight to them so they will definitely behave like sails. My tent experience is pretty limited but 100% has been in horrible winds.
I have Armstong carpeted walls which are a lot heavier than grid. Also much more difficult to handle on your own.
I made weights for each corner of the tent, out of 4 foot lenghts of 4-5" PVC piping from Home Depot. Buy one PVC cap for the bottom of each 4 ft length. . Buy long augers with sturdy handles to set into the tubes. Cap the bottoms, mix up cement and fill the tubes with augers in place. Let the cement set.
Attach the handles of the tubes to the tent corners with ratchet straps and bungee cords.
In one VERY windy situation my tent neighbors bungee corded my tent to theirs to add to the weight . If it is really windy, you might be better with the walls up. But is it's that bad, I'm with Heidi, head for the hills. Tent shows are REALLY hard.
Tomorrow I will pull out my weights and take a picture to add to this post.
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