Wow, much more carnage than my experience I posted about in camping section. How big was the gust of wind? This leads me to believe that rather than an intentionally engineered design it may be a serious flaw. My pole didn’t bend like yours so the fix was easy. Good luck with the repairs.
We got in a really quick storm, camping with family and had way more items to hang on to than hands available.
I repaired it right away, it really wasn't too bad. The hardest thing was rounding up the parts needed.
I'm not sure why the big hinge broke as the nylon pieces should fail first. I think the main design flaw is that the tarp can pull off the top of the upright poles pretty easily. The pole hinge and horizontal pole that broke was the only one where the tarp grommet pulled off of the vertical pole.
It would help to upgrade to upright poles that can lock onto the tarp grommet and that have stake loops on the bottom so that they stay in place better.
