>>2718586I camped like that in some really windy conditions, under snow and under regular rain, but not during any powerful storms, when there's a high risk of branches falling down from the trees - I'm a hammock camper and that would be too dangerous for my liking.
If you're really worried, you could take a pinch of dirt, wrap your tarp around it to form a small ball and use that as a tieout, pic related. It should be even sturdier than duck tape adhesive (which again, in 95% of conditions is just fine). I'd still use ducktape though to reinforce material in that place.
If the wind is really strong, you could just make more tieouts, to distribute the force of the wind evenly.