"Curious if the tarptents were reoriented into the wind?"
We had zero wind all day. The forecast was something like 8-10 mph at night. Late in the afternoon we got a slight breeze when we got to our campsite around 4 PM, which is typical in the desert and decreases once the sun sets.
Jace and Jim set up their tents with the tails to the breeze. A little later the breeze shifted and was broadside to the tents. At this point Andy set up his tarp with the back to the new breeze direction and a creosote bush at the back too. Chad and I set up without shelters, but placed our bedding next to creosote bushes to block the breeze. A little later the breeze shifted again and was directly head-on to the two tents. As it got a little stronger, Chad set up a tarp with the back staked to the ground to the new breeze direction. In about 2 hours the breeze had shifted 180 degrees.
I was still not worried about much wind and left my shelter in my pack.
I purposely used the term breeze, because it was not that windy and strong winds were not in the forecast.
After we went to bed it really picked up. Around 4 AM the gusts were very strong. Andy estimated 45 MPH, and it could have been more. But the sky was pretty clear, so I was not worried about rain.
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