I've had some damage to the poles on my old Sierra Designs three season, Half Moon tent in a couple feet of fresh snow overnight. The high winds kept it blown off, but deformed my tent pretty good. I was awake most if not all of the night, my feet and hands supporting the poles thru the material the best I could. Wind sounded like a freight train a comin. There were 8 of us out in the Carson Pass area of CA. One fellow left his hammock early on, another had his tent blow over and lost some gear, so three guys stayed in a two person tent. We snow shoed out the next morning without breakfast. Tough going thru meadows. I was able to get most of the bend out of my poles, still use that tent, but relegated to car camping now.
Duane