Midnight Mission to Rescue Rain Water By Deploying 20x20 Tarp in Catchment Basin Pond

This was the first time I had to deploy a rain catchment tarp in the dark after it had already started to rain. I normally try to get the tarps deployed far in advance of the storm clouds during the day to minimize the possibility that I'd have to do so at night when there could be scorpions and other hazards that I wouldn't want to be in a rush around. The hazards really depend on the time of year. If it's the colder months, I've gotta be fast or put on rain gear if I want to mitigate the risk of hypothermia doing work in the rain, if it's the warmer months I have to worry about scorpions and the chance of being injured where I could be debilitated and unable to escape the sun when it comes up. Either way, night time activities take a lot of care and I tried to minimize them as much as possible here. Well inevitably, my best efforts to stay ahead of the rain failed and I started to hear rain drops on the roof after sun down. I knew I could reliably deploy a tarp in the daylight in about a 5 minutes, it wasn't yet pouring rain so I put on a high powered led head lamp and ran outside. I was able to get the job done in a fast an efficient manner. The light worked perfectly and I avoided stumbling, tripping, or losing grip on the tarp. I did discover however that it would make sense to better designate which rocks correspond to which corner of the tarp as I did have to back track a bit to line the tarp up to the right anchor points. You live and learn. I'm glad to know that I'm able to get the job done with a headlamp and still be at a brisk yet not dangerous pace.