in pockets 16 the straps may of any material including rope cord webbing or cable in a preferred embodiment the straps 14 may be between 1 and 3 inches in width in some embodiments the straps 14 may be fully movable longitudinally within the pocket 16 in some embodiments the pockets 16 may be thermally bonded to the tarpaulin 10 optionally any other suitable method such as stitching or adhesive may be used to bond the pockets to the tarpaulin it should be noted that the word u201c tarp u201d and u201c tarpaulin u201d may be used interchangeably fig3 depicts another embodiment of the storage system in which straps 14 within a tarpaulin 10 run at an angle before passing over the top of the storage area in the configuration shown in fig3 additional strength is provided on one side of the storage area by the higher incidence of straps on one side fig4 is a plan view of the storage system of fig3 straps 14 generally provide support in a localized section of the tarpaulin such localized support might be desirable in situations in which there is a prevailing wind that constantly wears against one side of the tarpaulin other strap and webbing configurations may be used as circumstances require fig5 shows an alternative embodiment of the tarpaulin and strap system depicted in fig1 and 2 in fig5 parallel pockets run across of the tarpaulin and straps 14 are within the pockets a perpendicular cross strap 26 provides strength and tensioning ability in a direction that is perpendicular to the parallel straps a center hole 20 may have a reinforced collar or other device to allow perpendicular strap 26 and one of the parallel.