Posted on 08/24/2025 8:20:42 PM PDT by algore
A fierce dust storm hit the Black Rock Desert on the eve of its annual Burning Man festival, damaging campsites that had been set up early, participants reported.
Winds of up to 50 mph stirred up the lakebed's alkaline dust so fiercely that participants in the annual art and culture festival reported not being able to see beyond a foot. Still, gates to the festival had opened by Sunday morning, with organizers cautioning new arrivals to "drive safely!"
The dust storm arrived Saturday evening after strong thunderstorms in the Sierra Nevada drifted off the mountains and whipped up strong winds in the Nevada desert. The National Weather Service had previously warned of strong thunderstorms and potential flooding in Mammoth Lakes, Lake Tahoe and surrounding areas Saturday afternoon. As the storms moved toward the desert, rain became less frequent while the wind and lightning remained.
At 5:14 p.m. Saturday, the weather service issued a dust storm advisory for Black Rock City and warned of "a wall of blowing dust coming off the Smoke Creek and Black Rock Desert playa areas is tracking northward at around 30 mph."
The agency warned of visibility less than 1 mile and wind gusts exceeding 45 mph.
A weather station at Black Rock City Airport measured gusts up to 52 mph at 5:50 p.m.
"Every popup canopy I've seen has been destroyed," one Burner wrote on Reddit.
A Burning Man spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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They are considering a new name, the short list is Drowning Man and Choking Man.
One of the funniest episodes of the old sitcom “Malcom in the Middle” was when they went to Burning Man
on the brighter side, at least the floods will tamp down the alkali dust storms ...
Why is it always a burning man? Can’t they have a burning woman or burning trans once in a while?
It is so phony. A bunch of rich white people playing summer camp for hedonists. They store their floats and camp gear at the near by gypsum mine a few miles away. The town of Gerlach has a big sign on either end that says “keep your smelly asses out.”
Although. When the stinky wannabe hippies aren’t there it has a few fascinating geological features where you can boondock .
Are you quite sure it's a Man? Did you see male genitals on the constructed "Man"? (Giving all new meaning to "having a woody")
For all we know, it's been a trans-man (female presenting as male) all along, who didn't have the requisite reconstruction to exhibit a ding-dong.
Can't have a Burning Woman. They're non-flammable. Every female is always too cold, and needs blowtorch-hot flames pointed at her at all times to be comfortable. So Burning Woman would just be a fizzle.
This Quiznos commercial might answer that question.
Burn Trials: Out of the Maze and onto the Playa | Quiznos | Toasty.tv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBVBHRD5lNU
Can one pray the demons drwon like the days of Jesus?
Massive dust storm rips through ‘Burning Man’ festival in Nevada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P586OoTrYa0
Good.
Dust--Roy Rogers & the Sons of the Pioneers (1938)
Dusty Skies--Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1941)
I never quite understood burning man.
I had thought it was some sort of hedonistic thing.
But then, in past years, some people here on Free Republic said they had gone to Burning Man.
So then I wondered what’s up with this event, if Freepers are okay with it?
I’m sure that, next week, we will be getting a first-hand report video on this from Sarah Jane Woodall...
Didn’t Burning Man have weather issues last year too?
Occult Wicker Man, Celtic ritual where the Tech Giants go to recruit. Their equivalent of Bohemian Grove.
Perhaps God is sending them a message.
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