Posted on 09/04/2023 4:32:48 AM PDT by Morgana
Burning Man revelers have been forced to walk around the swamped playa barefoot and survive on tins of tuna after a washout saturated the dry ground.
Torrential rains overwhelmed the Nevada desert, turning the dust into clay - meaning that 73,000 revelers are trapped until the landscape dries up. One person died in the ordeal, it was reported on Saturday.
Festivalgoers dealing with the treacherous conditions in Black Rock City have also ditched their shoes that keep getting stuck in the mud - while they desperately conserve their food and water supplies.
The portable toilets on the festival site also aren't being cleaned or emptied because service trucks cannot reach them - creating 'foul' conditions in the playa.
Campers have had their tents and structures breached due to the pouring rain, leaving many people tired, wet, and muddy.
But it's not all doom and gloom. The hedonistic crowds are making the most of the situation by organizing slip-and-slides and enjoying the characteristically psychedelic atmosphere during the extended festivities.
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I buy at least one twin pack of thick cut every time I go to Costco.
I was thinkin’ - six miles to safety? I used to do 20 mile walk-a-thons in a day. Yet, the Smoldering Man intellectuals couldn’t get a plan together? Really?
They’re sure making a big deal of this. Geeez...Just drop them some food and water...it’s on;y a couple days until the roads are all open.
No sympathy.
These immoral druggie clown-revelers represent America’s problem, in no way the solution to it.
Pray some of them learn a lesson from this and repent.
“Looks like 73000 white privileged leftist jackasses.”
I have friends there. They were saying they are having a blast, despite the situation.
It started out as a small celebration for a guy whose girlfriend had left him depressed, with just a few friends.
It rapidly built up to become a weird party in the desert. But for the last decade, the more “hippy” attendees have been complaining about increasing commercialization, as lots of entrepreneurs had been showing up to flog their stuff. Of course the usual pandering corporations also wanted in on the action.
Recently I believe they are now charging admission.
The “leave no trace” mantra is gonna be a little tough this time.
Link to their updating. They “may” try to let folks leave today:
https://burningman.org/event/wetplaya2023/
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Apparently shuttles were being provided to bring folks back to Reno. 😵
It rained again Sunday afternoon, according to radar. Nobody’s going anywhere. Seeing the drone shots yesterday of hundreds of RVs creeping along, trying to keep from getting stuck, and huge traffic jams, and you can count on a few out-of-gas or broken down vehicles blocking the road.
By Wednesday, the National Guard will be helicoptering folks out, come back later for your vehicle and gear. Emergency centers set up for treatment of “mass casualties.”
Min tkt—$500 x 73,000....... And a lot of the “VIP” (?) are way higher. Yeah, non-profit my rosey red........ Somebody making’ bank.
Barefoot , they’re usually Naked ,LOL
Imagine the smell.
With all the crazy vehicles they build to ride around in, I can’t believe nobody built an ark.
Every buzzard in Nevada must be circling the Playa by now....
Everyone eating cans of tuna.
Something smells fishy!
BURNING MAN - 70,000+ TRAPPED IN A PENTAGRAM AT A “GOOGLE EVENT”. WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON?
https://www.bitchute.com/video/CnYtiQwDjQOL/
Here on the Oregon Coast, my small city has roll-out mats to give access to the beach to wheelchair users and other compromised people. Of course, these are no more than 30-40 feet long.
It’s 6 miles to the highway. I would have just walked to the highway to get out. If you leave at 9 am, you should make it by 5 pm.
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