Posted on 09/02/2023 12:45:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Burning Man attendees late Friday night were told to ‘shelter in place’ after a storm dumped torrential rain on the playa and turned it into a giant soupy mud pit.
Burning Man is a yearly music and art festival in Northern Nevada in Black Rock City.
An estimated 73,000 people are trapped after a monsoonal storm moved through Black Rock City.
Burning Man attendees referred to as ‘Burners’ prayed to the ‘playa gods’ to make it stop.
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The Gate and airport in and out of Black Rock City remain closed as of Saturday morning.
According to AccuWeather’s Saturday forecast, more rain is on the way to Black Rock City.
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Burning Man conditions are bordering on disaster with over 70,000 people trapped and sheltering-in-place after rains turned the playa into an undrivable mud pit.
On Friday night (Sep. 1), organizers were forced to shut down the festival’s gate and airport, halting access in and out of the playa. All scheduled burns for Friday night were canceled. As of 8 a.m. on Saturday (Sep. 2), the gate and airport remained closed and festival goers were being told to shelter-in-place. People are not being permitted to drive cars or bikes around the festival except for emergency vehicles. With rain in the forecast through Sunday (Sep. 3), Burners were being told to conserve resources.
“If you are in BRC, conserve food and water, shelter in a warm space,” warned festival organizers according to the Reno Gazette Journal. The news site reported that 73,000 people (a larger population than the city of Santa Cruz) are currently at the festival.
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Well, their problem is obvious...
I loathe and despise “Burning Man” and hope it never comes back.
Watch at around 4 minutes in.
Wow.
Hopefully last year of this embarrassing drug festival. It’s raining nicely here in Reno this morning and forecast to continue through the weekend. Bet it could be days before they can drive out.
Starving Man Festival
This could be the modern Donner Party....
;-)
It’s global climate change, bruh.
That looks pretty bad. Thanks for the link.
The worst thing that can happen to an arid desert is for a heavy rainfall, on soil so concreted that the moisture cannot sink in, and standing water is everywhere if there is not sufficient drainage. If there is drainage, flash floods result.
Those people are fortunate not to DROWN in that saline clay that makes up the playas.
Thanks for the link.
The Burning Man Festival is high on the list of things that I have never had the slightest urge to go and see.
Let them wallow in the mud like the hippies did at Woodstock.
They’re so high, they’ll enjoy it.
And notice in the picture, from a week ago, end of summer and everything is green! Last weekend we did an end of summer trip over to Great Basin National Park, everywhere it is green, still standing water from the recent tropical storm, and flowers blooming. Very unusual year. Here in Reno, no fires to speak of this year. In none last night, definitely snow on the surrounding mountains as their temps drop almost to the teens. Burning Man will barely get to 70 today, 60s tomorrow, and in the 40s overnight. Bet they didn’t dress for that!
Sounds more like Fry Festival than Burning Man, but friggen HYSTERICAL!
Perhaps celebrities can sing out a fundraiser for food drops:
“Here’s to you
Raise a glass for everyone
Here’s to them
Underneath that burning sun
Do they know it’s Burningman at all?”
In a nutshell, a pagan festival. Misleading title. There aren’t 73,000 stuck in the mud. The majority are outside on high ground waiting to enter. Too bad, so sad.
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