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The Burning Man disaster is ‘a teachable moment’ about climate change
msn ^ | 09/05/2023 | Dino Grandoni, Kim Bellware

Posted on 09/06/2023 8:37:02 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Burning Man is supposed to arrive and disappear like the desert breeze.

Near the end of every summer, attendees of the multiday mega-festival venture to the Nevada wilderness. Their motto: “Leave no trace.”

This year, thousands got stuck in the mud instead after about a half an inch of rain hit what is normally the driest state in the nation. Instead of leaving no trace, many self-described “burners” abandoned bicycles and vehicles on the drenched, muddy Black Rock Desert.

Once an underground carnival for free spirits, Burning Man today is famous as a party spot for Hollywood stars, Silicon Valley tech bros and other jet-set elites. The latest event offers a glimpse at how extreme weather can — and more frequently will — dramatically transform the environment in a moment’s notice.

“It’s a teachable moment, as far as climate disasters and extreme weather” go, said Anya Kamenetz, a Burning Man attendee forced to flee the festival. “This is very much just a trial run under really, really easy conditions for what a lot of people go through.”

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To: butlerweave

Wondering if the rain for Burning Man was a harbinger?


21 posted on 09/06/2023 8:47:09 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Burning Man is held on a playa, a dried LAKE bed. They’re just lucky it was only a half inch of rain. If the surrounding area had gotten 4” of rain, they all would have been turned into an interesting find for archeologists in the future.


22 posted on 09/06/2023 8:47:24 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Typical of the event. Hundreds of bikes recovered each time. Maybe some vehicle recovery this time as well. Guess huge ruts in the playa is part of “leave no trace” now?


23 posted on 09/06/2023 8:48:50 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: VanShuyten

“interesting find for archeologists in the future.”

Yup—they would probably conclude the tech artifacts like cell phones were proof of ancient aliens.

;-)


24 posted on 09/06/2023 8:51:23 AM PDT by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When I was transferred to Reno for a few years I did a lot of hiking in Black Rock Desert, the amount of different rocks made of different minerals was staggering. Every color you could think of, textures, and minerals. Some of the rocks had a thin layer of limestone (inland sea) and some of the rocks were labeled as about 2 million years old and were right on the fault lines of eons ago. Considerable lava rocks too. And these retards don’t even ask where the playa comes from.


25 posted on 09/06/2023 8:51:24 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No, its a teachable moment about the presumptions, arrogance and willful blindness of America’s entertainment-addled elites.


26 posted on 09/06/2023 8:51:50 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Everything bad is due to Climate Change. That’s a fact, Jack.

For example, I cannot find my reading glasses. That’s because of Climate Change. I’m not sure what the connection is yet, so I’ve applied for a federal grant to study the problem.

I will report back once I have faked enough data.


27 posted on 09/06/2023 8:53:32 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: kaktuskid

Rain? It’s a desert. Duh!


28 posted on 09/06/2023 8:54:41 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No one should have to endure bad weather. If they do, it’s the fault of Conservatives.


29 posted on 09/06/2023 8:55:05 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: ChicagoConservative27
But flooding in Nevada is expected to become more frequent as storms intensify and snow shifts to rain due to higher temperatures, according to state officials.

This has nothing to do with the current conditions. Whether the snow melts or it falls as rain, both result in water. Also, the term "is expected" carries the same a priori clout as the word "may"...weasel words used by those who have no evidense.

30 posted on 09/06/2023 8:55:23 AM PDT by econjack
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To: jacknhoo

...teachable moment to the Devil worshipers that mostly attended Burning [Christian] Man.


31 posted on 09/06/2023 8:58:02 AM PDT by JJBookman (Democrats = Party of Devil worshipers )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Of all the millions of storms that happened the last one is always caused by climate change.


32 posted on 09/06/2023 9:00:09 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
It came to me when I was in deep drunken thought. I asked myself why do these leftists constantly carp about the "climate"?

My neighbor is a licensed beaver hunter and is allowed to set traps etc. He says the sound of rushing water drives a beaver crazy. That is why they build dams. Same with leftist - the changing weather drives them crazy.

The leftards are simply control freaks. The fact that the weather is randon and the climate constantly changes over time is an anathema to them. It drives them crazy, they have to control the weather or die trying!!!

33 posted on 09/06/2023 9:00:34 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s a teachable moment for 5 year olds.


34 posted on 09/06/2023 9:00:49 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There was rain someplace that usually has low rainfall.


35 posted on 09/06/2023 9:01:44 AM PDT by OKSooner (Maybe Quix was right about some stuff. Pronouns=(XY, XYim, XY's))
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To: Getready

Exactly. The teachable moment is not to waste a week of your life smoking weed camping in a barren playa.


36 posted on 09/06/2023 9:08:08 AM PDT by KingofZion
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To: ChicagoConservative27

These people are nucking futs. Its called the Southwest Monsoon Season. Its been happening since recorded history. Indeed, I would be more worried about climate change if the monsoon didn’t happen.

FYI: Gerlach, NV (the closest “town” to Burning Man) averages .27” of rain in September, most of which falls in the early part of the month. So-far this September, the area has received .22” of rain. If Burning man had been held a week earlier or this week, rain would not be an issue.


37 posted on 09/06/2023 9:10:50 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If the lesson they learned is “climate change” they didn’t learn a dam thing.


38 posted on 09/06/2023 9:11:33 AM PDT by Gritty (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution. - Saul Alinsky)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
The Burning Man disaster is ‘a teachable moment’ about climate change

That's what so useful about pivoting from the term "global warming" to "climate change". "Global warming" ties leftists down to increasing temperatures. "Climate change" means leftists can use every dry spell, forest fire, snow storm or downpour to push their agenda.
39 posted on 09/06/2023 9:11:43 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Shady
It’s monsoon season in an El Niño year. Plus the volcanic action undersea is putting millions of tons of WATER VAPOR into the air. Sheesh.

Yep. Nailed it.

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, an underwater volcano near Tonga, erupted on Jan. 14, 2022, releasing 50 million tons of water vapor into the Earth's atmosphere, along with ash and volcanic gases. This massive vapor injection increased the amount of moisture in the global stratosphere by about 5% and could trigger a cycle of stratospheric cooling and surface heating, which may persist for months to come.


40 posted on 09/06/2023 9:12:23 AM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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