this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2023
15 points (100.0% liked)

News

51 readers
1 users here now

Breaking news and current events worldwide.

founded 2 years ago
15
Rain and mud leave Burning Man revelers stranded in Nevada desert (www.reuters.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Madison_rogue@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social
5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of revelers attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert have been asked to shelter in place and conserve food and water on Saturday after a rainstorm turned the site into mud.

Access to and from Black Rock City, the event's site, was closed "for the remainder of the event," organizers said in a statement on social media.

"Rain over the last 24 hours has created a situation that required a full stop of vehicle movement on the playa. More rain is expected over the next few days and conditions are not expected to improve enough to allow vehicles to enter the playa," the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said, according to local media reports.

top 5 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If the rain keeps up they'll have to rename the festival "Man".

[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Ha! That got a chuckle out of me. If it gets much worse, perhaps they could go with "Drowning Man."

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

I find this just a little bit funny after the internet collectively freaked out about the climate protestors blocking people from going to Burning Man.

Mother Earth's like "nah, you gonna care about climate change."

[–] paper_clip@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

"And then, the cannibalism started..."

[–] jeebus@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

My friend from Ireland is there on his first visit. He brought the rain. HAHAHAH