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No way in or out of Burning Man after storm

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Re: No way in or out of Burning Man after storm

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Post by convolvatron »

saberience wrote: post #39
Projectiboga wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep turns to a caustic mud. There was a weird weather modification attempt during the 2000 one. Mandated curfew one night everyone ordered to stay in their camps events canceled. Sunny day and 4 huge military cargo aircraft come from east circle and head south then weather came from south west and windy that night. Anyways what ever happened the playa gets less comfortable when it's wet and cool.

Do you mean caustic as in the dictionaty definition of caustic? That is, the mud on the playa turns corrosive when mixed with water?

not even just when mixed with water. you can develop some really nasty cracks and lesions.

Re: No way in or out of Burning Man after storm

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Post by rcme »

riffic wrote: post #44
saberience wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mean caustic as in the dictionaty definition of caustic? That is, the mud on the playa turns corrosive when mixed with water?

is there something not hard to believe about that?

Kind of, yes. Normally one thinks of something like lye being caustic, not dirt, even when wet.

Re: No way in or out of Burning Man after storm

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Post by floodedburner »

jeremyt wrote: post #40

Folks, the article is breathless and ridiculous. As someone who is not there, but who has been there four times and run build lead for my camp... Rain is not unheard of. It's probably pretty muddy and less fun than it normally would be. Nobody is starving or dying of dehydration, and there is no danger of that. Most camps (and many people) have a huge surplus of supplies. Last time I was there, I drove out with a few…

Original forecast called for 1 day of rain at .3". Forecast as of now has 3 days of rain and a total of 1".

Government involvement will incur a fee to the org. All the BLM LEO rolled off playa to avoid this.

Re: No way in or out of Burning Man after storm

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Post by zerbinxx »

uoaei wrote: post #50
nimbius wrote: post #31

this definitely sounds like a headline from the same country that blew 2.3 trillion dollars on a 20 year war in afghanistan to replace the taliban with the taliban, and yet somehow their own citizens trapped at a festival are just going to have to conserve food and water until things get better because nothing can be done. Americans posting in the comments will do backflips to insist this is the best way things are s…

1. Burning Man is in Nevada 2. Technically it's not even in Nevada, it's in the Pyramid Lake Paiute Indian Reservation 3. Kind of the entire point of Burning Man is that you are raising a city out of nothing and breaking it down again within the span of a couple weeks against all odds and in one of the least hospitable places on the planet. This is by design. As a participant you are given ample information and time…

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Re: No way in or out of Burning Man after storm

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Post by Gibbon1 »

zamadatix wrote: post #17
xrd wrote: post #5

Having been there on and off for twenty years, rain storms during BRC are not a new thing. Maybe this is something extraordinary (I'm not there right now) but I really doubt it.

It rained a lot in e.g. 2014 but it was just before and at the start of the event. I don't think there was a time there was anywhere near 73k people already inside unable to leave expecting a couple of days of rain to come right when everyone was planned to head home. At best outlook, this is going to be one of the worst events to have gone to. I don't think it'll be a disaster but I would say it's extraordinary.

In 2000 there was a storm like this starting Monday afternoon. So most people left before or during the start. I think there was only 500 that were stuck for a few days. Since then I've always been aware this could happen. One of my friends was up there and bailed out yesterday for that reason.

One of my long term thoughts about the event is the BLM really needs to require those guys to buy and install ground protection mats to put on their gate road. Probably cost $300k for a mile of the stuff or $10 per participant.

Re: No way in or out of Burning Man after storm

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Post by [deleted] »

jeremyt wrote: post #40

Folks, the article is breathless and ridiculous. As someone who is not there, but who has been there four times and run build lead for my camp... Rain is not unheard of. It's probably pretty muddy and less fun than it normally would be. Nobody is starving or dying of dehydration, and there is no danger of that. Most camps (and many people) have a huge surplus of supplies. Last time I was there, I drove out with a few…

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Re: No way in or out of Burning Man after storm

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Post by grogenaut »

c22 wrote: post #55
floodedburner wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Walking to 447 is 3.5 miles, if I did not have a vehicle then it would be the easiest option for egress.

Last time I was there in the rain I remember walking was quite difficult since every step added 4-6 inches to your height.

Can you make a snowshoe like device to help with this? Not saying to do so and hope everyone comes out merely a bit dirtier than normal.
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