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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 DonHopkins »

croes wrote: post #97
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…

That's all valid as long as people behave rational, what some people don't do in such situations.

Gee, I sure hope nobody at burning man is taking mind altering drugs! ;)

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

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Post by geocrasher »

somsak2 wrote: post #113
geocrasher wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I live about 2 hrs south of BM quite near the route that all the burners take to get to BM. It's rainy, has been for the last two days. But this is Nevada. It'll dry up and be like it never happened in no time.

> It'll dry up and be like it never happened in no time. With more rain slated for today and Sunday, and the fact that it ends on Monday, I wouldn't be so optimistic.

I didn't say it would dry up today, I said it'll dry up quickly when the rain stops.

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

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Post by chmod600 »

giantrobot wrote: post #99
jeremyt wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you been to burning man, because it sounds like you have not. Food and water is everywhere. They will not run out unless this thing lasts another week. If some people run out, others will have extra. Of this I am 100% sure.

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We are talking about something on the order of a week here. Are you suggesting that survival-level us-vs-them greed will take hold in that timeframe?

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

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Post by hi_dang »

browningstreet wrote: post #127

Another grumpy HN discussion thread. @dang can you take HN down for 24 hours so everyone chills? Feels like everyone needs a time-out. Yes, I know this comment is against the rules… but at least I’m not attacking or misreading someone’s comments.

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

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Post by EricE »

contravariant wrote: post #83
floodedburner wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Just an inch of rain over 3 days doesn't sound that bad. Wind, hail and lightning are more pressing dangers if big thunderclouds develop.

Desert ground is hard and mostly impervious. That 1" of rain will mostly run off from the surrounding area into the now not so dry lakebed. There's a dry lakebed not far from me a little smaller than up there and an inch of rain can easily lead to a foot of standing water if the rain happens over a widespread area in the watershed of that lakebed. I hope they packed stilts!
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