Rain, mud cause upheaval at Burning Man festival
1 year, 3 months ago

Rain, mud cause upheaval at Burning Man festival

LA Times  

Attendees walk through a muddy desert plain Saturday after heavy rains turned the annual Burning Man festival site in Nevada’s Black Rock desert into a mud pit. In a statement, Burning Man said the community was “well-prepared for a weather event like this,” having practiced drills and “engaged full-time on all aspects of safety.” Mobile cell trailers would be set up Saturday night, and buses would be deployed to help people leave. “We’re going the other direction, a cooler and wetter Burning Man weekend,” Deutschendorf said. “We’ve got to keep trekking but we need warmth.” When the rain hit, Saylor, who works in disaster management back home, quickly took stock of the camp’s fuel, food and communal spaces. “Burning Man is radical self-reliance, and we’re being put to the test,” Saylor said.

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Burning Man attendees face raging dust storm as they wait hours to leave festival
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Burning Man attendees face raging dust storm as they wait hours to leave festival

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Just hours after attendees burned The Man — …

Death of Woman on 1st Day of Burning Man Festival Under Investigation
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Death of Woman on 1st Day of Burning Man Festival Under Investigation

Deccan Chronicle  

Black Rock Desert:Authorities said Monday that they are investigating the death of a woman at the counterculture festival known as Burning Man, which is held annually in the northern Nevada desert. The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office said emergency personnel responded to a call about a woman found unresponsive around noon Sunday in Black Rock City — a temporary city erected …

Burning Man: Police investigating after woman found dead on opening weekend
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Burning Man: Police investigating after woman found dead on opening weekend

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A woman’s death is being …

A woman died on Burning Man’s opening day. The cause is under investigation
3 months, 4 weeks ago

A woman died on Burning Man’s opening day. The cause is under investigation

LA Times  

Just hours after Burning Man kicked off Sunday in Nevada, organizers announced the death of a female attendee. “Our thoughts and condolences go out to the family and friends affected by this loss,” Burning Man organizers said in a news release. Shortly before 11:30 a.m., emergency services with the festival responded to reports of an unresponsive female and immediately began …

Burning Man: Why the US festival could be in trouble
4 months ago

Burning Man: Why the US festival could be in trouble

BBC  

Burning Man: Why the US festival could be in trouble Getty Images As news of rising prices, intolerable weather and poor ticket sales have hit the Nevada desert event in recent years, some speculate its days could be numbered. Burning Man catches a lot of people's attention for being a hedonistic drug-fueled orgy in the desert… but there's so much …

The End of Burning Man Is Also Its Future
54 years, 11 months ago

The End of Burning Man Is Also Its Future

Wired  

A hurricane hitting the desert was not on anyone’s Burner bingo card for 2023. Burning Man, the annual 80,000-person bacchanal, happens about three hours outside of Reno, Nevada, in the Black Rock Desert every Labor Day. The resulting epic mud pit, filled with all manner of litter and trash, might strain the resources of the Burning Man Organization—the gathering’s governing …

Climate activists protested at Burning Man. Then the climate itself crashed the party
1 year, 3 months ago

Climate activists protested at Burning Man. Then the climate itself crashed the party

NPR  

Climate activists protested at Burning Man. Then the climate itself crashed the party Enlarge this image toggle caption Julie Jammot/AFP via Getty Images Julie Jammot/AFP via Getty Images This year's Burning Man bacchanal started and ended with a traffic jam in the Nevada desert. The first tangle of gridlock was caused by a coalition of activists protesting the alleged complacency …

The Burning Man party is over. Now a massive cleanup begins
1 year, 3 months ago

The Burning Man party is over. Now a massive cleanup begins

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — The rain has passed, and the temple has burned. “They’re forgetting the core principles of the burn.” The erosion of those core principals might be in part because many of the festival’s original attendees have gotten older, he said, and there’s a wave of newer attendees — “the kind that have a couple hundred thousand-dollar RVs and …

No longer stranded, tens of thousands clean up and head home after Burning Man floods
1 year, 3 months ago

No longer stranded, tens of thousands clean up and head home after Burning Man floods

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — The traffic jam leaving the Burning Man festival eased up considerably Tuesday as the exodus from the mud-caked Nevada desert entered another day following massive rain that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded for days. “It was a perfect, typical Burning Man weather until Friday — then the rain started coming down hard,” said Phillip Martin, …

Muddy misery at Burning Man? Not quite, campers say: The party went on
1 year, 3 months ago

Muddy misery at Burning Man? Not quite, campers say: The party went on

LA Times  

As Michael Conti packed up and left his 25-person Burning Man camp Tuesday morning, he wondered what the outside world thought of what had happened at the remote festival in recent days after rainfall turned the ancient lakebed into sticky sludge. Mark Stern, leader of a camp in the Friendly Society village led by Conti, said the Burning Man organization …

Diplo Describes Burning Man Escape With Chris Rock
1 year, 3 months ago

Diplo Describes Burning Man Escape With Chris Rock

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Music producer DJ Diplo recalled his experience with comedian Chris Rock as they managed to escape the chaos of a rain-soaked Burning Man festival this weekend. The Burning Man festival, which occurs annually in a desert in Nevada, has been marred by torrential rainfall that began Friday, leaving more than 70,000 people stranded. Diplo told CNN on …

Tens of thousands still stranded by Burning Man flooding in Nevada desert
1 year, 3 months ago

Tens of thousands still stranded by Burning Man flooding in Nevada desert

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Burning Man organizers said the main road leading out …

Burning Man disaster timeline: How did the desert festival go so terribly wrong?
1 year, 3 months ago

Burning Man disaster timeline: How did the desert festival go so terribly wrong?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “DO NOT drive to Gerlach, you will be turned around — there are no rooms available.” 23 August - …

Burning Man reveals new details about death of man during Nevada desert washout
1 year, 3 months ago

Burning Man reveals new details about death of man during Nevada desert washout

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Burning Man organisers have …

Burning Man death: Chris Rock and Diplo escape Nevada festival as 70,000 stranded in desert
1 year, 3 months ago

Burning Man death: Chris Rock and Diplo escape Nevada festival as 70,000 stranded in desert

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chris Rock and Diplo have …

One Dead, Thousands Still Stranded As Burning Man Organizers Plan 'Burn The Man' Ceremony
1 year, 3 months ago

One Dead, Thousands Still Stranded As Burning Man Organizers Plan 'Burn The Man' Ceremony

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The organizers of Burning Man are hoping to push forward with its namesake tradition despite the heavy rain that left more than 70,000 people stranded in the desert. At least one person died during the rain event, but organizers said the death was “unrelated to the weather.” “Our emergency services department reached a call for service extremely …

Column: The ‘fuss’ over Burning Man proves we care about the wrong people stuck in the mud
1 year, 3 months ago

Column: The ‘fuss’ over Burning Man proves we care about the wrong people stuck in the mud

LA Times  

In this image from video provided by Rebecca Barger, a man walks through mud at the Burning Man festival site in Black Rock, Nev., on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Indeed, though the “exodus” begins on Monday, more than 70,000 people have been essentially stranded for days in the waterlogged, temporary metropolis of Black Rock City in rural northwestern Nevada. Burning …

US: Thousands of people stranded as rains wreak havoc on Burning Man festival in Nevada, 1 dead
1 year, 3 months ago

US: Thousands of people stranded as rains wreak havoc on Burning Man festival in Nevada, 1 dead

India TV News  

US floods : Tens and thousands of people remained stuck in foot-deep mud and non-functioning toilets in the northern Nevada as a late-summer storm caused floods at the Burning Man festival held in the state. However, weather conditions have improved in the Nevada desert, which means that the Burning Man revellers can now start to leave on Monday. US President …

Rain ends and exodus begins at Burning Man
1 year, 3 months ago

Rain ends and exodus begins at Burning Man

LA Times  

In this image from video provided by Rebecca Barger, a man walks through mud at the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nev., on Sept. 4, 2023. By 7 p.m. Monday, the wait time to exit Black Rock City had stretched to “7 hours and climbing,” according to the festival’s official traffic account. “I mean, there was never any …

Thousands told to shelter in place after US' Nevada fest entrance closed due to flooding
1 year, 3 months ago

Thousands told to shelter in place after US' Nevada fest entrance closed due to flooding

Hindustan Times  

Thousands of Burning Man attendees trudged in sloppy mud on Saturday — many barefoot or wearing plastic bags on their feet — as flooding from storms swept through the Nevada desert, forcing organizers to close vehicular access to the counterculture festival. This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technology shows an overview of the annual Burning Man festival underway in …

One person dies as chaos continues at Burning Man in Nevada, rain turns site into mud pit
1 year, 3 months ago

One person dies as chaos continues at Burning Man in Nevada, rain turns site into mud pit

Hindustan Times  

One person reportedly died at Burning Man in Nevada as rain and mud prompted those attending the festival to shelter in place. According to the Pershing County Sheriff's Office in northern Nevada, the death took place “during this rain event.” A satellite view shows a close up of tents during the 2023 Burning Man festival, in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, …

‘This is the burn we signed up for’: Some Burning Man festival-goers refuse to let rain spoil their fun
1 year, 3 months ago

‘This is the burn we signed up for’: Some Burning Man festival-goers refuse to let rain spoil their fun

LA Times  

The phone calls started Saturday morning and didn’t stop. According to a spokesperson, the fatality was not related to the weather: “Our emergency services department reached a call for service extremely quickly for a male, approximately 40 years old, and could not resuscitate the patient.” Meanwhile, by Sunday evening, weather conditions were improving at Burning Man, according to a news …

Officials Investigating Death At Burning Man As Foul Weather Brings Chaos To Festival
1 year, 3 months ago

Officials Investigating Death At Burning Man As Foul Weather Brings Chaos To Festival

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Nevada officials are investigating a death at the Burning Man festival site after rainstorms left tens of thousands of festivalgoers in the desert under a shelter-in-place order on Saturday. “Just walked 5 miles in the mud out of burning man with chris rock and a fan picked us up,” he wrote alongside a video shared to X. …

Burning Man turns to mud pit as attendees urged to shelter in place amid heavy rain
1 year, 3 months ago

Burning Man turns to mud pit as attendees urged to shelter in place amid heavy rain

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Attendees of Burning Man festival have been urged to shelter in place due to heavy …

Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities are investigating 1 death
1 year, 3 months ago

Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities are investigating 1 death

Associated Press  

BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. — An unusual late-summer storm turned a week-long counterculture fest into a sloppy mess with tens of thousands of partygoers stuck in foot-deep mud and with no working toilets in the northern Nevada desert. The party still going,” said Scott London, a Southern California photographer, adding that the travel limitations offered “a view of Burning Man …

Protesters clash with festivalgoers at Burning Man over capitalism and climate change concerns, held at gunpoint
1 year, 3 months ago

Protesters clash with festivalgoers at Burning Man over capitalism and climate change concerns, held at gunpoint

Hindustan Times  

The first day of the highly anticipated Burning Man festival Black Rock City, Nevada took an unexpected turn as a protest erupted, creating a clash between festival attendees and activists. A Burning Man participant evades a chasing firefighter and falls into the flames of the ‘Man Burn’ after evading the attempted tackles of multiple rangers and law enforcement personnel at …

Going to Burning Man? Climate, anti-capitalist activists block traffic into festival
1 year, 3 months ago

Going to Burning Man? Climate, anti-capitalist activists block traffic into festival

LA Times  

Trucks with trailers travel along Nevada State Route 447 through Gerlach on Aug. 23, 2016, to the Burning Man festival. “The blockade is also in protest against the popularization of Burning Man among affluent people who do not live the stated values of Burning Man, resulting in the commodification of the event,” Seven Circles said. One video shows a white …

Burning Man Festival in US Ends With 9-Hour Long Traffic Jam; 'Apocalyptic' Pics Go Viral
2 years, 3 months ago

Burning Man Festival in US Ends With 9-Hour Long Traffic Jam; 'Apocalyptic' Pics Go Viral

News 18  

Attendees of the Burning Man Festival, or “Burners,” as they are popularly known, were reminded of George Miller and Byron Kennedy’s Mad Max, with the surroundings that mimicked the action thriller. Adding to the rusty, drought-like aesthetic was the hours-long traffic jam that the burners dealt with, while exiting from the Burning Man camps. One user, sharing the picture of …

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