NV - Thousands stranded at Burning Man festival, rain and mud, roads closed, shelter in place, Black Rock Desert, 1 death, 2 Sept 2023

[La Louve]

 

[La Louve]

 

[La Louve]

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Tens of thousands of people who had spent days stranded at the Burning Man festival in a rain-gorged stew of mud and slop began to pack up their camps on Monday and stream away from the sprawling site in remote northwest Nevada.

“Exodus operations have officially begun,” organizers said in a post on the event’s website.
But it was a mucky, uncertain trek. The ancient lake bed where the annual festival is held was beginning to dry and harden on Monday after days of torrential rain, but drivers said they were still encountering foot-deep puddles and stretches of muddy bog along the five-mile route from the camp to a paved road.

“You had to haul,” said Kristine Rae, 50, a physical therapist from Idaho who made it out in her truck. On her way, she saw marooned vehicles that weren’t so lucky. “There were cars stuck halfway up their wheels.”

Burning Man Attendees Begin to Leave Soggy Festival Site

After days of torrential rain, an exodus from the Nevada desert site began on Monday. The festival’s fiery climax, postponed twice, finally took place.

www.nytimes.com

 

[JerseyGirl]

Tens of thousands of people who had spent days stranded at the Burning Man festival in a rain-gorged stew of mud and slop began to pack up their camps on Monday and stream away from the sprawling site in remote northwest Nevada.

“Exodus operations have officially begun,” organizers said in a post on the event’s website.
But it was a mucky, uncertain trek. The ancient lake bed where the annual festival is held was beginning to dry and harden on Monday after days of torrential rain, but drivers said they were still encountering foot-deep puddles and stretches of muddy bog along the five-mile route from the camp to a paved road.

“You had to haul,” said Kristine Rae, 50, a physical therapist from Idaho who made it out in her truck. On her way, she saw marooned vehicles that weren’t so lucky. “There were cars stuck halfway up their wheels.”

Burning Man Attendees Begin to Leave Soggy Festival Site

After days of torrential rain, an exodus from the Nevada desert site began on Monday. The festival’s fiery climax, postponed twice, finally took place.

www.nytimes.com

I saw this video yesterday of some vehicles moving, leaving, or stuck in the mud. At about the 9 min. mark I am thinking the pilot brought out the popcorn watching vehicles try to drive across a stream of water.

 

[JerseyGirl]

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[Gardenista]

Burning Man ravers abandon cars, blankets and own waste

Cars, trailers, blankets, tents and endless bags of trash are being left behind. And Burners who use cat litter to avoid its outhouse even dump that as they leave the festival.

nypost.com