‘Mudpocalypse’ Hits Burning Man, 73,000 Trapped In ‘Toxic’ Atomic Lake Bed In Nevada Desert
Burning Man census reveals majority of revelers are rich, white, male Democrats – and the average age is 37 … as officials slam ravers for abandoning cars, blankets and their own waste at desert site
A census of Burning Man has revealed that most Burners are wealthy white men who identify as liberal Democrats.
Food and fuel are running low for the tens of thousands of idiot Silicon Valley attendees (and tech bros) trapped at the Burning Man festival located in one of the harshest environments on earth (high desert, on a dried-up alkaline lake bed) in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. The situation deteriorated early when a rainstorm drenched the lake bed, transforming the area into a ‘mudpocalypse.’
Since early Saturday, all entry and exit points of the Burning Man festival remained closed due to the thick, alkaline mud. As of 0900 ET Sunday, event organizers said, “The gate and airport in and out of Black Rock City remain closed. Ingress and egress are halted until further notice. No driving is permitted except emergency vehicles.” Many hope that these Bay Area assholes will “just die” there and save the world from their narcissism and self-delusion. The founder of Burning Man claimed that “Black people don’t camp...” but the reality is that the marketing, pricing, location and media purchases for Burning Man are SPECIFICALLY designed to keep Blacks away from the event because of all the free drugs and sex on site. Most of the attendees are from Google and Facebook who are companies who never hire Blacks.
Workers complained that they got “shafted” for cheap pay while making the event bosses rich and paying for those bosses “nice homes” while they live in tents!
Organizers continued to advise the 73,000 attendees to “conserve food and water, and shelter in a warm space.”
The gate and airport in and out of Black Rock City remain closed. Ingress and egress are halted until further notice. No driving is permitted except emergency vehicles. If you are in BRC, conserve food and water, and shelter in a warm space. More updates to come. Stay safe!
— Burning Man Traffic (@bmantraffic) September 3, 2023
The Independent confirmed local officials had reported at least one death but have not released details on the suspected cause of death. A major concern is that the toxic alkali dust that makes up the lake bed is now three inches of mud, and if attendees aren’t wearing socks and closed shoes, it can cause chemical burns called “Playa Foot.” Long term toxicity effects may cause other attendees to die later on.
All fun & games until that alkaline rich mud sucks the moisture right out of the skin. Those porta johns are filthy and can’t be emptied. On a sunny day it takes 11hrs to commute into this remote barren lake.
Burning Man 2023 pic.twitter.com/qrwsSQMSH2— Mr. Maverick (@TheMan2Day) September 3, 2023
This person really explained burning man so well..like that is a legit safety hazard.. pic.twitter.com/uWNs7VDBHw
— UghGiveRespect 🇨🇩🇿🇦 (@KANA9371) September 3, 2023
More footage of the geniuses who decided to party in a toxic dry lakebed only to find out it occasionally rains in the desert. The majority of the people there seemed to have low IQ’s or were mentally retarded. Many of them thought that having the same tattoos as everyone else would make then ‘unique’. Hot girls, desperate for attention whoring, looked everywhere for someone to look at them. Stanford University showed off the self-indulgent frat culture it had created, at every turn.
Burning Man is a mess. Upward of 60,000 people are literally stuck in mud and have been ordered to stay put.
Food and water running low. pic.twitter.com/HKRZSwkTCY
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) September 2, 2023
🔥☔ Mudpocalyptic at Burning Man!
A challenging situation unfolds as the desert festival site turns into a sea of mud due to unexpected rain, leaving Burning Man attendees trapped. Stay safe, resilient, and support one another, Burners! 🌄🌧️ #BurningMan #RainyDesert… pic.twitter.com/QCVPCeFg3D
— FlashFactsHub (@FlashFactsHub) September 3, 2023
⚠️BREAKING: More than 73,000 people are trapped in mud at Burning Man in Nevada due to major flooding pic.twitter.com/t7asFadYnK
— Everything you need to know (@Everything65687) September 3, 2023
Not everyone’s feeling sorry for all the rich folk stuck in the mud at Burning Man [via @YahooNews] https://t.co/zZi3Cu9ONM pic.twitter.com/9CQsTlSIfN
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And who attends this drug-infested event? The white rich tech bros:
… rich white tech bros.
Surely, these ‘informed’ folks who are now stuck in a swamped toxic lake bed understood it was an El Nino year…
Probably not. They were fixated on the corporate media headlines hyping a non-existent climate crisis (well, that’s according to these 1,600 scientists).
BURNING MAN IS THE LARGEST CONGREGATION OF DELUSIONAL ASSHOLES ON EARTH
Burning Man’s Marcia Crosby thinks it is something else. Herpes infections, drug overdoses and delusion flood the desert each year and everyone laughs at the fools who attend.
The Burning Man desert is full of nuclear waste material from old atom bomb tests but these high tech hippies don’t care as long as they can get free sex and drugs.
Burning Man freezes! Revelers are catching HYPOTHERMIA and fleeing to local bars for warmth as torrential rain and biting winds cause havoc at Nevada hippie festival
- The final weekend of the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert has been marred by heavy rains, transforming the area into a slippery mud bath
- Sources told revelers have suffered hypothermia after freezing conditions took hold of the annual event
- Traffic and and out of the site has been halted, but some didn’t let the washout dampen their spirits as they headed to local bars
Burning Man freezes! Revelers catching HYPOTHERMIA as torrential rain, biting winds cause havoc…
Mud closes roads; Attendees told to conserve water, food…
Death Reported After Storms Leave
Thousands Stranded At Burning Man Festival
Revelers at Burning Man have been suffering from hypothermia after unprecedented storms washed out the festival in Nevada‘s Black Rock Desert.
Burning Man descends into chaos as one person DIES at flooded festival after officials closed gates, ‘trapping’ 73,000 revelers in hypothermic conditions – and told them to conserve water and food
A death at the Burning Man festival amid the rain and mud was under investigation, local authorities said Saturday, and attendees were urged to shelter in place as more rain was forecast. More than 70,000 attendees in the Nevada desert are now stuck with nobody allowed to leave or enter the site following torrential rainstorms, more of which are expected on Sunday. The storms have transformed the event grounds into a muddy quagmire bringing the final weekend of the high-energy festival to an abrupt halt as freezing. Approximately six inches of rain fell on the festival site by Saturday, with an additional three inches expected. Organizers announced the closure of access to the city for the remainder of the event, citing the need to halt vehicle movement on the playa due to the rain that had fallen in the last 24 hours.
One person has died at Burning Man in Nevada amid a weekend of rain and mud which has seen festivalgoers forced to shelter in place.
The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office in northern Nevada said the death happened ‘during this rain event’ but gave few other details as to what the cause was, or the person’s identity.
‘As this death is still under investigation, there is no further information available at this time,’ the sheriff’s office said in a statement on Saturday night.
Chris Rock’s bad day at Black Rock: Comedian is seen escaping mud bath Burning Man festival after gates were CLOSED due to torrential rain that has left one person dead and 73K people ‘trapped’
Actor and comedian Chris Rock found himself amidst the muddy chaos that descended upon the Burning Man festival site and realized that he was one of a handful of Blacks at the mostly white yuppie event. On Saturday, Rock along with a group of fellow festival goers rode a pickup
Tens of thousands of revelers attending the event in the Nevada desert were told to stay put and conserve food and water on Saturday after a massive rainstorm turned the site into a mud pit.
The final weekend of the hedonistic event ground to a halt on Friday night as freezing, mud-caked conditions took over but it even led to celebrities like Chris Rock making a bid to escape the deluge.
‘Do not travel to Black Rock City!.’ Burning Man organizers tweeted, referring to the desert area where the alternative festival takes place
‘Access to the city is closed for the remainder of the event, and you will be turned around’, 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,’ they explained.
Shai Peza of Chicago frolics in the mud and water at Burning Man on Saturday
Dirty D of Los Angeles dives into the mud at Burning Man preferring to move around on all-fours
Shai Peza of Chicago frolics in the mud and water at Burning Man on Saturday
This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technology shows an overview of the annual Burning Man festival underway in Nevada’s Black Rock desert on August 29, 2023 – before rain
Burning Man attendees try to leave the festival in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada
Burners attempt to walk out of Burning Man after heavy rains on Friday night
Following the rains, a double rainbow could be seen over the site
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.
About six inches of rain is believed to have fallen on Friday at the festival site, located about 110 miles north of Reno, the National Weather Service in Reno said.
Another three inches of rain is expected from late Saturday into Sunday and conditions are not expected to improve enough to allow vehicles to enter the playa,’ the U.S. Bureau of Land Management explained.
Revelers have been suffering from hypothermia after unprecedented storms washed out the festival.
Organizers urged festivalgoers already on site to ‘conserve food, water and fuel, and shelter in a warm, safe space.’
Dirty D of LA adopted a playa name that he is known by all week, and declined to give the name he uses in the ‘default world’
A Burning Man participant makes their way through the mud carrying the essentials of water and coffee
The muddy landscape saw organizers instruct festivalgoers to stay put under drier conditions
Torrential rains saw access to and from the site completely cut off with officials concerned should vehicles continue to cross the muddy landscape it would make further travel impossible in the days to come
One person could even be seen with a boat that had been parked up on the site
People use plastic bags to cover their shoes as others are seen with their boots covered in mud
With attendees forced to shelter in place, one person could be seen carrying a case of beer
Additional rain is expected on Sunday and ‘burners’ could be trapped for days
Clothes and shoes are completely caked in mud as they trundle across the slippery site
Organizers and Black Rock Desert rangers are telling attendees not to drive as it destroys the exit pathways
Muddy footprints quickly fill with rainwater following the downpours
They said rain was unlikely to stop until Sunday night. The festival was scheduled to conclude on Monday.
Due to downpours, the ‘playa,’ the huge open-air esplanade where the event unfolds, was rendered impassable.
Those not trapped in the grounds tried not to let the storms dampen their mood, however, with local bars packed with festivalgoers still hoping to make the most of a bad situation.
Upwards of 100,000 people are believed to have made their way to the Nevada wasteland this year, making it among the most attended in Burning Man’s history, and the event is always among the most hotly anticipated for festivalgoers every summer.
But after the heavens opened on Thursday, torrential storms are thought to have brought the most rainfall that the event has seen since its inception in 1986.
Many attendees have taken to social media to offer a glimpse inside the ruined event, with one sharing a gloomy video of the soaked art installations.
Thick, pasty mud surrounded Paul Reder’s RV on Saturday afternoon, as scattered patches of blue tried to break through the gray cloud cover above him.
‘Fortunately we’re in a fairly big camp with a lot of supplies,’ Reder said during a video call. ‘As a community, everybody’s sharing with each other.’
Reder, who has been attending the event for 22 years, said he expected it would take at least two days for the area to dry out.
While he was prepared to ride it out, Reder said some attendees are leaving the site on foot and trekking to the nearest highway about 12 miles away.
The Reno Gazette Journal showed festivalgoers with garbage bags wrapped around their legs as they walked through mud.
The newspaper reported that organizers had started rationing ice sales and that all vehicle traffic at the sprawling festival grounds had been stopped, leaving portable toilets unable to be serviced.
Burning Man attendees try to leave Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert
Even once attendees walk out of Burning Man they are still 12 miles from the tiny town of Gerlach, Nevada
Ben Joos of Nevada and Dub Kitty of Idahot try to figure out which way to walk in the mud at Burning Man after a night of dancing with friends
Dawn on Saturday brought a muddy realization to the Burning Man encampment, where the exit gates remain closed indefinitely
Some attendees appear to have had enough and could be seen loading up vehicles to escape
One man is seen completely caked in mud both on his vehicle and his face
A stay in place order was made in the early hours of Friday night but some decided to try and walk
Tracks left by vehicles coming into and out of the site can be seen on the desert floor
Recognized pathways into and out of the site and now resemble a muddy slalom course
Flood waters sit still in Gerlach, Nevada, the closes town to the Burning Man festival
Some people were able to get around the site in ATVs equipped to traverse the muddy landscape
Officials haven´t yet said when the entrance is expected to be opened again, and it wasn’t immediately known when celebrants could leave the grounds.
The announcements came just before the culminating moment for the annual event – when a large wooden effigy was to be burned Saturday night.
One video on TikTok saw a festivalgoer pan a camera across a platform holding several soggy sculptures stationed on the mud-caked desert.
In another video, a reveler gave their advice about ‘what to do at Burning Man when its raining.’
While they opted not to join others in local bars, they recommended ‘singing karaoke’ and placing plastic zip-lock bags over your feet and walking ‘as little as possible’ to avoid the grubby grounds.
While riding dune buggies and bikes around the Burning Man camp has been a regular sight at the annual bash, organizers have also been forced to ban the practice due to the treacherous conditions.
‘Do not drive your vehicle. Do not ride your bike, do not push your bike around. Remain where you are. Secure structures and belongings in your camp,’ urged one message to Twitter.
Cones line the muddy routes towards the festival although the gates have now been shuttered
The site of the Burning Man festival is a lakebed meaning the site gets extremely muddy when it rains
For some it appeared easier to strip down to avoid clothes being caked in mud
A stay in place order was made in the early hours of Friday night but some attempted to brave the muddy tracks
Those hoping to attend the festival are seen by the roadside
A man can be seen trying to walk out of the site with his belongings including a sleeping bag
These shoes will likely never be worn again following their muddy ordeal
The Burning Man site can be seen in the distance as some attempt to leave the site entirely
The sitting rainwater looks like a desert mirage with mountains in the distance
The festival appears to be the wettest in living memory
From higher ground things don’t look so bad – but on the ground it is a mulchy mess
Following the torrential rainfall, Sunday is again expected to be among the wettest days of the festival and while the rain will make the grounds unpleasant, flash flooding is not expected
Despite organizers ordering people not to drive over the mud, a group could be heard yelling in the video at a large black SUV to ‘stop’, after several vehicles have been stuck in the mud in recent days.
The rain made the ground extremely slippery, with sticky mud clinging to bike tires and shoe treads forcing attendees to shuffle around.
‘It’s just very slippery. And you can’t drive and it’s hard to maneuver through there and stuff like that. [The ground] just turns to like a paste, basically. So yeah, certainly not ideal,’ meteorologist Scott McGuire told SFGate.
Following the torrential rainfall, Sunday is again expected to be among the wettest days of the festival and while the rain will make the grounds unpleasant, flash flooding is not expected.
The Chapel of Babel was supposed to have been burned down on Friday night but remained standing on Saturday morning due to the atrocious weather conditions
The Man effigy, which is scheduled to be burned on Saturday night. All burns scheduled for Friday were cancelled
Dub Kitty and Ben Joos, of Idaho and Nevada, respectively, walk through the mud at Burning Man site
The remnants of the rain are seen in Gerlach, Nevada
Dirty D of LA appeared to be at one with the mud and looked to be bathing in the mess
A Burning Man participant shows off her mud-covered foot
An abandoned pool float – usually worn ironically at the dry, dusty Burning Man – sits in a puddle of mud
Many disgruntled attendees have taken to social media to reveal the aftermath of the torrential storms, showing the Nevada desert transformed into a mud-caked swamp
Some festivalgoers headed to local bars to make the most of their trip after storms ruined the final weekend of Burning Man
Two local watering holes in Gerlach, Nevada were packed after heavy storms ground the festival to a halt
The festival was put under a mandatory ‘stay in place order’ after the boggy conditions caused cars to be stuck in the mud and art installations and structures at the event to become sodden
A double rainbow was seen shortly after Friday evening’s downpours
Friday and Sunday were expected to be the wettest days of the festival
.The roads are so bad walking is virtually impossible, and organizers have asked everyone to ‘hunker down’ and stay in their camps
While the Black Rock Desert rarely gets this much rain at once, the last time it did Burning Man organizers were forced to shut the gate for several days
Burning Man organizers are telling burners to shelter in place, not operate generators or other electrically powered instruments that are standing in water and cover anything electrical
The National Weather Service report for the Black Rock region shows showers continuing intermittently through Sunday night then clearing by Monday
Last year, the festival contended with an intense heat wave and strong winds, which made the experience difficult for the ‘burners,’ as festivalgoers are known.
Tens of thousands travel to the remote area in northwest Nevada every year gathering in the temporary city to make art, dance, and enjoy community.
Burning Man aims to be an undefinable event, somewhere between a celebration of counterculture and a spiritual retreat.
The festival gets its name from its culminating event, the burning of a large wooden 40-foot effigy called the Man on the penultimate night.
The gathering, which originated as a small function in 1986 on a San Francisco beach has a budget of $45 million and is now also attended by celebrities and social media influencers, was scheduled to run from August 27 until September 4.
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Burning Man descends into chaos as one person DIES at flooded festival after officials closed gates, ‘trapping’ 73,000 revelers in hypothermic conditions – and told them to conserve water and food
The final weekend of the high-energy event has ground to a halt as freezing, mud-caked conditions took over, leading all traffic in and out of the site to be halted while officials grapple with how to conclude the festival.
Normally a sun-soaked extravaganza of art and self-expression, Burning Man 2023 has instead been hampered by freezing sleet, dust clouds and swamp-like conditions. Sources told DailyMail.com unexpected issues have seen organizers urge attendees with RVs and large vehicles to offer shelter to tent campers, and have advised people to conserve food and water.
Those not trapped in the grounds haven’t let the storms dampen their mood, however, as local bars have been packed with festivalgoers still hoping to make the most of a bad situation.
Many disgruntled attendees have taken to social media to reveal the aftermath of the torrential storms, showing the Nevada desert transformed into a mud-caked swamp
Upwards of 100,000 people are believed to have made their way to the boggy festival grounds, but the disastrous event has seen organizers urge attendees to now conserve food and water
SHELTERING IN BARS: Some festivalgoers headed to local bars to make the most of their trip after storms ruined the final weekend of Burning Man
Two local watering holes in Gerlach, Nevada were packed after heavy storms ground the festival to a halt
Upwards of 100,000 people are believed to have made their way to the Nevada wasteland this year, making it among the most attended in Burning Man’s history, and the event is always among the most hotly anticipated for festivalgoers every summer.
But after the heavens opened on Thursday, torrential storms are thought to have brought the most rainfall that the event has seen since its inception in 1986.
Many attendees have taken to social media to offer a glimpse inside the ruined event, with one sharing a gloomy video of the soaked art installations.
The TikTok saw the festivalgoer pan a camera across a platform holding several soggy sculptures stationed on the mud-caked desert.
In another video, a reveler gave their advice about ‘what to do at Burning Man when its raining.’
While they opted not to join others in local bars, they recommended ‘singing karaoke’ and placing plastic zip-lock bags over your feet and walking ‘as little as possible’ to avoid the grubby grounds.
Despite organizers ordering people not to drive over the mud, a group could be heard yelling in the video at a large black SUV to ‘stop’, after several vehicles have been stuck in the mud in recent days.
The torrential storms are believed to have brought the most rainfall to Burning Man since its inception in 1986, washing out the normally sun-soaked event
The festival was put under a mandatory ‘stay in place order’ after the boggy conditions caused cars to be stuck in the mud and art installations and structures at the event to become sodden
While riding dune buggies and bikes around the Burning Man camp has been a regular sight at the annual bash, organizers have also been forced to ban the practice due to the treacherous conditions.
‘Do not drive your vehicle. Do not ride your bike, do not push your bike around. Remain where you are. Secure structures and belongings in your camp,’ urged one message to Twitter.
‘All scheduled burns for tonight (Friday 9/1) are postponed until further notice. Hunker down, don’t drive, don’t bike, be safe! Shelter in place!’ added another.
The gate remains closed and no one is allowed to enter or leave via the road or airport, Burning Man posted online.
Sources told DailyMail.com that routes in and out of the grounds are set to be operational again by 11am Sunday.
This has not been confirmed by Burning Man organizers, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the event.
Police and rangers take to higher ground as Burning Man brought to a halt during an unprecedented downpour on Friday, in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada
The Black Rock Desert is experiencing unprecedented downpour during Burning Man 2023
Organizers instructed those attending to shelter in place, not operate generators or other electrically powered instruments that are standing in water and cover anything electrical.
‘In the case of rain, do not drive your vehicle or ride your bike. Remain where you are. Batten down your camp. Cover or secure anything electrical. Check on your campmates and neighbors to make sure they’re prepared, and help out as needed,’ stated another message as the weather turned nasty.
The rain made the ground extremely slippery, with sticky mud clinging to bike tires and shoe treads forcing attendees to shuffle around.
‘It’s just very slippery. And you can’t drive and it’s hard to maneuver through there and stuff like that. [The ground] just turns to like a paste, basically. So yeah, certainly not ideal,’ meteorologist Scott McGuire told SFGate.
Following the torrential rainfall, Sunday is again expected to be among the wettest days of the festival and while the rain will make the grounds unpleasant, flash flooding is not expected.
A bright and colorful rainbow is seen standing out against the grey skies in the Nevada desert
A double rainbow was seen shortly after Friday evening’s downpours
Some cars were seen stuck in the mud with the desert appearing to be more like a lagoon
In nearby Gerlach, Nevada, hundreds of Burning Man attendees are currently stranded for the night
Driving is not permitted in Black Rock City as weather threatens to turn the desert floor into paste
The weather complicated matters as crowds began to arrive at the festival for the final weekend
Friday and Sunday are expected to be the wettest days of the festival
With little chance for absorption, conditions could deteriorate throughout the weekend
Burning Man officials are urging caution no matter how much rain ends up falling
Heavy rains across the Black Rock Desert where Burning Man is being held have forced organizers to ban people from leaving the site as widespread muddy conditions created treacherous driving conditions
.The roads are so bad walking is virtually impossible, and organizers have asked everyone to ‘hunker down’ and stay in their camps
Temperatures are also expected to be far cooler than last year with weekend highs expected to be in the 70s – far lower than the triple digit temperatures endured during last year’s gathering.
Thousands have packed into Black Rock City – located in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert – for the iconic event which has been around for nearly 40 years.
The event has become a beacon for Burners – the name for frequent residents of Black Rock City – who wait all year for the festivities.
Despite its reputation, Burning Man organizers define the event not as a festival but as a ‘community and global cultural movement.’
While the Black Rock Desert rarely gets this much rain at once, the last time it did Burning Man organizers were forced to shut the gate for several days
Burning Man organizers are telling burners to shelter in place, not operate generators or other electrically powered instruments that are standing in water and cover anything electrical
A status update on travel within Black Rock City is expected by 10am on Saturday morning
The National Weather Service report for the Black Rock region shows showers continuing intermittently through Sunday night then clearing by Monday
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Burning Man freezes! Revelers are catching HYPOTHERMIA and fleeing to local bars for warmth as torrential rain and biting winds cause havoc at Nevada hippie festival
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STILL stuck in the mud! Burning Man revelers walk around swamped Nevada desert BAREFOOT with just tins of tuna to eat – as 73,000 are stranded and one person dies
Burning Man revelers have been forced to walk around the swamped playa barefoot and survive on tins of tuna after a washout saturated the ground and trapped them inside the festival. Torrential rains overwhelmed the dry Nevada desert, turning the dust into clay and mud – meaning that 73,000 revelers are trapped until the landscape dries up. One person has died, it was reported on Saturday. Festivalgoers dealing with the treacherous conditions have also ditched their shoes that keep getting stuck in the mud – while they desperately conserve their food and water supplies.
