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No way in or out of Burning Man after storm
- UmYeahNo 3y agoThe article paints a pretty dire picture. Having never been to that part of the world, is the nearest place that could support Reno? I assume this would need a post-hurricane type support airdrop of supplies?
- jowday 3y agoYou’re told when you buy a ticket to prepare for this sort of event - it’s happened before. So anyone who’s actually on their shit will have enough food, water, etc to wait for it to dry out and leave normally. They even explicitly advise bringing a bucket to turn into a makeshift toilet if something like this happens and shuts down the porta potties. That said, I’d bet a sizable fraction of the attendees are completely unprepared or dependent on others to get them ready. Probably people will share extra supplies with them. Maybe this entire event will expose just how commercialized it’s gotten.
- fragmede 3y agoDespite the existence of shift pods, and plug and play camping, it's not "Burning Man, brought to you by Budget Rental" level of commercialized. Thankfully theres EDC and other events to take that stead.
- parker_mountain 3y agoIt's really only a couple of hours by car or truck, on well paved streets. Gerlach is the small town on the edge of the park, they have at least places to stage rescue/supply events.
- mrDmrTmrJ 3y agoThe issues is car's can't drive in the mud. When it rains, in less than 10 feet, your cars tires will be 50 submerged. So you can't even make it 100 ft, much less to the paved road to Gerlach.
- MarkMarine 3y agoIt’s not dire. People overpack, and anyone asking for water or food will get it. There won’t be ice, people’s generators will run out of gas, and I’m sure some people will run out of acid and have nothing to do, but no one is going to need supplies air dropped in.
- braislen 3y agoThe story that will get any clicks though is about the pending Burning Man disaster. Of course no one wants to read about reality and how this is not a big deal. No one will even remember this was a story by Thursday.
- Gibbon1 3y agoThere isn't any food or sales at the event so everyone packs enough for a week. Which really means people pack for two weeks. People also bring enough water for a week of 100 degree weather. But it's not that. Friend had a rubbermaid food bin he used for camping. One time on a walkabout he decided to eat all of it and see how long it lasted him. Lasted three weeks.
- hombre_fatal 3y agoI had to look it up but apparently a playa is a dry lake bed.
- Projectiboga 3y agoYep 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.
- saberience 3y agoDo you mean caustic as in the dictionaty definition of caustic? That is, the mud on the playa turns corrosive when mixed with water?
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- riffic 3y agois there something not hard to believe about that?
- rcme 3y agoKind of, yes. Normally one thinks of something like lye being caustic, not dirt, even when wet.
- jamal-kumar 3y agoWell think about it this way Baking soda (Sodium bicarbonate) is something like pH 8, sodium carbonate (What you get if you put bicarbonate in the oven at 400 degrees for an hour or so) is something like ph 10-11, and is a large component of alkalai soils. [1] You probably won't have a problem with baking soda but the more basic form of it (as we call 'washing soda') is definitely something you don't want on your skin for long periods of time. I suggest making some in the oven to soak some soiled socks or something you have - but careful breathing the dust in, you'll notice that it's way sharper on your nose than baking soda. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkali_soil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkali_soil
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- gmerc 3y agoYou must gather your party before venturing forth from Ironman
- et-al 3y agoFortunately all the participants embraced radial self-reliance, right?
- tejtm 3y agoI would hazard enough do and they will all pull together in the face of adversity and make a good time of it.
- itronitron 3y ago>> radial self-reliance Chakra, when the rains fell.
- Onavo 3y ago> Chakra, when the rains fell. You need the Hiraishin no jutsu to get out of the desert.
- geocrasher 3y agoDarmok and Jalad at Gerlach
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- xrd 3y agoHaving 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.
- c22 3y agoI think the extraordinary thing here is that it's happening right when everyone wants to leave.
- cj 3y agoIs it normal to not be able to leave burning man (airport shut down, no cars, no bikes?) I’ve never been. But the feeling of being stranded with no possible way of leaving would have me going crazy in about 3 hours.
- jowday 3y agoRain like this is rare buts it’s shut down exit like this before, this isn’t unprecedented. Even during a normal year they shut down entry/exit when sandstorms reduce visibility - often for a couple of hours every few days.
- RetroTechie 3y agoSandstorms are obvious a problem. But why rain? There's a road leading up there, right? (or at least somewhere near the festival grounds). Most people will come by car or RV. They can still drive on that road I'd think? If the festival grounds turn to mud, well... maybe a little detour to get back on that road. (personally I'd be in no hurry to leave. But if you wanted to, what's holding you back? Organisers saying "road closed"?)
- jowday 3y agoThe event is held several miles “into” the dry lake bed - once you get off the paved road, you drive about 1.5 miles on the dry lake bed before you get to the “gate” of the event boundaries. You can see this pretty clearly if you look up its location on Google maps. Right now, the event is completely surrounded, for miles, by muddy lake bed. If you tried to drive your wheels would get jammed up.
- UncleOxidant 3y agoRaining Man.
- floodedburner 3y agoBurning Mud
- asguy 3y agoDrowning Man
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- msla 3y agoHipster Fyre Festival
- floodedburner 3y agoAt BRC now. It sucks. Everything is flooded. The man is not going to burn. There are 2 more days of rain forecasted. My guess is Wednesday when driving will be possible.
- naiv 3y agourl is 404 unfortunately
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- Aurornis 3y agoThanks for the actual updates and photos. I’m curious: What’s your internet access setup there?
- floodedburner 3y agoCamp had shared internet from the org. That stopped working so joined the plug and play camps WiFi which is starlink.
- kolanos 3y agoStarlink primarily. There is no cell service out there.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoYou can get a few bars of T-Mobile from the right spot, at least last time I was there.
- anamexis 3y agoIndeed, a friend was just texting me from Burning Man an hour ago.
- wheelerof4te 3y agoIt must be part of the Burning Man experience, right?
- nimbius 3y agothis 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 supposed to work, things arent that bad, its about personal responsibility and helping is too expensive. as a reminder nevada has a national guard and The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. we have rescue airboats, amphibious LVTP and even airlift capabilities throughout the nevada desert at various military installations. theres absolutely no reason to "conserve food and water." casual reminder: tickets for this event are $750 including parking. the idea that help is not on the way (even if it isnt immediately necessary) is a little ridiculous to consider. the event has the potential to cause famine, disease, dehydration and death right now. NV has chosen to make no real effort regardless. no activation or regional planning, just thoughts and prayers.
- idopmstuff 3y ago> theres absolutely no reason to "conserve food and water." Seems like the reason is so folks can get through the next couple of days without involving the National Guard, which is costly. No one's dying; it's just muddy and unpleasant.
- jowday 3y agoUnder the “principles of burning man” (which are largely not known or ignored by a sizable portion of of attendees in 2023), you should be prepared for this sort of event with enough extra food and water to wait it out. And I think a large fraction of the attendees are. If this was the camp I used to run with, the collective response to this would be to view it as an annoyance, but not life threatening - everyone was on top of their shit and had enough food, water, and shelter to last out something like this. And in fact, people would give you shit if you came around asking for help saying that you didn’t expect rain like this. You’re very explicitly told when buying a ticket that shit like this can happen and you should be prepared to deal with it yourself. Whether this turns into something requiring external help or evacuation depends on what portion of the attendees really are on top of their shit in 2023.
- jeremyt 3y agoFolks, 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 dozen cans of sparkling water that I just didn't get to hand out. There are PLENTY of supplies. The worst thing that could happen is that somebody has a medical emergency and are unable to be evacuated until Monday/Tuesday. That's a real concern, but there are plenty of platforms that can land a helicopter if that's necessary. This isn't the catastrophe calling for FEMA involvement that the article makes it sound like. :rolleyes:
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- thinking_ape 3y agoThis is the last 2 days of Burning Man. How on earth would there be plenty of supplies left at this point? I bet most supplies were used up intending to leave tomorrow. If they are stuck there for several days they actually could run out of supplies. This is a weirdly arrogant statement to make.
- geocrasher 3y agoI 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.
- somsak2 3y ago> 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.
- ttul 3y ago“San Francisco to remain empty for two to three more days”
- hindsightbias 3y agoAbsolute paradise. Just nice tourists.
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- samstave 3y agoI've been to BM during a rainy event - the playa silt is so fine, that when walking around, it built up layers upon layers on the bottom of your shoes, and pretty soon you were walking around in lifted Disco Mud Boots with like 6 inches of mud on the bottoms of your feet. Was no fun.
- Animats 3y agoLive webcam: https://burningman.org/live-webcast/ https://burningman.org/live-webcast/ Looks empty. Either few got in or most left.
- galleywest200 3y agoI watched this for a little bit, it does pan over to the campground which is packed full of tents/tarps/cars. But the "main event" area is totally barren you are correct.
- adingus 3y agoEveryone is still there hanging out in the camping section. Riding a bike or walking on the wet playa is super tough as it cakes everywhere and super slippery. Not there now but was there when I rained a bunch in 2014.
- Animats 3y agoBurning Man Traffic @bmantraffic Do not travel to Black Rock City! Access to the city is closed for the remainder of the event, and you will be turned around. 11:48 AM · Sep 2, 2023
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- p1mrx 3y agoThose climate protesters who tried to blockade the entrance are probably laughing now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8fDM60MS84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8fDM60MS84 (Though it seems unlikely that a particular rainstorm could be attributed to climate change.)
- wingworks 3y agoI watched the vid, idk how I feel now. The protestors appear to have been illegally protesting. I really know nothing about it apart from what was in the vid. Having said that, the/some people going to Burning Man, didn't seem like very nice people either. I get that blocking the road isn't cool at the best of times, but feel this could've been handled better. I'm not from the US, so had no clue who Rangers are (are they like police?). To me, at first they looked like hire a cop from the festival. While it looked like the first Ranger truck started a dialog, another decided to go a more violent route. There are a few cuts in the vid there, so it's not clear how long dialog was tried or what happened during that time and how justified the violent end was. Coming from a country where police are generally pretty chill unless really provoked, how this was ended seemed extreme to me. The comments in the vid kinda scare me tbh. It'll all fun and games, till you're at the receiving end, or someone dies.
- zerbinxx 3y agoRangers are basically “the cops” of BLM land, so if there’s an issue they’re the ones who will show up. In general these guys do the best with what they’ve got and they probably hate BM and all the hassle it brings. A normal weekend in rural Nevada requires maybe a call about a rancher’s lost livestock or a normal patrol route. These guys are certainly ill equipped to handle 70k outsiders showing up for a week, and particularly not well equipped for settling interpersonal/ideological disputes elegantly. I think their “ram down the barricade” strategy is pretty parsimonious given the time and tools they have to deal with protests and angry travelers.
- wingworks 3y agoAaah, thanks for explaining. Yeah can imagine they're not fans of the yearly event and the hassle it brings.
- notthemessiah 3y agoEx-Burner climate activists blockaded the BRC entrance for 30 minutes a few days ago. It shows that whatever climate activists can't stop the climate eventually will.
- Animats 3y agoThe live webcam from Burning Man is still up. https://burningman.org/live-webcast/ https://burningman.org/live-webcast/ The camera rotates randomly once in a while, so you can see everything. Not raining much, if at all. Some mud. Overcast. Maybe 75 people total are wandering around in the mud. A few random art installations. Everybody else is probably in the big RV park. Looks boring, but not dangerous.
- Balgair 3y agohttps://bmir.org/ https://bmir.org/ The Burning Man radio station, live on playa. I think they're right next to the livecam this year, but am not sure. If you'd like up to date-ish info on the scene, BMIR is a good enough resource. Seems that most Burners are resigned to getting out on Tuesday at this point.
- Animats 3y agoNew update at 1830 Sunday 3 September: [1] Exit road still unusable for non-offroad vehicles. Current plans are to reopen it on Monday 4 September. Sanitation trucks are now servicing porta-potties again. Comm, power, and emergency services are up. The actual "burn" is now scheduled for 2100 Monday 4 September. Maybe. Reno Airport does not have space for people who escape, but Reno hotels do. "Participants are not being detained. ... The Burning Man organization’s advice is for participants to delay their departures to avoid getting stuck in the mud, but people are free to leave should they choose to do so." "The online rumors of transmissible illnesses in Black Rock City are unfounded and untrue." [1] https://burningman.org/event/wetplaya2023/ https://burningman.org/event/wetplaya2023/
- DonHopkins 3y agoSo who else has contributed to the MegaGoGo campaign to Build A 300-Mile Wall Around SF During Burning Man, a community effort to construct a 300-mile wall in one week and prevent Burning Man attendees from returning to the Bay Area? http://megagogo.co/ http://megagogo.co/
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- browningstreet 3y agoAnother 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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- jeremyt 3y agoWhat it looks like for those curious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wLHcrPA8uI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wLHcrPA8uI
- Aldipower 3y agoWacken also had a attendee limit this year due to heavy rain. People who had a ticket were told not to come.
- thriftwy 3y agoWe had an Empty Hills festival in Russia like this one. Was it 2009? A combination of heavy rain, bad soil and bridges being floated away, splitting the event into two. It resulted in a song how the helpless white collar proletariat lost its self esteem to dirt. Otherwise, was fun. You had to walk for a mile heels deep through dirt field which featured a stranded UAZ 4x4 van in the middle. Next year, they built these massive arched wooden bridges and urged people to stay clear of bridge and keep walking, which gave plot for another song.
- cpursley 3y agoHa! Are any of these songs on YouTube?
- thriftwy 3y agohttps://ru-umka.livejournal.com/787469.html https://ru-umka.livejournal.com/787469.html - now I'm actually not sure if it was made into a song Latter is https://youtu.be/KGymzHBALdU?si=T_ZkOWhatPSFyvGI https://youtu.be/KGymzHBALdU?si=T_ZkOWhatPSFyvGI - anachronistic since I would expect it to be about 2010 event. There's a video from the event, though: https://youtu.be/yIfGwYKPj2Q?si=6UUg5SepczrDME6E https://youtu.be/yIfGwYKPj2Q?si=6UUg5SepczrDME6E
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- Frannyies 3y agoIm curios If this leads long-term to a death of Summer Festivals.
- fragmede 3y agoPosting from BRC via Starlink intermittently powered by solar (it's a foggy day). The sound camps are bumping their music out across playa and people are venturing out (on foot) to go dancing. Hopefully everyone realizes that now is not the time to take a shower and to conserve water and other consumables. If you try driving you'll get about 10 feet and then you'll sink up to the middle of the wheels.
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- standardUser 3y agoThe people I've talked to there are mostly worried about missed flights and missed days of work and are otherwise totally fine. Next time we chat I'll ask about the bathroom situation! Though I suppose if push comes to shove you can always dig holes for a couple days.
- zerbinxx 3y agoYou can but part of the awkward geological/hydrological fact of the matter is that whatever you leave there will be waiting for you next year. 70k people all taking a poo in a basin with no inflows/outflows will probably have some interesting consequences for the otherwise geologically stagnant area.
- giantrobot 3y ago> Though I suppose if push comes to shove you can always dig holes for a couple days. Don't shit in standing water. Don't walk in water you just shit in. Currently everyone is surrounded by water. Shitting in a hole is just shitting in the water you're walking in.
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- Apocryphon 3y agoWasteland Weekend came early this year
- defrost 3y agoIn news just in: Burning Man: Police investigating death during heavy rain https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66700006 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66700006 An investigation has been launched into the death of a person during torrential rain at the Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada. No further details have been given about the circumstances of their death. In a statement on Saturday, the Pershing County Sheriff's Office said it is "currently investigating a death which occurred during this rain event", and that the person's family had been notified.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoSeems I made the right choice by not going this year!
- cinntaile 3y agoUnless the reason you didn't go was due to possible rain, I would classify this under right decision wrong reason. Edit: I seem to have touched a soft spot lol.
- mlyle 3y agoYou're downvoted because you chose to be pedantic about something that everyone, including the original poster, understood.
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- rewmie 3y agoYour comment is noise, and is being downvoted as such. There is no point in trying to read too much into it.
- djmips 3y agoThe original comment is noise 'picked right year not to go' - cool story bro
- cinntaile 3y agoYou would expect the original comment to be downvoted as well if that were the case.
- rewmie 3y ago> You would expect (..) I would not, and a puerile "but hey started it" doesn't help your case. Noise is noise.
- SoftTalker 3y agoHave any lawsuits been filed yet?
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoAgainst who? God?
- mkl95 3y agoOld man yells at mud
- exabyte 3y agoAll hail the Mud Wizard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9l3bLAx4Ng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9l3bLAx4Ng
- passwordoops 3y agoPretty sure there's going to be more than a few against the organizers, and maybe the authorities for allowing it to go through despite the forecasts and not getting people out fast enough. Which is ironic considering the general (or at least loudest) philosophy of Burning Man goers is one of laissez-faire techno libertarianism
- SoftTalker 3y agoAgainst the organizers, probably, for organizing a large event with easily foreseeable risks that were not adequately mitigated. Waivers and disclaimers are not a defense against negligently creating a risky situation. Note I'm not saying I endorse this, just expecting it to happen based on the history of US civil law.
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago> Waivers and disclaimers are not a defense against negligently creating a risky situation. Yes they are. People know the risks and choose to go, it's that simple as far as I can see. I think any case would be dismissed outright. Although IANAL so maybe not.
- dmoy 3y agopreviously (yesterday): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37363674 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37363674
- Obscurity4340 3y agoIt rains on the righteous and the wicked alike
- kornhole 3y agoThis is probably most of what I will hear about at burner parties for the next year.
- bookofjoe 3y ago>Death at Burning Man investigated in US, thousands stranded by flooding https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/3/death-under-investigation-after-storm-flooding-at-burning-man-festival https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/3/death-under-investig... >Trapped in Mud, Burning Man Attendees Are Told to Conserve Food https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/us/burning-man-storm-flood-mud.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/us/burning-man-storm-floo...
- paxys 3y agoWilling to bet any amount of money that the death is drug related. There are a handful every year.
- panarky 3y agoI'll take that bet. I'm guessing something electricity-related during a flood, or CO poisoning from a grill or heater inside a tent or trailer. Also, one death per year is typical. -------- 2010: A man died in his tent from carbon monoxide poisoning due to a propane heater. 2011: A woman died from injuries sustained in a tent fire. 2012: A man was found dead in his tent; the cause was not publicly disclosed. 2014: A woman was struck and killed by a bus carrying festival participants. 2015: A man died from a fall at his campsite. 2017: A man ran into a fire and died from burn injuries. 2018: A man was found unresponsive in his vehicle and later pronounced dead; the cause was not publicly disclosed. 2019: A death was reported, but the cause was not publicly disclosed.
- globalise83 3y agoThis is totally standard for all British music festivals since they were invented, don’t see what the drama is about.
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- dwb 3y agoThe Black Rock Desert is way more remote (certainly from Reno, and possibly even from Gerlach) than any British music festival I've been to, I'd much rather get stuck in your average British mud than the lake-bed clay that's up there, and then there's the climate. I say this having been to both – they're very different.
- spondylosaurus 3y agoBig rainfall in the desert can get pretty nasty. One reason (among others) is that a lot of deserts rest on caliche, which is a hard layer of clay-ish soil that doesn't absorb water very well. So instead of soaking into the ground, water flows over the ground, and that's how you get flash flooding. In Black Rock specifically, they're also setting up camp on a literal dried-up lake bed, so when the playa floods it turns back into a huge, muddy lake.
- ksaj 3y agoYup. Also Woodstock got famously rained upon, and people just went along with all the mud.
- CraigRo 3y agoWhat am I missing here? Flat walk in comfortable temps in a straight line. 5 miles with a bit of rain and some mud. I wouldn't do this in heels, but this doesn't seem life threatening
- TuringNYC 3y agoI thought the same, but from what I understand - Large portion has no mobile phone coverage - Areas with so much rain that it is like mud + quicksand (no experience with this, is this the case?) - Heavy rain + clay makes shoes stick with each step - No lights - Some people have gone to burning man with children (didnt know this was possible) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/01/2023-burning-man-kidsville-parents-bring-children/70736950007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/01/2023-b... - Rain continues so unclear if the better decision is to stay put vs walk - 70,000 people stuck
- CraigRo 3y agoA 4 year old can walk 5 miles. You don't need cell service- if you can read a map, or just look for landmarks, you will be fine. Moon is still bright. Walking though mud is annoying but easier than deep snow. Getting your stuff back might be annoying, but there's no reason most of these people couldn't walk out of they had to. I've been stranded by a natural disaster-waited a few days and hitchhiked out after fording a river that took out the only bridge. This is just sensationalist stuff; a few tech bros will miss work on Tuesday, but that's the major effect
- theshrike79 3y agoHere's video of the site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wLHcrPA8uI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wLHcrPA8uI So you're suggesting people just leave everything there and walk 5 miles to the road and get a ride home. Maybe come back later to see if anything is left?
- nonstopdev 3y agoBeing in a desert during an El Niño season is a poor decision. It does rain occasionally and I don’t think people going to camp with a days worth of food in small tents understand the risk of a desert climate. Also, it’s not that remote. Diplo and Chris Rock walked 5 miles out of the site and got picked up and driven back so while the situation does suck, it’s not like they are alone in the great white north 100 miles from civilization. It’s off a road only a few miles.
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- PhasmaFelis 3y agoThe first few paragraphs are confusing. Are the attendees unable to drive out through the mud, or are they forbidden to try by local authorities? Or some of both, forbidden to try because they might get stuck even worse?
- jtriangle 3y agoThey can if they'd like to, but they're unable. The kind of mud they're dealing with is very slippery, so, unless you bring a vehicle specifically designed for it, you're not going to be able to drive on it without being sunk up to your axles.
- mlyle 3y agoIt's strongly discouraged: if people drive and get badly stuck clogging the roads and exit gate, the problem will be even worse and the bulk of the people will be stuck for even longer. "Please do NOT drive at this time. Road conditions differ based on the neighborhood. We will update you on the driving ban after this weather front has left the area. It will hamper Exodus if we have cars stuck on roads in our camping areas, or on the Gate Road out of the city. PLEASE don’t be that person. The roads will dry. The issue is NO LONGER ruining the roads (that is the concern before we start the event), but once we are in Exodus we need the roads to be clear, and not to have vehicles blocking traffic flow."
- 2c2c2c 3y agothere's a good image of a jeep that attempted to drive out that is fossilized half way up in dried mud at this point
- rdl 3y agoThat image (if it's the one circulating on twitter) is from years ago and not this event.
- harambae 3y agoWould scoop tires work? (If you brought them along on a spare set of rims and swapped them when it became clear what weather was coming)