Burning Man disaster

[-FX-]

It was the worst of times, it was the best of times ..

[-FX-]

Based on the complete lack of discussion online, most people don't know what Burning Man is. And most people simply don't care.

[LarsMac]

Try it next year. I'll bring a fire stick.

It was cool when there were fewer.
But this will weed out the Wannabes.

Go home. It's all over now, Baby Blue.

[Stephen Maturin]

Excellent reference, and the tune that should have been used to close out Breaking Bad.

[LarsMac]

Originally Posted by -FX-

Based on the complete lack of discussion online, most people don't know what Burning Man is. And most people simply don't care.

I am curious why you think it a disaster.

[-FX-]

Clearly you have never been trapped by mud

[LarsMac]

Originally Posted by -FX-

Clearly you have never been trapped by mud

Well, no. not trapped. Bogged down up to our belly buttons, once.
But not trapped.

Meanwhile at Black Rock;

Burning Man is a week-long large-scale desert campout focused on community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance

Thousands of people remain trapped at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after heavy rains inundated the area and created thick, ankle-deep mud

The only "disaster" is probably that all the port-a-potties are full.

"Oh, the Humanity!"

Besides, Weather forecast says that it's going to dry out this week.
Only thing trapped will be the shit you don't get out of the mud before it dries.

[Miss Shelby]

Is it a Dickens reference or a STYX song?

[Miss Shelby]

Originally Posted by -FX-

Based on the complete lack of discussion online, most people don't know what Burning Man is. And most people simply don't care.

Coe—RECT!

[Miss Shelby]

Originally Posted by Stephen Maturin

Excellent reference, and the tune that should have been used to close out Breaking Bad.

Nope. Baby Blue is a George Strait song. You’re thinking of Crystal Blue Persuasion.

[Stephen Maturin]

Originally Posted by Miss Shelby

You’re thinking of Crystal Blue Persuasion.

Not at all! The one they actually used to close it down was Badfinger's Baby Blue:

Badfinger - Baby Blue (1972) 4K - YouTube

Which is a damn fine tune, but they should have used Dylan's It's all over now, Baby Blue, the tune Lars reference:

Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue...

[-FX-]

Totally random. And ten times more interesting than alkaline mud.

[LarsMac]

Muddy roads that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded for days at a counterculture festival had dried up enough by Monday afternoon to allow them to begin their exodus

Well, sounds like not too big a disaster.

“We are a little bit dirty and muddy, but spirits are high. The party still going,” said Scott London, a Southern California photographer, adding that the travel limitations offered “a view of Burning Man that a lot of us don’t get to see.”

[Sigh]the good ol' days.
In the late sixties, I worked more than a few such festivals. A number of them got rained upon. The worst was in Palm Beach County, I think. I left a damned good pair of Fryes in a mudpit, there.