DJofSD
08-26-2014, 12:42 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2734257/Heavy-rain-leaves-Burning-Man-deserted-Thousands-turned-away-gates-deluge-turns-counterculture-Nevada-festival-quagmire.html
Incredible pictures taken from the air show the astonishing number of people stranded in Nevada's Black Rock Desert after rare heavy rains prevented them entering the site of the annual Burning Man festival.
By now it should resemble something from a post-apocalyptic Mad Max movie, a teeming mini city growing out of the sand.
But standing water turned the playa 90 miles north of Reno into a quagmire and police barred ticket holders entry to the free-spirited week-long arts event, telling them not to return until Tuesday afternoon.
Photos at the link.
P.S. Could be a forerunner to El Nino this year.
Incredible pictures taken from the air show the astonishing number of people stranded in Nevada's Black Rock Desert after rare heavy rains prevented them entering the site of the annual Burning Man festival.
By now it should resemble something from a post-apocalyptic Mad Max movie, a teeming mini city growing out of the sand.
But standing water turned the playa 90 miles north of Reno into a quagmire and police barred ticket holders entry to the free-spirited week-long arts event, telling them not to return until Tuesday afternoon.
Photos at the link.
P.S. Could be a forerunner to El Nino this year.