Arts & Entertainment Gigantic Dust Storms Led to Reported Ten-Hour Wait to Leave Burning Man on Monday Extreme weather caused massive backups in the line out of Burning Man for the second consecutive year on Monday, and car rental companies are vowing to charge hundreds of dollars if they find a speck of that incriminating desert dust on their vehicles.
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man Passed Its Cleanup Inspection — Barely — and Can Return to Black Rock Desert Next Year After downpours and mud floods led to a fair amount of abandoned matter on the playa after Burning Man 2023, the clean-up effort just barely managed to pass its federal inspection, and the event has the go-ahead to return to the Black Rock Desert next year.
SF News Burning Man Doused by Rare Desert Rains, Turning Festival Into Muddy Nightmare for 70,000+ Festival-Goers Trapped in Playa Organizers shut down the festival's entrance gate and airport on Friday night amid stormy weather, effectively isolating everyone within the playa, who they urged to "shelter in place" and ration resources.
SF News Burning Man Gate Closed Due To Rain, No One Getting In Until Midday Tuesday [Updated] Burning Man has closed its gate due to rain, at least through tonight and maybe until tomorrow morning, and no one is getting into the festival. In a series of tweets starting this
