A Burning Man festival goer shows bleak conditions after the chaotic floods
More chaos erupts at the Burning Man festival as revelers clash over the exodus from the Nevada desert.
Attendees finally began leaving town in Black Rock City on Monday afternoon after severe flooding and muddy conditions left thousands stranded over the weekend.
During the exodus, Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen said attendees “attacked” each other as they waited eight hours to leave.
“As often happens in what Berner refers to as the ‘virtual world’,” he said, “people allow their emotions to override their rationality and attack each other as they leave the quagmire and try to reach their next destination.” San Francisco Chronicle.
The man who died during the festival has also been identified as 32-year-old Leon Reyes. His death is currently being investigated but is said to not be weather related.
Meanwhile, officials continue to stir up conspiracies, including a debunked theory that the festival has been hit by an Ebola outbreak.
The annual burning of the man took place on Monday evening, after it was delayed due to weather conditions.
ICYMI: The Sheriff’s Office names the man who died in Burning Man
Authorities on Monday revealed the identity of the man who died at the Burning Man festival as thousands of attendees began their exodus from the northern Nevada desert after heavy rains.
The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 32-year-old Leon Reese.
Authorities received a call at around 6.24pm (local time) on Friday about an unresponsive man on the ground in the ephemeral city of Black Rock, Sheriff Jerry Allen.
The man was being given CPR by the festival’s medical staff as flooding in Playa due to heavy rains delayed the arrival of the deputies.
By the time the deputies arrived, the festival doctor had pronounced Reese dead, Sheriff Allen said San Francisco Chronicle.
Ariana BayouSeptember 5, 2023 at 23:00
Burning Man 2023 was an undeniable disaster. But these conspiracy theories are not part of it
While 70,000 Burning Man festival-goers braved the weather, rumors of an Ebola outbreak were reported to have sent panic across the desert city. It was another wild conspiracy theory created by bad actors in Elon Musk’s X movie.
Ariana BayouSeptember 5, 2023 at 22:00
Pictures: Incense burners leave this year’s festival
People wait in line for the bus to leave the Burning Man Festival in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, September 04, 2023.
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Vehicles are seen leaving the Burning Man Festival in Black Rock City, Nevada
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Ariana BayouSeptember 5, 2023 at 21:00
Viral country star Oliver Anthony is among those “trapped” in Burning Man in the chaos of the flood
Oliver Anthony, the country artist behind the hit song “Rich Men North of Richmond,” was apparently among those stranded at the Burning Man festival in Nevada.
Ariana BayouSeptember 5, 2023 at 20:30
Traffic moves “smoothly” outside of Black Rock Desert
As of Tuesday morning PT, traffic is moving out of the Black Rock Desert, as Burning Man attendees leave the nine-day festival, “smoothly.”
Checkout time was about 2-3 hours at 10am PT.
Ariana BayouSeptember 5, 2023 at 20:00
The mayor of Nevada is dismissing wild conspiracy theories about the Burning Man
A local sheriff in Nevada has been forced to dethrone the wild conspiracy theories that continue to circulate online about Burning Man.
A wave of misinformation has swept across the city of Blackrock and online on X, formerly known as Twitter, and TikTok, as the site turned into a whitewashing operation over the weekend.
One of the biggest false rumors was of an Ebola outbreak at the festival, with some of the conspirators claiming that there were several deaths from the disease.
Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen responded to the rumors in a statement about the event on Monday.
“In consultation with the Bureau of Land Management and the Burning Man Project, there are no reports of an outbreak of Ebola or any other disease,” he said.
Ariana BayouSeptember 5, 2023 at 18:00
WATCH: Burning Man attendees begin five-mile exodus from desert site after flooded festival ends
Burning Man attendees leave the site after the flooded festival is over
Ariana BayouSeptember 5, 2023 at 17:00
Burning Man revelers “attack” each other during the exodus from the Drift Festival
Burning Man’s mayhem isn’t over yet, as annoyed revelers attack each other as they exit the festival site.
After a long weekend full of mishaps and extreme weather – in which a large amount of rain turned the parched desert floor into a mud pit – tensions rose among some festival-goers on Monday.
Ariana BayouSeptember 5, 2023 at 16:30
Sunny weather is expected
After heavy rain left most of Burning Man waterlogged and wet, the ground is expected to dry out on Tuesday.
The National Weather Service (NWS) indicated that sunny weather in the 80s is expected today – providing the perfect conditions for many of the attendees to leave after the rain.
Ariana BayouSeptember 5, 2023 at 16:00
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