{"id":2020880,"date":"2023-09-03T14:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T18:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-attendees-trapped-after-flooding-turns-land-into-mud-pit-1-death-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T15:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T19:00:41","slug":"burning-man-attendees-trapped-after-flooding-turns-land-into-mud-pit-1-death-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-attendees-trapped-after-flooding-turns-land-into-mud-pit-1-death-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Man attendees trapped in mud pit, 1 death probe."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fburning-man-attendees-trapped-after-flooding-turns-land-into-mud-pit-1-death-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2020880&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attendees walk through a muddy desert plain \u2062on September 2, \u200c2023,\u2064 after heavy\u200d rains turned \u200dthe annual Burning Man festival site in Nevada\u2019s Black Rock desert into a mud pit. Tens of thousands of drenched festivalgoers were stranded on September 3, 2023, in deep, sticky mud in the Nevada desert after torrential rain\u2062 turned\u2063 the annual Burning Man \u2063gathering into a \u200bquagmire. (Photo by JULIE JAMMOT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>11:49 AM \u2013 Sunday, September 3, 2023<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, \u200dauthorities were looking into a reported fatality at the \u20622023 Burning Man festival \u2064as thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-attendees-trapped-after-flooding-turns-land-into-mud-pit-1-death-investigation\/\" title=\"Burning Man attendees trapped in mud pit, 1 death probe.\">people sought shelter indoors due<\/a> to severe rain and floods that left them trapped in \u2064the Nevada desert.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Pershing County Sheriff\u2019s Office stated that the death occurred \u200b\u201cduring this \u2063rain event\u201d in northern Nevada. No other information was made available right away, and neither the victim nor the likely cause\u200b of death were made public by local authorities. A probe\u2062 is still being conducted.<\/p>\n<p>The counterculture festival\u2019s organizers\u2064 advised guests to stay \u200cdry and warm while preserving food, liquids, and gasoline throughout the downpours. The entrance to Black Rock City, Nevada, where the event\u2063 is being \u2062held,\u2062 as well as\u2062 the airport, are still closed.<\/p>\n<p>Event organizers also noted that emergency vehicles are the only cars permitted to drive on or leave the premises.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The gate and airport in and\u200b out of Black Rock City\u200b remain closed. Ingress and\u2063 egress are halted until further\u200b notice. No driving is permitted except\u200d emergency vehicles. \u200cIf you are in BRC,\u200c conserve \u2064food and water, and shelter in\u200d a warm \u2064space. More updates to come. Stay safe!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dBurning Man Traffic (@bmantraffic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bmantraffic\/status\/1698237181456949548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The National Weather Service in Reno said that the venue was \u2063likely to have received more than half an inch of rain \u200bon Friday. Rainfall of at least another \u2062half an inch is \u200bpredicted for Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>At the event venue, roughly \u2063110 miles north of Reno,\u2063 revelers\u2064 could also be seen walking\u200d through the muck, with many going barefoot\u2064 or even putting plastic bags over\u200c their feet.<\/p>\n<p>The Reno Gazette Journal stated that ice sales have been restricted and that there was no longer any car traffic on the expansive\u200d festival grounds, making it impossible to maintain the portable restrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Burning Man, which first commenced on August 27<sup>th<\/sup>, has a yearly tradition \u200cto burn a\u200b ginormous wooden effigy at \u200bthe festival; however, the event was canceled on Saturday night before\u2062 they could take\u200b part in the ritual. <\/p>\n<p>Other \u2063incoming reports noted that organizers would try\u200c to reschedule the effigy burning \u2064for Sunday night instead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">just walked 5 miles in the mud out of burning man with chris rock\u2064 and a fan picked us up <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0uxSXLHgY6\">pic.twitter.com\/0uxSXLHgY6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 diplo (@diplo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/diplo\/status\/1698095454544949421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>USA Today reported that around 73,000 festival goers, or \u201cburners,\u201d as they refer to themselves, had attended this year\u2019s celebration of music and art.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>This year\u2019s theme was \u201cAnimalia,\u201d and the Burning Man website says \u2064that the theme \u201cwill celebrate the animal world \u2062and our\u200c place in it\u200c \u2014 animals real and imagined, mythic and remembered \u2014 and explore the curious mental constructs that allow us to believe that imagined animals are real, real animals are imagined, and that somehow, despite all evidence to\u200c the\u2063 contrary, mankind is somehow not part of \u2064the animal\u2064 kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The event was\u2064 scheduled to come to a close on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story.\u2062 More updates to come. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your \u200cinbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>This \u200dweek has been filled with major headlines in the U.S and around the world<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Mark Mix of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation says his organization is fighting Big Labor\u2019s \u200cPro Act in Congress.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>The Heritage Foundation\u2019s Brent Sadler says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/friday-afternoon-update-soros-da-resigns-bud-light-tries-to-distance-itself-from-dylan-mulvaney-banking-worries-rise\/\" title=\"Soros' DA steps down, Bud Light disassociates from Dylan Mulvaney, banking concerns increase.\">recent drone attacks<\/a> on Russian soil may be intended \u200bto provoke a negotiated solution\u2064 with\u200d Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Joe Biden celebrates the US Jobs Report, hides Hunter\u2019s job reports and delivered some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-covers-up-war-crimes-committed-by-syrian-white-helmets-ignores-oans-on-the-ground-reporting-2\/\" title=\"CNN ignores OAN's on-ground reporting, conceals Syrian White Helmets' war crimes.\">nice gas prices<\/a> just in time for Labor \u2062Day Weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>(Reuters) \u2013\u2062 Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini \u200cis trying to rally other creditors behind a plan to wring\u200d more \u2063money out of bankrupt crypto\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) \u2013 Arm Holdings Ltd is targeting a valuation between $50 billion to $55 billion for its\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>(Reuters) -Meta Platforms is considering paid versions of Facebook and Instagram with no advertisements for users residing in the European Union\u200d (EU)\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>(Reuters) \u2013 Shares in Dell Technologies Inc\u200c rose 22.2% and hit a record high on Friday after it raised full-year financial forecasts\u2026\u200c <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burning Man festival grounds into a muddy wasteland. 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