{"id":2021536,"date":"2023-09-04T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T19:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-ceo-says-there-is-no-cause-for-panic-amid-chaos\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T16:00:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:00:03","slug":"burning-man-ceo-says-there-is-no-cause-for-panic-amid-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-ceo-says-there-is-no-cause-for-panic-amid-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Man CEO assures no need to panic amidst chaos."},"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-ceo-says-there-is-no-cause-for-panic-amid-chaos%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=2021536&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Thousands of Burning Man Attendees Advised to Delay \u200bDeparture\u200d Due to \u200bMud<\/h2>\n<p>Thousands \u2063of Burning Man \u200cattendees who are stuck at the festival in the\u2063 Nevada desert due to mud are being advised to leave on\u2062 Tuesday, according \u200bto organizers, as the CEO told people to stay calm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsider delaying your departure from Black Rock City until Tuesday 9\/5. This will alleviate large amounts of congestion throughout the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-i-have-an-ambition-to-unite-our-country\/\" title=\"Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson: \u2018I Have An Ambition To Unite Our Country\u2019\">day today<\/a>, Monday 9\/4,&#8221; said an update on\u2062 the\u2064 official <a href=\"https:\/\/burningman.org\/event\/wetplaya2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The social \u2064media account Burning Man Traffic, which posts updates about the event,\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bmantraffic\/status\/1698772488598298834?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a> at about 11 a.m. eastern time that Gate \u200cRoad &#8220;remains too wet [and] muddle for most \u2064vehicles to safely navigate,&#8221; but it is &#8220;drying.&#8221;\u200b The &#8220;exodus&#8221; is most\u2062 likely \u2062going to start at around &#8220;midday&#8221; on Monday, it said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related \u200dStories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/thousands-of-burning-man-attendees-stranded-in-rain-mud-in-desert-5485601\">One Death Reported as Thousands of Burning Man Attendees Stranded in Rain, Mud in Desert<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/2\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/burning-man-a-disaster-like-its-never-been-seen-seasoned-reveler-on-nevada-festival-storm-5485927\">Burning Man a Disaster Like It&#8217;s &#8216;Never \u2062Been Seen\u2019: Seasoned Reveler on Nevada Festival Storm<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/4\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Organizers \u2063also \u2064asked attendees not to walk out of the Black Rock Desert, about 110 \u2063miles north of Reno, as others had done throughout the \u2062weekend, including \u2063celebrity DJ Diplo and comedian Chris Rock. They didn\u2019t specify why.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obey all\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cow-still-at-large-after-breaking-free-from-slaughter-spotted-abiding-traffic-laws\/\" title=\"Cow Still At Large After Breaking Free From Slaughter, Spotted Abiding Traffic Laws\">traffic laws<\/a> and\u2062 respect our neighbors and law enforcement as you travel through Gerlach, Empire, Nixon, \u2064and Wadsworth, and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe reservation,&#8221; the update \u200dalso stated.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as\u200b reports say the area\u2063 is beginning to dry \u2062due to more sunny conditions. Some 70,000 people are estimated to be stuck there due to the \u200dmuddy conditions, while\u200b at least one death\u200b has been reported.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Chenard, a forecaster with the National\u2063 Weather Prediction Center, said the\u200c rain is now gone.\u00a0&#8220;Yep,\u2062 the rain cleared out of there,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;ll be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-festival-exodus-set-to-start-through-drying-mud\/\" title=\"Burning Man Festival Exodus Begins Amid Drying Mud.\">sunny today<\/a> \u200dwith temperatures in the \u206270s (Fahrenheit).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the CEO of the organization, Marian Goodell, said\u200b &#8220;there is no cause for panic&#8221; and\u2063 urged people\u00a0who are still stuck in the muddy Nevada desert to remain calm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve\u2063 made it really clear that we do not\u2062 see this as an evacuation situation,\u201d she told NBC News on Sunday. \u201cThe water is drying \u200dup.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Dub\u2063 Kitty and Ben Joos \u2063walk through\u200c the\u2062 mud at\u200b Burning Man after a night of \u2064dancing with friends in Black Rock City in the \u200dNevada desert on Sept. 2, 2023, \u200cafter a rainstorm\u2063 turned the site into mud.\u200d (Trevor Hughes\/USA Today Network via Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Flooding\u2063 Begins<\/h2>\n<p>The chaos started on Sept. 1 when event attendees, known as &#8220;burners,&#8221; \u2062were told to shelter in place to conserve water, fuel, and food after flooding\u200c transformed the dried up alkaline lake bed into\u200c a muddy pit. Organizers closed \u2063the roads and gates on Saturday after they became impassable for many vehicles due to the muddy conditions and as vehicles got stuck.<\/p>\n<p>The road closures \u2062came just before \u201cthe Man\u201d was to be set on fire on Saturday night. \u200bThe event traditionally culminates in the torching of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-ceo-says-there-is-no-cause-for-panic-amid-chaos\/\" title=\"Burning Man CEO assures no need to panic amidst chaos.\">large wooden effigy shaped<\/a> like a man and a wooden\u200d temple structure during\u200b the final two nights, but the fires were postponed to Monday night as authorities \u200dworked\u2063 to reopen exit routes by the end of the Labor Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The annual gathering, which launched \u2063on\u200b a San Francisco\u200d beach in 1986, attracts nearly 80,000 artists,\u2063 musicians, and activists for a mix of wilderness camping and performances. Disruptions are part of the event\u2019s recent \u200chistory: Dust storms forced organizers to temporarily close entrances to the\u200d festival in\u2063 2018, and the \u200devent was twice canceled altogether during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>At least one fatality has been reported, but organizers said \u200dthe death of a man in his 40s wasn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-issues-disaster-declaration-for-texas-amidst-severe-winter-weather\/\" title=\"Biden Issues Disaster Declaration For Texas Amidst Severe Winter Weather\">weather-related<\/a>. The sheriff of nearby Pershing County said he \u2063was investigating \u2063but\u200b has not identified the man \u2062or a\u200c cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe \u2062Biden told reporters in Delaware on Sunday that \u200dhe was aware of the situation \u200bat Burning Man, including the death, and that the White House was\u200d in touch with local\u200c authorities.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A\u2062 Burning Man participant walks their bike through the mud near the exit,\u2063 after a severe \u2062rainstorm left tens of thousands of revelers \u2064attending the annual festival stranded in mud in \u2062Black Rock City, in the\u200d Nevada desert on Sept. 3, 2023. (Trevor Hughes\/USA Today Network via Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Attendees Trying to Leave<\/h2>\n<p>The event began Aug. 27 and had been scheduled to end Monday\u200d with attendees\u200d packing up and cleaning up after themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Local officials \u2064have said hotels can help some attendees, but the airport in Reno may not be able to deal with\u2064 all \u2064the travelers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are discouraging people from camping out at the airport. We really don\u2019t have \u200bthe space,\u201d Reno-Tahoe \u200cInternational Airport\u2064 spokesperson Stacey Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/2023\/09\/04\/burning-man-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told The Washington Post<\/a> on Labor\u200b Day. \u201cDon\u2019t come to the airport unless\u2063 you have a boarding pass and you\u2019re\u200b ready to board a flight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of Burning Man attendees stranded in the Nevada desert due to mud are urged to depart on Tuesday, organizers say. 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