{"id":2021761,"date":"2023-09-04T21:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T01:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-lifts-lockdown-as-thousands-of-concertgoers-begin-exodus-from-nevada-desert\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:44:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T01:44:34","slug":"burning-man-lifts-lockdown-as-thousands-of-concertgoers-begin-exodus-from-nevada-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-lifts-lockdown-as-thousands-of-concertgoers-begin-exodus-from-nevada-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Man ends lockdown, masses leave Nevada desert."},"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\">16<\/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-lifts-lockdown-as-thousands-of-concertgoers-begin-exodus-from-nevada-desert%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=2021761&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--><h2>Thousands of Attendees Stranded at Burning Man Festival<\/h2>\n<p>After days\u2064 of being stranded due to floods, thousands of attendees of the Burning Man \u2062counterculture music festival in northern Nevada are finally beginning to leave the desert. The festival, known for its \u2062unique\u2062 and vibrant atmosphere, was hit by heavy \u200brain and mud,\u200c making it impossible for concertgoers to leave the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Officials announced that the virtual lockdown was lifted on Monday afternoon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happening-now-california-trump-supporters-take-over-huntington-beach-pier-to-protest-curfew-videos\/\" title=\"HAPPENING NOW: California Trump Supporters Take Over Huntington Beach Pier to Protest Curfew (VIDEOS)\">local time<\/a>, but not \u2062before storms rolled \u2064in, causing \u200droads to become impassable. To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-financial-bubbles-that-made-gamestop-look-like-nothing\/\" title=\"5 Financial \u2018Bubbles\u2019 That Made Gamestop Look Like Nothing\">make matters worse<\/a>, concertgoers had \u200bto endure a\u200b grueling 5-mile hike \u200cto exit the area.<\/p>\n<h3>Delayed Burning in Effigy<\/h3>\n<p>Sgt. Nathan Carmichael from the Pershing County Sheriff\u2019s Office revealed that due to\u200d the weekendlong isolation, many people were \u2064not expected to stay for the \u2062festival&#8217;s customary end-of-event burning in\u200c effigy. This symbolic burning\u200d of \u2064a 40-foot man was postponed \u2063to Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Event organizers began allowing traffic to leave the area at 2 p.m.\u200c local time, despite urging attendees to delay their exodus to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-lifts-lockdown-as-thousands-of-concertgoers-begin-exodus-from-nevada-desert\/\" title=\"Burning Man ends lockdown, masses leave Nevada desert.\">ease\u200d traffic congestion<\/a>. The ban on RVs was lifted,\u200b and those on foot were encouraged to find a ride, as organizers\u2062 had arranged for assistance.<\/p>\n<h3>Long Wait Times and Unknown Death<\/h3>\n<p>Organizers estimated a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">wait time<\/a> of five hours, which began after the mass departure of \u2063attendees. Approximately 64,000 people remained at the venue. Tragically, one \u200cdeath was\u2062 reported\u2062 on Sunday, but details regarding the person&#8217;s identity and cause of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-plunges-to-death-from-100-foot-cliff-after-marriage-proposal\/\" title=\"Woman dies in fall from 100-foot cliff after proposal.\">death remain unknown<\/a> as of Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees \u2062have been advised against walking out of\u200b the\u200c Black Rock \u2063Desert, located about 110 miles north \u200cof Reno, as some\u2062 had\u2063 attempted throughout the weekend. This weather event\u2062 is a rare occurrence for the \u200d3,900-acre festival, prompting organizers to urge attendees to conserve their food and water supplies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more \u2063from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After floods trapped concertgoers at the Burning Man festival, thousands are now departing the Nevada desert. The virtual lockdown was lifted on Monday, following a rainy weekend that caused mud and prevented attendees from leaving. Storms arrived, causing delays for those eager to leave the concert venue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2021762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}