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37. Yeah, quite interesting. I never thought about the ancient bricks being unfired yet...

Sun Sep 3, 2023, 02:02 PM

Sep 2023

sturdy! Though I've certainly seen either photos of ruins, or more current dwellings in appropo areas.

Ohhh, boy: Desert Mud transformed into "Cement".
Yikes when unwanted!

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Thousands stranded at Burning Man festival after heavy rains [View all] riversedge Sep 2023 OP

The recovery/cleanup process is going to be astronomical in scale of trash and site remediation... EarthFirst Sep 2023 #1

To say nothing of the human waste that's bound to be spread around. jeffreyi Sep 2023 #51

I was happy to see Neal Katyal got out safely LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2023 #2

plus the rains from that tropical storm had already saturated the top layer of the playa Blues Heron Sep 2023 #3

What a mess! Bayard Sep 2023 #4

The insurance for this event is going to go sky high. Liberty Belle Sep 2023 #5

They do have some pretty hardcore efforts to clean up in general. Lucky Luciano Sep 2023 #10

A bunch of neo-hippies and tech bros tearing up the playa. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2023 #6

10 GenXer47 Sep 2023 #8

lol wont somebody think of the playa! Blues Heron Sep 2023 #12

Oh, well then fuck it. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2023 #16

If you dont like it, dont go. Blues Heron Sep 2023 #18

Obviously, I'm not going... ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2023 #21

Its so easy to be a hater Blues Heron Sep 2023 #23

I do hate climate change and wealthy elites. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2023 #24

live and let live is what I say Blues Heron Sep 2023 #30

Dude would've sailed right past those lifeboats after the Titanic sank. Iggo Sep 2023 #33

It's people. You save the people. Because you don't suck. Iggo Sep 2023 #35

I'm confused Chi67 Sep 2023 #7

THIS.... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #9

+1 ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2023 #13

So - the protesters were right! stopdiggin Sep 2023 #17

They were already driving to the middle of the desert. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2023 #25

and so it was OK that they be stopdiggin Sep 2023 #31

They could have rode around their unicycles or played the games in their Teslas to kill time. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2023 #49

cue the smug self righteous stopdiggin Sep 2023 #11

Cue the defensive libertarian tech bros. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2023 #14

not in favor of tearing up public land stopdiggin Sep 2023 #28

Do they rent those F350s pullling their campers? ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2023 #29

Yes in fact...lots of rentals Lucky Luciano Sep 2023 #44

You seem to be uncommonly well informed on their alleged drug habits, I'll give you that Hekate Sep 2023 #57

It's hasn't been that in a decade... EarthFirst Sep 2023 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Torchlight Sep 2023 #26

Operative words: dry lake bed Warpy Sep 2023 #15

Thanks. very interesting riversedge Sep 2023 #22

TY, Warpy Hekate Sep 2023 #36

Used to lurk DU for news and hope years ago Attilatheblond Sep 2023 #45

I don't know -- there are good days and bad days, and on the latter I take a break... Hekate Sep 2023 #47

Yeah, quite interesting. I never thought about the ancient bricks being unfired yet... electric_blue68 Sep 2023 #37

The California mission buildings were made of adobe Retrograde Sep 2023 #41

Oh, I didn't realize that that was what it was called... electric_blue68 Sep 2023 #46

I just stopped in to read the comments from people that have never been tenderfoot Sep 2023 #20

Not my thing, to each their own Torchlight Sep 2023 #27

Don't tell Forgo. Iggo Sep 2023 #32

If I hurt your feelings by caring about the environment you can always take some molly. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2023 #48

You're mistaking laughing my ass off for hurt feelings. Iggo Sep 2023 #50

"Golf, which is a good walk spoiled"--apocryphal Warpy Sep 2023 #42

All good until food and water run low Demobrat Sep 2023 #34

Burners are supposed to bring enough food for a week. tinrobot Sep 2023 #40

They are letting emergency vehicles in, no? Demobrat Sep 2023 #43

I know people who have gone in the past jgmiller Sep 2023 #38

Our neighbor is there - she's gone several times. She absolutely loves it. NewHendoLib Sep 2023 #39

Seems like some have a lot of anger that people go to the desert and try something different for a Martin68 Sep 2023 #52

I hope all a safe return. Solly Mack Sep 2023 #53

well, should be okay in the morning Snooper9 Sep 2023 #54

Looks fun... LudwigPastorius Sep 2023 #55

This is going to affect the playa for years ripcord Sep 2023 #56

All of those people looked in excellent health, strong white American teeth, prosperous. betsuni Sep 2023 #58

and they had no f's given Snooper9 Sep 2023 #60

Neal Katya talks about what he learned at Burning Man and why he went in the first place. LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2023 #59