Tens of thousands are still trying to get out of the Nevada desert after rainy weather during the Burning Man festival trapped people in sludge for days. NBC News’ Liz Kreutz has more details on the chaotic mess left behind.
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I would've made a fortune of catalytic converters and scrap metal 🤣🤣🤣🤣
When you don't have a job you can stay behind to clean up
This is what Woke people do
It's a shame the US doesn't still test Nukes .
No one got a truck and an ebay account.??
I have a feeling they are going to use this as a reason to to raise the ticket prices even higher next year.
Tree hugging new-agey eco-warrior hippies. Such hypocrisy given that they trash the environment every year. This is an event for directionless low-IQ people who desperately want attention and to be perceived as “different”.
Can you blame them? They left an emergency situation. Organizers were unable to honor their responsibilities, trash and waste removal, due to the rain. Most people were probably unable to stay and help even if they wanted to.
So, when the going gets tough, the hippies check out.
Let everyone catch their bearings and then the garbage will be taken care of it might take a few years but it will get done . It was a freaking nightmare.
why isnt the sheriff saying what theyre going to do to prevent this next year?
Bring in a beach rake… boom 2 days done
Ah, yes, the “leave no trace” crowd, isn’t it?
For a bunch of hippies who talk a lot about nature and environmentalism, they sure do love leaving trash behind around the area.
We our selves have been out there in the past back in the 80's with former neighbors that owned a cabin next to ours at Alpine meadows. We camped out there not on desert but off to the side at places such as the sheep herders camp I think it was and High Rock canyon. We had 8 trucks in our group mostly chevy trucks. We always brought garbage, etc out at the end of trip.The original Burning man was a grass roots event, not the mess it is today. There are a lot of people in the group that don't care what they left behind. It's great to that some people stayed to remove the items. I believe that the organizers should have a fund for that life the entry from Australia. Mother earth, we need to save it in every way we can. Also the other thing, is rental vehicles whether Cars, trucks, RV's shouldn't be allowed they're stuck, etc. They belong to the rental company.
Are any of these people going to get charged for destroying the Playa? Dirty fu'king Hippies
It’s because nobody is held accountable. You make sacrifices to hold these events, either make a strict list of stuff you can bring to adhere to, have Check ins of stuff you have brought to the event, or if it continues to happen then there won’t be an event all together. You might hate it but… that’s what happens when there’s no accountability
Auction it off to help pay for the mess.
What did you think these liberals would do…?
stupid people festival
You never know what you'll do in an emergency. Stop judging ppl who left trash behind. You go clean it up if uou feel that way about it
70,000 more people below average I.Q. levels 😂
What a bunch of hypocrite snowflakes year after year, ruining the desert floor killing the fossil crabs and polluting the air and the litter along the Junction road
Folks, we live in the Instagram world where people attend events solely for their instagram posts. These people are doing this to sporting events, concerts, theatre, resorts etc. They drive up ticket prices, don’t respect the long term attendees/fans, don’t respect norms, traditions and policy. They ruin the experience for others. Example, a 24 time Burner was asked to move so someone could take a picture of a piece of art. The Burner said no, you can’t take my enjoyment of this art away from me until I’m done. Anyone who knows anything about Burning Man is you leave no trace. The real burners stayed behind to clean up. The posers left.