Hard to believe, but it’s true. They have closed the gate due to rain (and hail).
Now Burners are being asked to stay in Reno, and not go past Gerlach.
Prior to the close, the wait was 2-3 hours from Wadsworth to 8 mile then 5-6 hours to get through the gate.
Get updates from Twitter @bmantraffic @burnersdotme and listen live at BMIR and iHeartRadio.
We’ve been informed that the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno is offering a 50% room discount to Burners. Use code BURN14. Other hotels are also offering special deals for Burners, see here.
This UStream screen capture shows what the situation was like before they shut power down. BMIR kept transmitting for a while but they have gone off air too.
[Update 8/25/14 12:07PM]
Burner Paul is on the Playa and has an Internet connection. He sent the photo below. He says:
I’m here now and the storm is terrible…crazy loud thunder and non stop rain. Ive been unable to leave my tent for the last few hours lol!
[Update 8/25/14 12:54pm]
Official word from @burningman is the gate will be closed until at least midday Tuesday. We imagine the line to get in then will be rather long. Some estimates have 10,000 people currently in line at the gate.
https://twitter.com/burningman/status/503988750544666624
[Update 8/25/14 9:30pm]
Although there has been no word on the official Burning Man social media channels for 8-9 hours, BMIR let slip that the gate was open – then didn’t mention it again. Cars were seen on UStream driving into Black Rock City. A few Burners between Gerlach and the gate have reported that cars are now moving again. Peter Hirshberg told us:
“Gate is open. The road blocks are still in force, but being stood down town by town heading south. Here in empire we are being told that the highway patrol will give us the go signal within the hour. As the backlog clears, towns further south will open . We’re being told not to proceed until the highway patrol says go, Or “you’ll be turned back as a matter of policy” The whole thing looks pretty well coordinated between bmorg and law enforcement .”
[Update 8/26/14 10:31am}
Gates are open.
Airport will be open at noon today.
9 o’clock area of the city is full. There is still room available on the 3 o’clock side to camp.
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can’t wait to see T Func performing and partying!!!
ALL YOU ASSHOLES WHO LOVE ON THE ALBINO JEW AND NEGRO JEW SUCK. yOU WANT TO GIVE THESE ASSHOLE ALBINO JEWS YOU MONEY FOR STUPID NONSENSE FUCKING BULLSHIT INTENRTAINMENT NOT GIVING A FUCK WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO TO YOU. i HOPE ALL YOU TRASH JEW LOVERS SUFFER HORRIBLY WHEN THE JEW TURNS TO MURDER YOU AS THEY PLAN TO DO REAL SOON.
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Burning Man Cancelled!
http://www.ncscooper.com/burning-man-cancelled-due-to-hurricane-marie/#.U_44hmOwRC8
Nice 2 c it back up! Keep trancing!@! and let the good vibez flow!!
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After reading the comments section I now see why I fear for the future of the human race. ***sigh***
FROM PASQUAL IN HOLLYWOOD HOPE YOU ARE OK AJNA SHARMA WILSON!!!WE ARE PRAYING!!!!
Wow, I’ve never heard of Burners before. Poked around your site for a bit — interesting. http://www.tealtomato.com
wetting man
It’s a long, long way down to Reno Nevada
: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IewLw83LeTU&feature=g-upl
Using my father’s 8mm home movie clips from the 1960’s of the Las Vegas and
Reno NV Gambling Strips. This is the classic song by Richard and Mimi Farina
Your mad your punk ass cant afford to go bitch
That’s bad :/
People were waiting for this a whole year !
Don’t forget to bring your oats next year 🙂
Worthless comment ever 🙂
And you don’t belong there at all you judge mental prick… Listen to yourself you prepubesant little gangster wanna be tough guy.
yeah that is a real burner attitude.. jeez burning man doesn’t stand for what it used to..
Yeah, burning man? How much is the tickets again for the hipster trustfunds?
Prob way to much! Yuppy scum!
How much ‘are’ the tickets… Get your tenses right if your going to be an opionionated knob jockey!
And it’s ‘too’ with a double ‘o’!!!
Maybe you should head back to school and learn how to write English properly.
Errr…..’Get your tenses right if *you’RE* going to be an opinionated knob jockey. Boy if that comment is the pot calling the kettle black!!
nice!
good try but “you’re” wouldn’t be used there. that would make it YOU ARE, dumb ass.
Yes it would. You are. You are going to be an opinionated knob jockey.
The best thing about YOUR comment is that you know “you’re” is a contraction of “you are”, yet YOU’RE too stupid to realize that Briandrum’s usage of it is correct. “Your” is a possessive adjective. I recommend you refrain from calling anyone a dumb-ass until you learn the proper usage of “your” and “you’re”.
http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/youre_your.htm
Wow. You’re a dolt.
Original post in question: “Get your tenses right if your going to be an opionionated knob jockey!”
Corrected: “Get your tenses right if you’re going to be an opinionated knob jockey!”
Do you guys now see WHICH “your” was wrong?
I wouldn’t go trying to claim the grammar prize if I were you, Briandrum…”boy if that comment is the pot calling the kettle black” is not exactly a complete or grammatically correct sentence. Perhaps you meant, “Boy, if that comment isn’t the pot calling the kettle black, I don’t know what is!” or something similar. Good try though.
No….nice try though.
So glad I don’t go anymore , and this is why, a bunch of assholes…. why don’t you all read the history of burning man. art.. love.. peace.. period..
Sassy is correct. All the art, love, peace etc. isn’t going to cure stupidity.
That’s a declension, not a tense.
Hey Chris, not for nothing but “your” is a possesive pronoun. What you might consider is the contraction ” you’ re” meaning “you are” . Just saying.
Your mad your punk ass cant afford to go
wait, are they dirty hippies or hipster yuppies??
My Burners happen to be accountants, engineers, contractors, etc. They are all employed, mostly have families, and are highly involved in local community activities and even politics. For a couple of weeks a year, they burn, the rest of the year, they use the smoldering embers to warm their hearts and keep them in action at the level they are. Some of them were hippies the first go round, some are hipsters. Every Burner is something else as well, so it seems a little narrow to me to be lumping them all into any one category.
Sarah Murphy’s comment rocks. Namasta
i can only speak for myself, and I’m a lowly poop smearer. Smearer of all things poop. I poopy on the shoe, I poopy on the bread. What’s that?? I poopy on you!
They’re “trustafarians”.
Bunch of sour grapes from hater’s. It’s quite obvious you’e never had you shit together enough to go somewhere and do something.great. Hater’s gotta hate. It’s a great party that doesn’t break the bank or regular peopel. Thank god you A__holes aren’t there hating everything. Ge alife.
wow who’s jealous????
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I have confidence that the Burner community will rise to the occasion – the principles of self-reliance and community sharing will help all on the playa through this one. Can’t wait to get there myself!
Looks like dust isn’t a problem today.
Looks like the gates are open again. Live from the road.
http://firech.at/BurningMan
I can’t load the link you posted. Is it really open again? None of the Burning Man updates are saying that yet, would love to confirm this!
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I wish all involved in this fantastic showcase of the unique and free minded to use it as a springboard. Life is so giving of adaptable situations. Think of how easy the stakes will go in… at some point!
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Would like latest weather and triad repeats with gate opening time have not departed to the playa till I hear.
Thank you
someone has already started her drugs…….
The desert is indeed a cosmic creation, the laws of humans do not apply, we are only subject to. I developed an acquaintance with the weather of the desert while stationed at Fallon and China Lake. …On a five minutes notice, intense, bright, beautiful lightening storms, thunder that penetrates the marrow of one’s bones, windstorms, rain and hailstorms from nowhere that helps one to know fear. Oldtimers will remind you that we are visitors here at the discretion of heaven, totally out of the perview of the governor. Black ROCK is sacred ground. Enjoy what there is to enjoy, suffer what their is to suffer. …Sam
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Hang in there, burners! Please don’t come back. There’re slots, buffet and Elvis in Reno! Just bring your drugs!
Haw! Good one!
Yes bring your drugs, Reno is awash with cheap crappy contaminated drugs. Be safe, don’t buy locally!
Every where we go in this world there are going to be unexpected events. No trip is ever ‘perfect’. Just roll with it. Be safe and help others be safe whatever you do.
8 Mile rd is 8 lanes wide of parked cars. Mini camps spontaneously breaking out.
Sound like it’s kind of like the original Burning Man!
You sure picked the right year to go!
Serves you right you horrible American twats. You’ve ruined electronic music, same as you ruin everything else in this world. Hideous, classless scumbags the lot of you.
So a comment like this puts you in what kind of class? Oh I know, the ignorant, self centered egotistical class who are afraid to leave their house choosing instead to sit in front of a computer and pass judgment on the outside world to boost said ego. I don’t think there is a class for that but it is kinda hideous! (definition = Offensive to moral sensibilities; despicable. D’oh!
Um, who is the classless scumbag?
Look! It’s a troll come out from under his bridge to spew venom and ugly!
I think Jupitor just burned your ass Bingo McDumbfuck… we invented class, haven’t you ever heard of Hulk Hogan? USA USA USA!!!
Yo bingo.. I’m not going to the event nor have I ever been but I run clubs and know most of the DJs spinning there and there are some of the best DJs anywhere on the planet playing for FREE. And I;m talking REAL DJs Carl COX’s camp alone is the best anywhere..Art Department Damian Lazerus nick warren Hernan Contaneo Lee Brurage… So you my friend are jackhole of epic proportions..Keep your ignorant brain dead comments to your self..
Carl Cox. ROFL. Such garbage. Go to Berlin or London for that matter… then we’ll talk about “best DJs”.
why would someone get on this site then, just to harass and criticize?
…sorry sorry sorry, someone needs to get a life
Aww.. somebody spilled their jealous EuroTrash here.
Electronics music was developed by Americans. you guys ruined it for Americans.
Ummmm… So I guess that whole Kraut Rock to Kraftwerk thing was invented in Detroit?
I think Americans are awesome actually. Come hang out with us and you’ll agree!
Electronic music was basically started in detroit. And burning man is not a music festival. So…. Yeah.
Highly debatable and pointless distinction. Germans and even Russians have a strong claim as well.
You Sir win the douchebag troll award:)
How can you ruin something that already sucks?
Oh, come on, Bingo…they only call you that because of the Free Space in the middle of your head.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ah ha ha a ah a ha a ahaahahaaah ahaa haaa haaa aha a aha haa hahaaha aha ha aa FAGGOT
go home dad. your drunk. you were supposed to be in bed 231 years ago.
Essentially they listen to the same electronic music over and over again circa 1995 at Burning Man (jungle / trance garbage). While I admit it is aesthetically deplorable, so is most “art” and street culture in San Francisco since the 1960s. They’re tech geeks, but they’re having fun… So I’d say live and let live.
I’m not sure which would be worse . . . . major dust like in was in 2000 or 2001 or this . . . .
Probably the first shower half these filthy hippies have had all year
Say that with a French accent and we might let you come next year! 😛
Your ignorance is astounding.
Sucks. Depending on how long the situation persists, though, at least some of the less-committed types may realize that it ain’t all fun and games out there. Who knows, attendance may actually go down next year.
This puts a very interesting spin on things from a ticket/entry standpoint…. If dates and times are printed on the ticket, and those dates/times aren’t available, then legally there can be an impact (i.e. refunds required, etc.). Could be a ticketing/customer service nightmare that they aren’t prepared to handle, much like the first year of the tix lottery….
No. It’s considered an Act of God and is usually exempted.
What act of god could that possibly be? Considering god is a man made illusion I really don’t see how that explains anything. D’oh! In legal terms though I am sure the venue will be more than happy to be believers of such a god in order to get out of any kind of moral responsibility.
This isn’t a case of religious beliefs, its a case of Insurance Company and legal contract wording. And “act of God” would be the wording of the Insurance company and the legal mumbo jumbo on the back of the ticket.
Atheists will however get a refund no questions asked.
Actually, the tickets are good for the whole even
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I just checked, and there is no major convention going on in Reno, and many of the Reno Hotels and Casinos are offering special rates to those hit by the weather delay. Rates and special codes can be found at http://www.visitrenotahoe.com/events/bman/room-deals/ Hope this helps people out.
The whole town of Sparks is offering 2 for 1 buffet specials for the ladies (if you show tits).
thanks for not fucking up our natural resources, gypsies.
Oi. Leave your racial slurs (and Roma people) out of this.
thanks for not fucking up our natural resources, assholes.
That’s better 😉
The worst part about this is that the private jets won’t be able to land. Those people are now stuck in Reno and most of the suites are sold out due to one of the largest conventions in Reno’s history.
poor rich people
your a moron!
*you’re
thanks terry ahaha 🙂 correction * oh these poor rich people who can’t spell.
“Your a moron!”
OH, Sweet IRONY!
YOUR name seems apropos.
what’s with the “rich” people for burning man? Most of my friends who are busy making money don’t have time for burning man…or any other 4 day festivals for that matter……… Burning Man is an experience that I wish I could have experienced…..I bought a ticket 3 years ago….. ended up not being able to make it…..tried to give my ticket away but no one would take it, because everyone thought it was a fake??????? really…..for free????? I don’t know why words of hate are being thrown around at people attending burning man…..is it anger being expressed at ones self for not doing something totally fun and out of control????? Why even waste time calling people “losers” ….”hippies on acid”……. I look at the people making negative comments and think to myself……..they need Burning Man as much as I do….. Fuck…I want to run around Naked to some of the best mixes on the planet…..kiss a woman I don’t know…..feel sand pass through my fingers from a part of the world I might never see again……. and then go home……kiss my daughter on the forehead goodnight……and get back to worrying about making money…..and burying my competition. All you haters………look in the mirror and try and see what you really are hating………it aint burning man…..maybe its your life.
this is for gw at triplelux…ok i get it. u cater to the rich all day so you dont get it. first of all, im poor so i dont have the money to go out there for the EDM fest. second of all i always kiss women i dont know. thirdly i know what the sand is like. i live here. its never the same after 50000 people aliens hippies and bacteria piss all over it. and last but not least iv got a spot to bury you here. come thru.
You’re an asshat for calling someone a moron in the process looking like a moron.
Oh, Nick, Nick, Nick…a little angry are you? Poor baby.
I’ve never been to burning man, but I’ll burn your fucking house down.
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I just laughed so hard milk came out of my nose, and I’m not even drinking milk.
The Yazidi Camp has been waiting all week to get on playa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkPP0EYdOTk#t=74
Jefe!
“BRC is closed thru tonight & possibly into tomorrow a.m. Cars being turned back @ Wadsworth. Cars also being turned around @ event entrance.”
Seriously? And they’ve closed off 447. This is going to back traffic all the way to Reno and create a very hazardous situation for normal traffic through the corridor.
better than fucking up the playa i would say. not many conservationists going out there i take it.
Some of the world’s most active conservationists are going to be out there, in fact. And it’s exactly why they are closing it off.
And every year, every thing is cleared off of the Playa. Even if some people forget some things, part of what we pay for in the ticket price is to make sure the entire grounds are clean and clear when everyone is gone.
If that wasn’t the case, this wouldn’t still be happening.
That would be nice if it was true. More than once I’ve found rebar from past years still stuck in the playa where they were overlooked. No one will drive on the BM site in the off season for the same reason. But there’s enough money that it doesn’t really matter.
Your ticket price does not reflect clean up, or any other organizational portion of the event, other than the management. Burning Man has no paid employees, only 12 people get paid for this event.
wow, you’re retarded.
Sorry, Steve-O, you’re wrong on that one. There are at least 30 year-round paid employees (I believe the Sparks documentary claimed around 50, but I haven’t rewatched it in a while). Senior Rangers also get paid. The playa Guardians, who comb over every inch of BRC when everyone leaves, are volunteers. In your ticket price is also costs to build the man and other structures, permits, fees, sanitation crews, etc.
i tend to agree with totty. have you ever been out there after the fact? i find trash all the time. trash your lil nets dont catch.
Well, that’s not cool. It certainly makes enough money to make sure it’s thoroughly cleaned up after.
Still, I find it hard to believe that not a dollar of the ticket price goes to more than management and admission. I know there’s a lot of infrastructure involved, and if we’re not paying for it – who is?
Just drove from Winnemuca to Reno, going past Fernley. No traffic problems on I-80 either way, although there were definitely other burners on the road. Seemed like a steady trickle, but not enough to cause traffic problems on the interstate.
They’ve got several of the overhead signs on I-80 west saying that Burning Man is closed before you reach Fernley.
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HA! Check the weather people. I only wish it was this nice every year.
This is going to make stealing bikes a lot harder if no one is riding them.
Does someone have a high res of that photo
Just go to ustream.tv/burningman there is a list of recorded videos there that I captured the original image from.
Looks pretty clear to me. Maybe the Org is just sick of burners ruining their party:
http://www.burningman.com/preparation/travel_info/gerlach_webcam.html
I was there in 2000 when the heavy rains hit during the event. You couldn’t even walk without 8 inches of playa sticking to your feet. Driving a 2WD car would be useless, even 4WDs were stuck.
But don’t worry, the Sun will come out just in time. The real misery would be a massive storm on saturday night when all the tourists try to get out early. THAT would be a ton of lulz.
lulz 🙂
This headline is awfully dramatic – is BM being cancelled or are they just temporarily closing the gates due to inclement weather?
There is NO way they are going to cancel BM. The Man burns on saturday night, and nothing will ever stop that. It was open and then it closed. If the gates never reopen, this will be the most interesting year in BM history.
pretty sure rain will stop the man from burning
Well that plus the new “skin” added this year was built with fire retardant plywood. Oops! 🙂
Yep, agree — just poking fun at the headline, which should have read, “BM temporarily suspends entry due to rain,” and I probably wouldn’t have even clicked on the link 🙂
where are you getting the information from that this is temporary?
Um, the end of the article. Did you even read it. They have closed entry until at least midday tomorrow.
Yeah, I read it: I wrote it. What do you think the words you use “at least” mean? They mean “could be longer”.
When we have information that Burning Man is re-opening, we will share that. Until then, it is closed until further notice, and that’s a fact.
.. well at least that takes care of the dust for a while 🙂
This is strange. I was just thinking about what could possible end BM, and that would only be a closure of the gate due to severe rain – backing traffic up to Reno and creating a safety hazard of epic proportions. Something the Governor couldn’t tolerate.