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Burning Man, the festival beloved by Silicon Valley's elite, is at risk of quenched by Tropical Storm Hilary.

Nevada's Black Rock Desert, where the event takes place each year, closed its gate due to flooding caused by the rains of Tropical Storm Hilary, The San Francisco Standard reported.

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[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wouldn't call burners overlap with techbros a circle enough to celebrate this. I don't particularly feel any kinship with burners, but I find them mostly harmless and largely climate conscious.

[-] GhostlyPixel@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have lived in northern Nevada for eight years, the amount of trash left in Black Rock and what they dump around Reno the days after Burning Man is over makes them seem a whole lot less climate conscious. I’ve seen piles of playa dust covered junk just dumped in streets and parking lots and RVs dumping directly into street gutters. Many Renoites will tell you similar stories, unfortunately.

I know it isn’t all of them, but there are plenty of them unfortunately.

[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Of that I have no doubt, there will always be assholes.

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