A festival-goer, who is on the ground getting set-up for the hedonistic event, which kicks off on Sunday, says revelers are seeing treacherous conditions. Angie Peacock, who is attending Burning Man for the second time this year, shared exclusively with The Mirror US that setting up their tents at this year's event is proving to be "very intense work" and everyone is "working their butts off" due to the stormy weather conditions. She described the conditions as "whiteout", as strong winds are severely reducing revelers' visibility.
Angie explained: "I haven't seen any tents blowing away yet but people are having a difficult time setting up in the wind. "You can only see about 100ft in front of you when driving." The National Weather Service told The Mirror US: "We have gusty winds ongoing on the playa after last night's cold frontal passage.
Gusts have generally been in the 30-40 mph range today and blowing dust is ongoing along the playa." A satellite screen shot from today, provided by the meteorologists, shows "a visualization of areas of blowing dust in yellow along and downwind of the playa". Burning Man organizers are no doubt hoping that the weather doesn't get worse after the dangerous conditions that beset the week-long music event last year.
Last year's weather was so treacherous that many revelers, including celebrities , attempting to flee the festival as dangerous thunderstorms wreaked havoc. Speaking to The Mirror US last year, Angie shared how festival-goers we.