Burning Man Lockdown: What it Was Like on the Inside

BLACK ROCK CITY, NEVADA — For the first time in the 28-year history of the Burning Man event that creates and populates it for one week every year, the city of Black Rock was isolated from civilization for a whole day Monday — with no attendee allowed in or out, and much of the city's infrastructure offline

In previous years, thunderstorms and whiteouts have prevented access to the Black Rock playa for a short time before or after the event, but hardly ever during it. Veteran Burners, as event-goers are known, remember the gate being closed for an hour or two back in 2000 and 1998 — both years with unusual amounts of rainfall during the event Read more...

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