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  • People were finally able to leave Burning Man festival in Nevada on Monday, after wet conditions eased.
    Heavy rain had caused a mud bath, with rainfall near the end of last week thought to have been the heaviest since the event began more than 30 years ago.
    Drone footage shows huge queues of people heading away from the festival.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 236

  • @alexandermuller950
    @alexandermuller950 Рік тому +56

    As an introvert, this is one of my worst nightmares.

    • @lucylulusuperguru3487
      @lucylulusuperguru3487 Рік тому +9

      You'd never find me there in the first place.

    • @TT-jg8ju
      @TT-jg8ju Рік тому +5

      Felt bad for the ones who were dragged by friends or even kids

    • @tastypymp1287
      @tastypymp1287 Рік тому

      Why?

    • @rajveerkanojiya2985
      @rajveerkanojiya2985 Рік тому +1

      until kumbh mela comes with 120 million people 😂

    • @rundown132
      @rundown132 Рік тому +2

      You wouldn't be at burning man to begin with lol

  • @bernadineshelbourne8915
    @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому +52

    It always takes DAYS for everyone to leave. This happens every year. This is the first time in decades they got this amount of rain. Your "expert" doesn't know what this event is about. Go to the website, people are warned before coming what to bring.

    • @knockedoutloaded
      @knockedoutloaded Рік тому +1

      The police shifted a few climate extremists so the BBC has decided to go after the festival. That is how BBC news works now

    • @damnjustassignmeone
      @damnjustassignmeone Рік тому +8

      So true. This is a lot of speculation from someone who hasn’t done much homework.

    • @JackoJackson-v2p
      @JackoJackson-v2p Рік тому

      What you lot need to do over is look at what we do over here do you think we let a bit of rain shut down Glasto no not at all

    • @damnjustassignmeone
      @damnjustassignmeone Рік тому +3

      @@JackoJackson-v2p Glastonbury is vastly different. Burning man is held in the middle of the desert, hours from civilization. Burning man doesn’t even have water for attendees. Glastonbury is held in the middle of the Cotswolds…

    • @arthurpendragon1056
      @arthurpendragon1056 Рік тому +1

      @@damnjustassignmeoneit’s on farmland in Somerset!

  • @jeffryan7262
    @jeffryan7262 Рік тому +25

    Who was this “expert” lady being interviewed?? It’s a self reliant festival, people that go know what they sign up for! 🤷‍♂️

  • @RaymondHng
    @RaymondHng Рік тому +19

    2:40 There is absolutely no water provided at Burning Man. Organizers instruct you to bring your own 1.5 gallons of water per day or 10.5 gallons per week.

    • @damnjustassignmeone
      @damnjustassignmeone Рік тому +4

      This lady hasn’t done her homework. She could’ve at least read the Wikipedia article on burning man before showing up as an expert on it on the bbc.

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng Рік тому

      @@damnjustassignmeone …or looked at the Burning Man web site.

  • @NIAtoolkit
    @NIAtoolkit Рік тому +19

    Radical Self-Reliance:
    This isn’t like any other festival, we do not expect to be looked after, we look after each other

    • @rigelb9025
      @rigelb9025 Рік тому +1

      In fact, could someone please clear this up for me : Does 'radical self-reliance' mean that people are supposed to look after & care for each other if needed, or does it mean that when the shit hits the fan, it's 'every man for himself - sayonara suckers'??

  • @maliusmaximus1428
    @maliusmaximus1428 Рік тому +3

    This expert has no idea what this festival is about. Attended this once and had to bring in own water, food and supplies. As did everyone else. also the only way to solve a once in a generation flooding issue would be to ship in hundreds of tons of gravel, permanently scarring the site. Id bet 95% of the people who got stranded were cool with it. And the other 5% probably shouldnt have come in the first place. Poor analysis

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому +2

      i love how people tried to drive out in the mud or the ones who walked 10k to sit for 2 days waiting for buses, they are the ones crying. I do want to attend this event. looks amazing.

  • @Apo0
    @Apo0 Рік тому +10

    I still find it funny purely out of irony that BURNING man got FLOODED.

  • @damnjustassignmeone
    @damnjustassignmeone Рік тому +21

    “You buy a ticket to the event, you come under the care of the organizers, and you expect to be looked after.” That’s not how all of this works lady. One of the principles of burning man is radical self reliance. And, as it turns out, people were mostly fine.

    • @PK-999
      @PK-999 Рік тому +1

      So if you are being "Radically self reliant" where do you take a shit?

    • @ande100
      @ande100 Рік тому

      🎉 INDEED!

    • @ande100
      @ande100 Рік тому

      ​@@PK-999read the list of things You have to bring and take back home with You! It's on their website. It details EVERYTHING!

  • @SWatson410
    @SWatson410 Рік тому +7

    This interview demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of the situation.
    This wasn't the Fire Festival. This is an entirely different type of event. One death in 5 days out of 70,000 is really not a bad outcome given the circumstances. For an event of that scope, a death on site is not uncommon and, in this case, was unrelated to the flooding.

  • @jamesgrieve1336
    @jamesgrieve1336 Рік тому +3

    You never been to Glastonbury? The toilets can kill!,,

  • @Censortubes
    @Censortubes Рік тому +4

    This is how it looks EVERY YEAR.

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому +1

      usually not as much mud. i feel for the people in tents, they must have been miserable. i'm saving up to go and will rent a RV to sleep in.

  • @ulrikezachmann7596
    @ulrikezachmann7596 Рік тому +6

    You just don’t have the same environment in Britain. Just not the same thing. This is the Nevada desert.

  • @imWillJ
    @imWillJ Рік тому +12

    the burning man has been extinguished.

  • @parmaman8551
    @parmaman8551 Рік тому +9

    How is this still in global news. A festival has a long cue to get out? Practically happens at every massive festival!

  • @Dubmayer
    @Dubmayer Рік тому +2

    Who is this - she has absolutely no clue!

  • @rohtati1020
    @rohtati1020 Рік тому +7

    What a gorgeous *double* *rainbow‼️‼️😳😍🥰*

  • @ydnallah1541
    @ydnallah1541 Рік тому +2

    Not exactly news is it.

    • @Onequietvoice
      @Onequietvoice Рік тому

      A very large event that went wrong because of a climate change event? Absolutely news.

  • @ujl.
    @ujl. Рік тому +11

    They're crazy.
    OVER THE TROUBLE

  • @stephenrickstrew7237
    @stephenrickstrew7237 Рік тому +14

    Leaving Man ..

  • @CrystallineAlchemist
    @CrystallineAlchemist Рік тому +2

    Ummm say you don’t understand burning man in less words…. This festival has been going on for decades. It never rains in the desert, ever

  • @denverphoenix2147
    @denverphoenix2147 Рік тому +5

    That rainbow is beautifull

  • @hmq9052
    @hmq9052 Рік тому +9

    One day in the distant future this won't be a story. Presumably.

    • @ByGraceThroughFaith4991
      @ByGraceThroughFaith4991 Рік тому

      Sad that today it is one

    • @hmq9052
      @hmq9052 Рік тому +2

      @@ByGraceThroughFaith4991 I think they can get another 500 days out of some people in another country having mud on their shoes. Watch.

  • @AD-gi9zg
    @AD-gi9zg Рік тому +1

    I have read that this is the site of an ancient lake bed. Up until 15,000 years ago, there was a lake there, Lake Lahontan.
    Perhaps the festival should be held somewhere with a slight elevation, to encourage water run off.

  • @lamestreammedia3154
    @lamestreammedia3154 Рік тому

    Bbc why did you turn off comments on your sarah sharif story?

  • @raijinenel3116
    @raijinenel3116 Рік тому +3

    let's ask the blue haired woman....

  • @richard8031
    @richard8031 Рік тому +1

    Doesn't look very GREEN.!!!!

  • @TT-jg8ju
    @TT-jg8ju Рік тому +2

    How much was tickets

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому

      $425 for general admission and it sells out every year. YOU DO HAVE TO bring certain things that are checked before you can enter. i'm saving up to go and it'll be about $10,000. you should go to their website to see the list you have to bring.

    • @TT-jg8ju
      @TT-jg8ju Рік тому

      @@bernadineshelbourne8915 what a rip off, bring everything into the desert and pay. They were lucky this time

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому

      @@TT-jg8ju this event started in 1986, this is the first rainfall they've had. all other years you had to worry about dust storms. i so want to go to this, will need about $10,000 (will bring others to cover costs) this is THE ART event in north america.

    • @TT-jg8ju
      @TT-jg8ju Рік тому

      @@bernadineshelbourne8915 why 10k? Ur renting the best RV? Dust looked bad too. Why not change location?

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому

      10k is for renting good RV also a trailer for about 2 weeks. You need to bring a lot of water 1 1/2 gallons per person per day. Also, need food and whatever art project you'll be creating or displaying. And bring a couple of bikes because once you are parked you can't move your vehicle until you leave. @@TT-jg8ju

  • @SK-vg3mw
    @SK-vg3mw Рік тому +3

    When burning man turns into drowning men 😅 hope everyone is safe!

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому +1

      they had 2 days of mud. the only people who had problems were the ones who tried to drive out and they got stuck. the organizers told people to stay but some didn't listen.

  • @Better_Call_Raul
    @Better_Call_Raul Рік тому

    The signal to leave was given but stranded people were strongly advised to wait 5 hours to avoid congestion. But these stranded fools still exited immediately only to sit in 5 hours of stand-still traffic. Dumb! 😖

  • @ryanfraser167
    @ryanfraser167 Рік тому +4

    A freak rain that happens maybe once every 20 years. The organisers make it clear what ppl need to bring, its in the dessert with no amenities...and uk festivals have descended into mud fests before where ppl need to just make do...

  • @alanzee_
    @alanzee_ Рік тому

    "huge learnings " I guess this the updated replacement for the overworked "lessons were learned".

  • @poustinia
    @poustinia Рік тому

    The person being interviewed uses 'care' 'looked after by organisers'. She is assuming that the organisers give a monkey's for the attendees - they don't. The mission statement of this festival pretty much states 'every man/woman for themselves'.
    The vision is incomprehensible.
    As per a message below - attendees need to bring everything they need to survive. The organisers bring nothing except a spot in the desert (and a growing bank balance).

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому +1

      they don't make much money from this. never been the point. and it takes 5 months to plan, need to pay those people if you want the best.

  • @ande100
    @ande100 Рік тому

    There is a HUGE list of stuff when You sign up. There is no other event like this. The site is humongous and areas are huge. The area is the size of a small city and no "organizer" in GB knows about this kinda deal. This thing is like a refugee camp, but for a festival. And you CAN NOT forecast weather in this desert. These weather conditions were unfortunate and sad, but talk about "should have" , when You cook 50 dinners as a routine and tell people how to cook 2500 all of a sudden. Not to mention when comparing Glastonbury and NY Woodstock to an empty desert with no asphalt roads etc.😢

  • @MavicAir1
    @MavicAir1 Рік тому +1

    Some were actually looking to be compensated because of the bad weather.

  • @jonssonchrister2418
    @jonssonchrister2418 Рік тому +11

    Wow it must be a great festival 😀🤘hope they get home safe.

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому +1

      if i had $10,000 i would go in a heartbeat. it's an artists dream to attend.

    • @rigelb9025
      @rigelb9025 Рік тому

      @@bernadineshelbourne8915 And nightmare to exit.

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому

      @@rigelb9025 it's like that every year. veterans bring extra supplies to wait til Wed to leave. that's what i'll do

    • @rigelb9025
      @rigelb9025 Рік тому

      @@bernadineshelbourne8915 Hopefully. But although there's a gargantuan traffic quagmire every year, It looks like this one was particularly gnarly in that respect.

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому

      @@rigelb9025 i think that's due to the rain making everyone more tired.

  • @Maddison4PM
    @Maddison4PM Рік тому

    Next year, you two need to go to Burning Man and see what it is about because obviously you aren't able to understand very clear instructions and description of what Burning Man is about. You cannot judge this event.

  • @masoodkingking9497
    @masoodkingking9497 Рік тому +1

    Good

  • @fellrelaxed7246
    @fellrelaxed7246 Рік тому +8

    The wisest thing that should be on everyone's mind currently should be to invest in different streams of income that doesn't depend on the govt. Especially with the current economic crisis around the world. This is still a good time to invest in gold, silver, and digital currencies (BTC,ETH...)

    • @DavidLewis-bm2kt
      @DavidLewis-bm2kt Рік тому

      Please, how do I go about it? am still a newbie on investment trading.

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      @user-gh6ft6uk6u Рік тому

      The crypto market is highly profitable with an expert broker just like Mrs Rhonda Beck. I got recommended to her, and since then, my financial life has been a success.

    • @Usman-gq1to
      @Usman-gq1to Рік тому +1

      Since I started my investment of $1,000 with Mrs Rhonda, I am now having $29,450 in my portfolio.

    • @max-the-cat-v5h
      @max-the-cat-v5h Рік тому

      I just searched about her on Google and yes, she's won my heart. She just gained herself a new client

    • @VincentMani-kh7lx
      @VincentMani-kh7lx Рік тому +1

      please, how can someone get to speak with Mrs Rhonda?

  • @scottstewart5784
    @scottstewart5784 Рік тому

    Why is this woman bloviating about something she is completely unaware of? Culture, climate, geology, geography - does she have any pertinent knowledge at all? Has she visited a desert? Altered her state? Even been to America?

  • @BryanCKing
    @BryanCKing Рік тому

    It looks like scene from Mad Max movies

  • @TheOriginalNewfieGamer
    @TheOriginalNewfieGamer Рік тому +1

    all that extra space and they make you line up what the actual fuck

  • @inezy6329
    @inezy6329 Рік тому +2

    Who cares

  • @SH078
    @SH078 Рік тому +3

    Murica moment, lol

  • @michaelevans1327
    @michaelevans1327 Рік тому +4

    It is in the Nevada Dessert what on Earth would people expect... perfect weather conditions? 😂

    • @Onequietvoice
      @Onequietvoice Рік тому +1

      Not floods!

    • @litterpicker1431
      @litterpicker1431 Рік тому

      The most popular dessert in Nevada is the Gateau Basque, and what people would expect to find in the Nevada Dessert is a jam or pastry cream filling. HTH

  • @sirmanni4534
    @sirmanni4534 Рік тому +1

    Why is it called Bernie Man?

  • @JaneDoe-qh8ud
    @JaneDoe-qh8ud Рік тому

    The irony the protesters warned them can't make this up

  • @davea6314
    @davea6314 Рік тому +5

    Hello Limeys! Come visit us here in Yankland. I've already visited Limeyland, and it's ripe for conquest by our Yank military.
    -Dave the Bloody Yank

    • @stephenball-qo7ug
      @stephenball-qo7ug Рік тому +3

      We have reviewed Yankland and found nothing we need. We will let the Commie have it.
      Thank you, have a nice day.

    • @sansiveria578
      @sansiveria578 Рік тому

      ​@@stephenball-qo7ug😂

    • @tastypymp1287
      @tastypymp1287 Рік тому

      ​@@stephenball-qo7ug👍

    • @ernst91
      @ernst91 Рік тому

      ​@@stephenball-qo7ugAnd we don't need anything from you.

  • @Dorgpoop
    @Dorgpoop Рік тому +3

    I dont get the appeal of paying money to live in conditions worse than a refugee camp

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому +2

      it's usually 24 hrs a day of people making art. i would love to go. will take about 10k because i'll be bring a big art project

  • @MistyFigs
    @MistyFigs Рік тому +1

    Radical self reliance is a #1 at the burn. Burners prep for the event this expert has no idea what burning man is lol could have taken 10 minutes to read their website to know what is up

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому

      it's usually sand storms that are the problem not mud.

    • @MistyFigs
      @MistyFigs Рік тому

      @bernadineshelbourne8915 hehe I know I spent a lot of years at the burn.

  • @jeromemanoharan7427
    @jeromemanoharan7427 Рік тому

    When it started the Extinction Rebels halted cars coming in, for about 2 miles long traffic jam. The authorities cleared them by ramming their vehicles and arresting them, etc 😂
    This great venue was a disaster as flooding and mudslides and no way of communications but one group of spectators had a portable satellite connection. Now it’s the exodus.

  • @steveholloway1963
    @steveholloway1963 Рік тому

    Funny how people all flock to the desert during this infernal climate change 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @VPPAF
    @VPPAF Рік тому

    seems someone needs to organise a helicopter courier buisness to the site to beat the traffic

  • @auro1986
    @auro1986 Рік тому

    and see how british petroleum make money selling fuel for their carvans. business and art are same, bbc knows

  • @prism560
    @prism560 Рік тому

    oh no, look at them getting stuck in traffic.....in a dry flat open land.

  • @stuartround
    @stuartround Рік тому

    So, no useful suggestions then. Thanks Helen.

  • @l.baughman1445
    @l.baughman1445 Рік тому

    How about scoping a maximum number of attendees? How about individuals having a pro-active emergency plan like extra food/water?

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому +2

      most people bring double what is needed because they know some don't (only a few). the only people who had problems were the ones who tried to leave before things dried up. if you look at the site now it's back to bone dry. and it always takes 3 to 5 days to get everyone out. if you go to their website they state that.

  • @hanonomiri
    @hanonomiri Рік тому

    Is that because a challinger 2 can 🔥 Burn too ..... 🙈👁️🙉

  • @utharabope3891
    @utharabope3891 Рік тому +2

    Living man 💐😍

  • @mistery-ed7900
    @mistery-ed7900 Рік тому

    I have a doctors appointment today and have to use the only highway out of the valley I live in and about half of those vehicles will be on it. I'm leaving about 2 hours early! The road goes over a mountain range and those RVs and buses go about 5 miles per hour.

    • @damnjustassignmeone
      @damnjustassignmeone Рік тому

      Okay, but the exodus from burning man is like this every year, and it’s been happening for nearly 40 years now...

    • @TT-jg8ju
      @TT-jg8ju Рік тому +1

      How was it

    • @mistery-ed7900
      @mistery-ed7900 Рік тому

      @@TT-jg8ju
      I made the appointment and got there only 10 minutes early. Not only were there a zillion burners on the road but CalTrans decided it was a good time to tear up the highway.

  • @johnny207
    @johnny207 Рік тому

    What did they expect? It’s called Burning man. 😊

  • @oddanneout
    @oddanneout Рік тому

    LOL, it’s been going on since the 80s. I’m not going back, and I’m glad My burns didn’t include these “Molly’s”.

  • @LeadLifeWithEaseNow
    @LeadLifeWithEaseNow Рік тому

    You call it jam... .big jam....huge jam

  • @douglasarthur2673
    @douglasarthur2673 Рік тому

    Captain Hindsight strikes again 😂

  • @Vera511
    @Vera511 Рік тому

    ⛈🌩⚡🌧🌨 Storm Man

  • @Pierre3513
    @Pierre3513 Рік тому +1

    Weather control…..

    • @Maddison4PM
      @Maddison4PM Рік тому

      Exactly, that's why it is being so heavily reported.

  • @duanjianxiong2785
    @duanjianxiong2785 Рік тому

    these people did not need to go to work!

  • @lambertois11
    @lambertois11 Рік тому

    I am shocked to find out that there were so many lame people at the so-called festival !!!

  • @Penguins_antartica
    @Penguins_antartica Рік тому

    Fuck, I hope we don’t burn

  • @ihussain999
    @ihussain999 Рік тому +1

    I bought one of those cool Swedish wardrobe thingies from ikea, thought it would add some visual pizazz to my bedroom. It’s been 3 months and I still haven’t got it out of the box. I just seriously cba - does anyone want it? Reply below

  • @TomNook.
    @TomNook. Рік тому

    Peace man

  • @lubicakamzikova74
    @lubicakamzikova74 Рік тому

    Zisk z tejto akcie mal byt tento.
    Umyvajte sa na pokoru blatom.
    Je to vasa prilezitost ochranit sa pred zajtrajškom .
    Forma pokory .
    Lepsie je blato ako prach.
    Blato to je spojenie voda zem nebo vzduch pre zivot .
    OHADZOVANJE SA BLATOM TO JE ZABAVA DOBRA NALADA
    Prach to je miesto bez zivota .
    STOP
    Zhorenina

  • @official_ashhh
    @official_ashhh Рік тому

    Did messi attend ?

  • @JamesMorgan808
    @JamesMorgan808 Рік тому

    BBC reports a que

  • @goldbars777
    @goldbars777 Рік тому +1

    Ritual.

  • @tastypymp1287
    @tastypymp1287 Рік тому +1

    Wouldn't go if you paid me.

  • @absmith6237
    @absmith6237 Рік тому

    Devil worshipers leave disappointed. 😂😂

  • @AAAAAA-tj1nq
    @AAAAAA-tj1nq Рік тому

    lol bbc presenter rectangle face

  • @lapidaryland
    @lapidaryland Рік тому

    It's a great meme for climate change.

  • @xronald619x
    @xronald619x Рік тому +4

    God judged their wickedness I bet they didn't even realize it.

  • @Muhhamed_sambul_notanazi
    @Muhhamed_sambul_notanazi Рік тому

    Vote for Donald trump and vivek 2024

  • @sangeetawesley6683
    @sangeetawesley6683 Рік тому

    😮 OMG

  • @Akeso_ppp
    @Akeso_ppp Рік тому

    drive around to other road 😅

  • @5D_Warrior
    @5D_Warrior Рік тому +2

    Yeah, with the next pandemic 😂😂
    Can't ppl see the play here ....lockdown 3 will be different

  • @steverobinson8771
    @steverobinson8771 Рік тому

    🤣

  • @jeremiasrobinson
    @jeremiasrobinson Рік тому +2

    The Bureau of Land Management needs to revoke Burning Man's lease. This is not acceptable use of public lands.

    • @damnjustassignmeone
      @damnjustassignmeone Рік тому +3

      Burning man has been going on for almost 40 years. And 63% of Nevada is public lands. What better use would you suggest? Just looking at it?

    • @curiositycloset2359
      @curiositycloset2359 Рік тому +2

      Isn't it a desert?

    • @Censortubes
      @Censortubes Рік тому +1

      What do windows taste like?

    • @jeremiasrobinson
      @jeremiasrobinson Рік тому +2

      Clearly, burners don't give a damn about the environment. And yes, deserts are habitats too.

    • @bernadineshelbourne8915
      @bernadineshelbourne8915 Рік тому +2

      you have no idea what this event is about.@@jeremiasrobinson

  • @Emperor_5
    @Emperor_5 Рік тому

    Jesus is coming soon.

  • @as62083
    @as62083 Рік тому +1

    Anchor is trans? Honest question

  • @sigmaputin6888
    @sigmaputin6888 Рік тому +1

    Even the moon belongs to president Putin 🇷🇺🤗

  • @d-monster4340
    @d-monster4340 Рік тому +1

    Rich folks ahahah 😢

  • @snowman374th
    @snowman374th Рік тому

    You went there on your own will.. Nobody is responsible for you but you.

  • @DaveyMulholland
    @DaveyMulholland Рік тому

    What the hell is she talking about ?

  • @jieli3313
    @jieli3313 Рік тому

    Resolutely resist violating the national democratic constitutional system! one person alone say hall officer !