'We're pretty flooded right now. Roads are completely closed. Cars can't make it in or out.'
Thousands in attendance at the annual Burning Man Festival are stranded in the Nevada Desert after heavy rain turned the area into a giant mud pit."We're pretty flooded right now. Roads are completely closed. Cars can't make it in or out."
The situation is so bad that cars are unable to drive through, forcing federal and local county officials to shut down the main entrance.Thousands at Burning Man told to conserve water, food after flooding leaves them confined in desert "I think the biggest issue right now is that the porta-potty service trucks can't make it down the road and service the porta-potties. So porta-potties are filling up and people are getting a little desperate," said David Date.Date, from Santa Cruz, has been going for the past seven years.He says some people are adapting better than others.
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