Fun! Burning Man Kicks Off With 50 MPH Winds, Blinding Sand Storms, Flash Flood Warnings, And Everyone Try To Keep Their Campsites From Blowing Away

Looks like a blast, fellas! The good news is no one there cares about getting dirty, so the sandstorms shouldn't bother them. The flash floods though? That'll ruin anyone's weekend...

Source - The dust storm arrived Saturday evening after strong thunderstorms in the Sierra Nevada drifted off the mountains and whipped up strong winds in the Nevada desert. The National Weather Service had previously warned of strong thunderstorms and potential flooding in Mammoth Lakes, Lake Tahoe and surrounding areas Saturday afternoon.

"It`s becoming increasingly likely that we could see an even greater flash flood threat," the weather service wrote in an online forecast. "If you're on the playa at the Black Rock Desert, you may very well be in for a muddy mess Monday through Wednesday."

Slow-moving storms could drop an inch of rain or more in a short period. Sunday's flood risk was highest in the Sierra Nevada, roughly from Tahoe to Mammoth, but also extended toward Reno.

Thank god that didn't happen, but if it did I wouldn't put it past someone to try and build an ark. Here are some more videos...

Nightmare city. I actually feel bad for the regular people who had to deal with this. People who go to Burning Man LOVE Burning Man. It's not like Coachella which is basically just a giant brand activation. The Burners live for this, brah. You think a little sandstorm is gonna slow these dirty fucks down? Think again. They'll bathe in the stank and come back stronger than ever. I just can't imagine being at a festival for NINE days. I think I'd rather go to Afghanistan. Regardless, the fact that no one got seriously injured is a miracle. Fingers crossed that statistic stays the same on September 1st.