Musician Diplo, model Kelly Gale, and other attendees urged to shelter in place and conserve food.
Musician Diplo and model Kelly Gale also escaped, even as attendees were urged to shelter in place and conserve food.In this undated photo from a previous festival, Burning Man attendees gather in the Black Rock Desert of Northern Nevada.Since its founding in 1986, the Burning Man celebration has attracted artists and iconoclasts, sending thousands to its site in the Black Rock Desert of northwestern Nevada every August.
Even before this year's event kicked off, things felt different. Tickets to Burning Man, which are typically in short supply, were freely available from second parties at discounted rates,, as “For whatever reason, lots of people have had second thoughts and decided they don't want tickets they already bought.”
Those who did decide to go also faced pre-event adversity, as weather related to Tropical Storm Hillary shut down early entry, turned Burning Man's temporary Black Rock City
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