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This mindset leads to no one doing anything interesting ever.
Skiing, sailing, scuba diving...none of it makes any real sense as the environments do not tend to have much infrastructure for human survival. But I can't imagine life without any illogical recreational activities such as these. It's fun.
Do you... think people don't live in the mountains? Or that a tiny amount of rain will sink a boat?
That's... only something someone from Southern California would think. Rain won't hurt you unless you stupidly pack tens of thousands of people into an area with no infrastructure.
I was talking about things like backcountry skiing, which I do for fun. But I'd even apply the same to a ski resort where bad weather can shut down gondolas and leave people stranded up top. And while SoCal sure sounds nice, I actually live in the mountains myself... in Canada. A place where unexpected heavy rain actually washed out a few highways last year and leaving many people stranded in previously well connected communities. Similarly, unexpected inclement weather does sink recreational boats somewhat often... which is exactly what the situation at burning man is: (very) unexpected weather.
My point was that it is a 'for fun' event in an environment not meant for humans to set up permanent infrastructure, and that's ok.
They brought plenty of "infrastructure". Shelter, generators, food, water, sanitation facilities, etc. Yeah, the mud sucks, but you're really being dramatic about the situation.
While I agree with this, I think the festival is big enough that they need to start considering improving the roads. Even just slapping down some plywood sheets where the roads are would probably be better than what's currently going on. This time it sounds like everyone's gonna be fine, but what about next time?
Did a quick google. Can't tell if the unpaved rural road is the full 10 miles, more, or less. But even at just one or two miles, that is a LOT of "plywood" that more or less is only usable once before being ruined by the time it is required next year. Let alone if you have dumbasses in overly heavy vehicles (and you would never have that in the US...) who break the plywood and render the road even more unusable.
As for paving? Sorry, but fuck that. So much infrastructure is underfunded and needs work that I don't want a single tax dollar wasted on a road that is pretty much used twice a year.
I am a climber and enjoy going camping. I spend a LOT of time on unpaved roads and the like. Guess what the first thing we do before heading out the door on a trip is? Check the weather. Guess what the last thing we do before leaving the supply town is? Check the weather. And guess what we do "at some point in the day" on every day of the trip? Check the weather.
And if at any point in the trip the weather looks dangerous? We go home (or find somewhere else nearby we can do stupid shit at).
But, because this is Radically Inclusive (TM): It is the government's job to protect these rich assholes