As rain pelted the Burning Man "playa" on Friday night, turning the desert plateau into a giant mud pit, the festival's official radio station told attendees to cancel their party plans and hunker down.
"Don’t party" was the message, with the implication of avoiding drugs and alcohol, recalls one attendee describing the surreal experience as one of the world’s most celebrated bacchanals, frequented by DJs, artists, and tech billionaires, suddenly turned into a potential natural disaster zone.
