Cutter Ray Palacios, a first-time Burning Man attendee, describes how fellow "burners" fostered a sense of community while being stranded at the Nevada festival by floodwaters.
Some “hardcore” Burning Man attendees have opted to stay on the muddy remains of Black Rock City and keep the party going claiming that it was a better scene now that the thousands of "weak" festival-goers who hit the road when the travel ban was lifted earlier this week are gone.