Morning came (Monday) and the wind stayed, holy shit. People said it was blowing 60mph, which seemed about right. It was so crazy that dome tents were crushed (see mine above), and if something took flight in the wind forget about it, you couldn't catch it. You might be able to chase it on your bike, but you wouldn't be able to ride home upwind. And poor Dave E. Boy's suspenders were flapping so hard they were whipping him.
 
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Whipping from the wind is better than no whipping at all!-Sage

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You said it, Sage! I guess the Temple of Atonement is going to be outdone by Mother Nature this year...
-EYE24/7

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the goddess of the winds was suggesting he take off his pants...

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beautiful boy

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Whipping - Atonement - I feel so out of the loop! grnch

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Where have all the flowers gone? -matthias

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What? A Motorbike? I thought the "Anarchists" banned them. Or was it the Lesbians?

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Christopher Cross would have loved that

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whip it good

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Mmmmm...is this a mirage?

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whip it out

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Nice boots...

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Drop 'em another couple of inches

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I'd heard that the wind didn't get over 40mph that day -- Chuck of TOTEM had a wind gauge. Apparently there were predictions of 100mph.

The sad thing was the rain. We had all these warnings of a major storm, and it barely sprinkled for 5 minutes. foo. :)

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Whipping? What's wrong with a "little" whipping! hehehehe

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Our beautiful shade structure didn't blow awy like last years. yippie! Great engineering, thanx to my husband. it's all packed away for BM 2000!

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the best is mel and dave on the bike wow what a pair!!

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So can we al assume that you won't be attending Burning Man 2000...Pretty Please?

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where are the wwoowoo whiners

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where are the wwoowoo whiners

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Tie a string to it and call it a box kite.

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I wanna see more

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 A typical camp as of Monday: not much of a shade structure, and a few things blowing frantically in the wind.
 
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sounds like a great place to fly a kite....hmmmmmmmm perhaps if i can ever get there i should bring mine....woody

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you go woooody!

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Bring your kite or your woody?

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Does the earth rotate faster in the desert? -matthias

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AHHHHH--MY DRUGS!

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Somebody should've skipped the pickeled eggs at the last stop.....

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ahh nature...no art there..

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Hey! 'At's MY camp! I was hunkered in that dome-tent to keep it from collapsing. My camo-netting got kinda shredded alright. Kites came out on Tuesday after the storm. My first B'man. I'm changed. I'll be back.
-Kitebuggy Steve

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Dosen't anyone read their BRC "Survival Guide?"

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is that a u f o over your rig?


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Sometime's that's where the answer is.............my friend


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yes very nice

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And a typical Porta Potty as of Monday: this row fell on its doors, but luckily no one was trapped. FYI: they don't have escape hatches.
 
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yuk!

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Soup's on.

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Eject! Eject! :)
-EYE24/7

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That's pretty bad...

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Moral: The desert wind gods don't take no shit.

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But apparently those desert wind Gods may give it out.

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Who needs a shade structure?

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Did they just watch "Airplane"? -matthias

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Ken rules

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No way! Butt Tea rules!

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Horizontal outhouse?

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Shower? Bodypaint? ANYONE?
ANYONE?
Going once....

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Remember to wipe and seat, and wash your hands....

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My Nightmare come true!!! NEVER go into a port-a-john while on hallucinagenics...

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I hope no one was in them when the fell. I've had nightmares ahout shit like this...

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BLLLAAAAP!

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NOW THAT'S ANARCHY!

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It was ALL a failed viacom plot to drowned da fhreaks in fecies

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Who lined 'em up crosswind anyhoo?


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Aaaahhh tea! Tea-hee-heee parties next year!! Brought to you by Koze Kamp!

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Thanks to the nice folk who left incense in the potties. that helped:)

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I'm a nice folk! I left the incense that was in the portapotties on 3:30. The next day I thoughtfully asked the 'jonny on the spot' guy if that was a problem. He said "yeah, one of my guys burned his arm pretty bad yesterday. We got to do this fast and we arent expecting smoldering things stuck in corners. Also could you tell people that when they put their damn garbage bags in here, it wont fit through the ( 5 inch wide ) pipe, and we got to dig it out with our arms, and leave it by the roadside, where its the same garbage only now covered in shit and vomit."
So, altho I enjoyed the incense too, I'm honor bound to report that nothing but shit and stickers belongs in the potties! Well, that and the dehydrated snoring ravers from the night before, the poor darlings...

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Monday the wind had its way with every porta pottie on the playa. One man had his hand smashed when he try to keep the outhout his girlfriend was in from blowing over. As she got out...he got hurt. Kind of a shitty way to start the week.

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employees must wash hands; all others may choose to remain soiled at their own desire

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HEY !! (bang,bang,bang) GOT ANY PAPER ? (bang,bang,bang) HEY!,...DUDE! (bang,bang,bang) GOT ANY PAPER? (bang,bang,bang) AW COME ON MAN !!(bang,bang,bang) Sgt60s

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weeweepoopoo

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Keep plent of water around to wash the stuff off of your body

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IT'S NOT NICE TO FOOL WITH MOTHER NATURE

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cool...like dominos

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 But of course some people found ways to use the wind.
 
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Yeah, but how do you get back? Wait for the wind to come from the other direction? Both rhetorical questions...

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Use the Force

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good thinkin......i wanna ride! Can 2 fit? (misticfary@aol.com)

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tack, duh!

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don't tack, strip...

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It looks like a low-budget perfume ad. And a lot of fun! -matthias

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Still attached to his mother's womb...

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Desert Torreador of the Wild Wild West

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But wait: THAT'S ILLEGAL! Oooh, defying the Burning Man Official Rules! That's right: no sail powered vehicles allowed in '99.

P.S. We just got home. Too many people. Couldn't find you! Jessica

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You've got to Eliminate the Negative...
Latch on to TerraFirmative
Drop Some Kinda Strong Derivative,
To Counteract all Rules Conservative,
And Don't Mess with Sand Stuck In-Between...
ShroomGoil

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cool pic.

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BUTT of course!

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STOP THIEF!!!!!!!THOSE ARE MY UNDERPANTS!!!!! Sgt60s

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I'm bringing my skateboard next year!!
-jet

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too funny!

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GETTING AWAY FROM PORTA-POTTIES

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could we put one of those on Larry's ass? We could probably power the whole of Emerald city Toto.......

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Hey -- your cape is caught in the Batmobile!

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where's the diaper shot?

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Sail or die dude! -matthias

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He just
might be
the next
Tony Hawk

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ride like the wind...and perhaps consider a kick-and-go

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one of the greatest places for skate-surfing !

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Tack man tack. Hold on I think she's gonna jibe!

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