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  1. CW: Long thread/4

    tl;dr:

    * Bad weather is normal at Burning Man (it's a feature, not a bug);

    * Mostly burners leapt to the occasion, which is what people almost always do in disaster situations;

    * This is the second Burning Man #HeavyWeather year in a row;

    * The #ClimateEmergency is tipping the #BlackRockDesert from "extremely challenging" to "impossible";

    * This isn't the last event, place and tradition that will have to be radically reconsidered in light of the climate emergency;

    4/

  2. I've always been fascinated and inspired by old USGS maps of the American west, especially the places where I grew up

    Here's an 1886 version of Granite Range, NV, and mine-- a USGS-inspired map incorporating the current landscape and more accurate and detailed terrain

    @sarahbell made the Bell Topo Sans typeface!

    #pyramidlakepaiute #Nevada #Gerlach #GreatBasin #MapArt #MapsAsArt #BasinRange #BlackRockDesert #PyramidLake #BlackRockCity #BurningMan #Washoe #Paiute #ConspiracyOfCartographers