How many large items have u seen flying in the air at BM?

Lucidvegas · Post by **Lucidvegas** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:06 pm

Hello. Newb Q! I'm just so curious I have to ask.

Have you seen, or how many items have you seen flying in the air at BM?
Tents? Tarps? Carports!!???

Is this common? Perhaps this question belongs elsewhere..... I'm so curious I thought I'd ask.

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:17 pm

flying saucers

anvils

Post by **Elderberry** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:20 pm

I've seen tents and carports go flying by. One tent was so high it almost couldn't be recognized as a tent.

Lucidvegas · Post by **Lucidvegas** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:20 pm

Anvils? Ouch!

Sweet ultimate warrior paint by the way ;)

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:44 pm

Sic Pup · Post by **Sic Pup** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:48 pm

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moonrise · Post by **moonrise** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:30 pm

Bob wrote:

Bob, you have the BEST B&W photos!! No shit, I like to check them (and everything else) out on the potato trap whenever possible.
The 'action' shots are the best.

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Lucid...Ballooons, all sorts of balloons, sky divers, planes, kites, ultralites, even people fly over the playa.

Just rebar, T stake and ratchet strap the living crap outta the carport and it'll either:
A) Stay up and work like a charm
or
B) The worst that can happen (if rebarred, T staked and ratchet strapped down really well) is that it'll get squashed by a high wind burst but remain anchored to the playa.

My fully assmebled carport held up like a champ, even after the big RV's left and it was standing alone. YMMV

I'm *considering* doing the 'clam shell' method AntiM and MyLarry do with their carport but the low interior ceiling of clam shelling has me waiting (for the F'ing snow&rain to stop) to test how that 'feels' as it's our main shade and I don't wanna be ducking all the time.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:33 pm

That's my favorite shot of any 'art' at the burn, ever. Just polyethylene pipe sleeve sausages, filled with hot air, 1997. They caught the air and ended up in Idaho, I think.

moonrise · Post by **moonrise** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:51 pm

Bob, Have some of your photos ever been published in the Reno, Tahoe and SF Bay Area newspapers? I swear, I've seen them before, powerful images. Thanks!

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:13 pm

Aerial photography, 1996.

moonrise · Post by **moonrise** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:47 pm

Soothing images. I know I've seen some of them before, I swear!! Deja vu?

Post by **AntiM** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:23 pm

moonrise wrote:
I'm *considering* doing the 'clam shell' method AntiM and MyLarry do with their carport but the low interior ceiling of clam shelling has me waiting (for the F'ing snow&rain to stop) to test how that 'feels' as it's our main shade and I don't wanna be ducking all the time.

The reason ours works is that the two clamshells cover only the tents and the small kitchen. The actual main social shade is between them, an EZ-up frame covered in doubled camo net. The clamshells hold so well we don't really anchor the ezup or the tents!! The carports are too low for Larry to be comfy under if that were our only shade. Although he has years of ducking practice from out little house in Japan, all the interior door frames were smack (SMACK!) in the middle of his forehead. I rented it before he moved up from Sasebo, and I didn't notice a thing.

I've seen a tent high up in one of the big dust devils. And lots of kites, and of course, balloons. And those stupid floating fire lanterns, which are annoyingly irresponsible over a tent city.

I did see a huge dome try to lift off, they had it assembled and were putting on the cover before staking it down. The wind came up fast and it tipped up. One guy grabbed the bottom rail (?) as it lifted, he was a good six feet off the ground before everyone else piled on and got the thing back down flat on the ground. Could have been very, very ugly.

I've seen almost air borne hexayurt panels, a camp was putting something else together and the panels had been set next to the vehicle, although kinda tucked under. Not good enough, we chased quite a few down and Larry snagged one out of the air as it was lifting off. If we had't been passing by, the folks in that camp would have had their yurt fly away behind their backs!

gaminwench · Post by **gaminwench** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:17 pm

A huge red kite with a 1000 ft tail...

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:26 am

If simple kites or balloons were funded by the org, or Kickstarter, would more people would remember them?

Mojojita · Post by **Mojojita** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:23 am

I saw a huge dome go rolling across the playa like a tumbleweed.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:47 am

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Nothing to big.. But I watched a dirt devil pick a camp apart then lift and find another camp to touch down in.. I was watching from the top of the van.. It hit several camps.. All sorts of camp gear would come flying up.. Makes you wounder how much force one of those guys have..

motskyroonmatick · Post by **motskyroonmatick** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:12 pm

Between 20 and 30 items of large size. One was a dome tent that was hundreds of feet in the air. That was amazing. Everything needs to be secured well at the burn.

capjbadger · Post by **capjbadger** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:14 pm

I also recall a hug dust devil on '06 that took out a dome or two.

-Badger

Rusted Iron · Post by **Rusted Iron** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:34 pm

We almost got into a headon with a low flying carport that was blowing down the road. (Come to think of it, which side of a carport is its head...)

We tried a rope to it and attached it to our MV and towed it back to it's owners. Our regret was the wind was going the wrong way. It would have been better guiding it back like a parade balloon.

How many large items have u seen flying in the air at BM?

How many large items have u seen flying in the air at BM?

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