I feel like I need additional context. I'm familiar with Burning Man, but what the heck is going on with it currently?

No idea really, but friends of friends say it got drenched by that cyclone that hit Southern California, and the early campers were wading through several inches of mud

It rained at Burning Man creating thick, sticky mud. Organizers shut down the roads and something like 70,000 people are stuck waiting for it to solidify enough to be able to go anywhere safely. They’ve been told to conserve their supplies.