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> It'll dry up and be like it never happened in no time.

With more rain slated for today and Sunday, and the fact that it ends on Monday, I wouldn't be so optimistic.

I live in Utah and have spent a lot of time on and around dry like beds. They do not “dry up quickly”. A quarter inch under the crust is likely going to be mud for weeks or months. Some vehicles might be fine but heavy ones are in deep $&@! until they are recovered. Just my uninformed opinion.

Yup. Going to be a lot of rental RV’s that ‘are not going to Burning Man, we promise!’ abandoned out there.

Fun times!

I didn't say it would dry up today, I said it'll dry up quickly when the rain stops.

Dry lake beds/playas tend to work differently. The caliche/clay tends to crust over and keep the fun, nasty goo around just under the surface for a lot longer than anyone expects. If someone goes out onto it, they can break through into stuff that doesn’t support any weight.

Kind of like if it was thin ice, but it’s actually (mildly) caustic mud.

That said, never tested this on that specific playa. It’s also usually somewhat location dependent even within a specific lakebed.

Don’t be surprised though if it takes months (next year? If there are followup storms) for some of these vehicles to be extracted.

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