Burning Man has turned into a right of passage for middle aged, mid-life crisis folks who were born too late for Woodstock so they can go pretend to be hippies and do drugs they were too scared to try when they were younger and pray that some of the younger folks will be stoned enough to let them watch their bi-sexual orgies.
As an American it's your responsibility to have your own strategic duck stockpile. You can't expect the government to do it for you.