We received a circular at work today regarding weather warning for UAE residents. It seems that Saturday’s rain that left hundreds of people stranded on the road and a lot of flooding wasn’t all – to think the rainfall that single night must be equivalent to the whole year of rain in Dubai.
From the email:
From this evening onwards the weather will become unsettled with thunderstorms accompanied by heavy rain, strong gusty winds and the possibility of hail,” the met office said in its warning. “Winds may gust to 40 knots (75km/h) with poor visibility and flooding, making driving conditions difficult. This unsettled weather will persist throughout Tuesday.
Uhm, hello? Isn’t this desert land and not the tropical rainforests of Amazon and Southeast Asia! The people and moreover, the city isn’t capable of handling too much rain. No drainage on most parts, yes?
The circular continues:
All staff should be prepared for delays and make the necessary adjustments to ensure they get to work safely. Personnel who have planned long road journeys should reconsider their travel plans. It is better to delay visits and meetings than to spend hours in heavy traffic, while at the same time running the risk of being involved in an accident. Everyone should drive within their capabilities and anticipate and make allowances for poor driving habits on the part of others.
Aye. There were lots of those kind of driving habit on my way home yesterday. We live in the boundary of Dubai and Sharjah and the number of cars going to Sharjah were utilizing all the roads!
Photo credit: Arshad Ali/Gulf News
Sharjah was underwater, with most roads going to Sharjah impassable (even a day after the rains), traffic on Dubai roads connecting to Sharjah were a standstill. It took me 1.5 hours to go home yesterday instead of 20 minutes.
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Amazing! Talk about climate changes!
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its realy nice news that the rain in the next 48 hours i love raining its realy a good news for me.
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Oh, I love that photo, the Muslim woman helping the Indian woman. Look at their beautiful garments! I wonder if this is supposed to symbolize something?
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Wow. That is just INSANE!
That must be some sort of record rainfall >.<
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Though the rain does’nt seem to be too much. But still, it can be taken as outstanding as for the UAE. Most of the countries face that much rain so commonly.
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We have had two days of non-stop rain here with thunder & lightening and even tornado warnings (with one touching down in the county just south of us – about a half hour away). We have also had terrible flooding because we have clay and sand (not like the desert) instead of soil and we are so close to sea level here in Florida with awful drainage. But at least our roads are mostly passable, we did have delays just like you were speaking about yesterday during rush hour, but that was mostly because people are so impatient and drive like idiots (I am being polite) and cause accidents. I am glad that you made it home safely – maybe late, but safe!
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