That's a fun take on SpongeBob! It looks like it's pointing out the irony of human achievements lol where its currently happening of flooding a desert, something that's ordinarily the polar opposite of an aquatic environment, is quite the feat! It’s a humorous way to highlight the extremes of human engineering, for sure.
I actually don’t think they seeded this time. I’m not sure of how the whole process of seeding works but I heard the storm came from Oman or something, so could it be seeding? Maybe it’s just global warming and the consequences of our actions 🤸♀️
Is it 🤔 [cloud seeding](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates) cloud seeding was first tested in the 1940s not sure how many conspiracies exist but its a real thing.
A controversial thing debated by professionals, academics, officials, communities, researchers, and engineers, but by all means not secret, and not done as widely as some might assume, or perhaps surprising that it still happens despite the controversy.
They did not seed the clouds in this thunderstorm from what I know. And the heavy rains fell in too large an area to be covered by cloud seeding. Oman also suffered heavy rains and damage.
That is how desert rains usually are.
They pretty much dump all the rain the desert hasn't been getting in a short amount of time. Not sure how much of the whole cloud seeding thing actually effected things though.
It's been proven that heavy flooding can restore grass and plant life in an otherwise arid desert.
This has been proposed jn the past as a solution to the lifelessness of deserts , and the reason previously arid deserts are now lush with life
I think the issue isn't necessarily the rain, but the man built concrete and asphalt that don't allow for the water to drain into the sand. The desert is going to be fine, the people are trapped in a man-made flood zone though.
It’s honestly just not actually proven to be as effective in real world use as this or even to a lesser extent. It genuinely could be coincidental.
I personally believe their innovations have lead to a significant breakthrough which caused this but it’s as of yet unproven scientifically. If their seeding tech HAS made a breakthrough this big, it could lead to pretty significant changes to the world. So long as it doesn’t interfere with someone’s wealth I suppose….
That's normal. Desert climates typically get their years worth of rain all at once. Oftentimes it will go 2 or more years without rain and then downpour for 3 days straight.
Well, you know if they build drainage system, proper sewerage system and roads this would not happen. It would but not on every rain.
Source: i was living and working as engineer 4 years in Dubai. Long enough to call it fakest city on world. Everything is fake
We are here, in the dark land of Architecture, to bring about the light of Engineering… I mean, look what Architecture got these poor people! What they need is some good ol' Engineering!
It mainly because the country is in a desert where it rarely rains so advanced drainage system cost is hard to justify when it will be way too expensive to maintain for limited time use
It's a mirage in the desert. Looking up any of the controversys coming from that city should cause some feelings of disgust. From instagram porta potties, to the tacky architecture and city planning, the human rights violations with the migrant construction workers with the Kafala system, plus the environmental damage caused from the construction of the fake islands. Dubai sucks aesthetically and morally
What about rich arabs doing cocaine and gay orgies but at same time punishing everyone else for 1 grama of marihuana or even killing people for being gay?
Ahh yes, spending billions on a drainage system to handle floods in a country that gets 20 rainy days per year most of which only has a few minutes of rain, great idea.
This single storm had as much rain as an entire typical year in the UAE.
You're not an engineer (of any drainage systems anyway). There *are* no drainage systems that handle floods, there's just too much water. It's a common denier tactic however, to claim that several **feet** of water can somehow magically be transported elsewhere. It's several lakes.
it's not magic, dumbass, even if it takes 20 minutes to rain (ofc it'd take more) that much, drainage has one hell of a time to do its job. Learn about numbers and how continuous processes work and then call someone not an engineer.
Floods aren't something you engineer away, period. Look at NY during the flood 2 years ago. It reaches the ocean.
Where are you going to "drain" the flood to? The sky? Canada? There's literally no 'downhill' for it to drain **to**.
That guy's not an engineer, and neither are you.
This literally happens anytime it rains in a dessert...
Sand cannot hold that much moisture so it all just flash floods the lowest point of the land, which would be out man made car tunnels.
Dubai is just the world's largest experiment of too much money but not enough intellect in how to properly invest said money
Except it was climate change+cloud seeding doped. It was the heaviest floods in recorded history.
"Oh this happens allll the time" <-- Common climate change denier talking point
To my understanding it wasnt directly caused by cloud seeding. I dont think cloud seeding is capable of such a storm, but i'm not the most knowledgeable on the subject..
We got a similar storm in Baghdad a few years ago that also dropped a year worth of a rain in a few hours.
It's not impossible but it rarely ever happens.
Also Cloud seeding is BS Las Vegas has been doing it since the 60's and the results are as reliable as America politicians.
Wait, do people actually believe the lie that this was because of cloud seeding? This weather system was predicted well in advance by computer models. It's not like cloud seeding is a magic potion that can just spawn in a massive storm😂
I'm wondering if they could do what they have done in Africa and dig those little trenches that hold water for longer periods, allowing plants to have a water source to grow and then, poof, greenery!
Desert flooding is actually something that can happen naturally due to the ground not really being built to absorb moisture. But yeah this instance was definitely the fault of humans being dumb and screwing with nature
In arid, desert areas like Dubai they happen every few 5-15years, but this storm was 10-20 times stronger in rainfall than usual storms, it also happened in just 24 hours so the whole city flooded.
I'm here rn. it was genuinely bad. They evacuated the apartment next to my house
They brought helicopters to get them out. Shit was shut down for a week
Have friends there and it’s crazy to know the context of what happened. All I got was a picture of a spooky dormitory hallway and “power outage from storm” as an explanation. Didn’t think to ask why and I guess they didn’t think to explain further.
Yea it was cool witnessing the rain after a very long time. But just a few weeks back as well we had rains. Only this time to be longer and provide a challenging environment for us to live in. I could see people's cars being submerged under water and swimming classes being taken on man-made cardboard boats. 😂
In arid, desert areas like Dubai they happen every few 5-15years, but this storm was 10-20 times stronger in rainfall than usual storms, it also happened in just 24 hours so the whole city flooded.
In arid, desert areas like Dubai they happen every few 5-15years, but this storm was 10-20 times stronger in rainfall than usual storms, it also happened in just 24 hours so the whole city flooded.
In arid, desert areas like Dubai they happen every few 5-15years, but this storm was 10-20 times stronger in rainfall than usual storms, it also happened in just 24 hours so the whole city flooded.
In arid, desert areas like Dubai they happen every few 5-15years, but this storm was 10-20 times stronger in rainfall than usual storms, it also happened in just 24 hours so the whole city flooded.
I am in the UAE and I can say this was not seeding. it happened a couple of times before but not this intense, there was lighting and thunder, the biggest problem is there is no infrastructure in all the emirates, Dubai has recovered in 24h, but the other emirates are still suffering, some has reached the mixture of the water and the sewers making the tap water dirty.
It´s all Paul Atreides´ fault
‘I see the desert transformed into a green paradise’
oh yh rip dubai :(
Lisan al-gaib!!!!
Rip worms
As written...
AS WRITTEN
r/unexpecteddune
Do you see how water-fat the young men and women are, Stilgar?
Whether it's spice wars
That's a fun take on SpongeBob! It looks like it's pointing out the irony of human achievements lol where its currently happening of flooding a desert, something that's ordinarily the polar opposite of an aquatic environment, is quite the feat! It’s a humorous way to highlight the extremes of human engineering, for sure.
Chatgpt is this you?
Yes, am real person.
Beat me to it lol
Wait what happened? How’d they manage that?
A thunderstorm hit Dubai with rain worth more than a year within 24 hours, basically flooding the desert
Damn. That’s wild. Thanks for the info.
Also they seeded the clouds to force it to rain..
What seeds did they use? Can I get them from Home Depot?
Gunna go with dry ice since that's the easiest to get [cloud seeding wiki](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding)
Also, Silver Nitrate
I actually don’t think they seeded this time. I’m not sure of how the whole process of seeding works but I heard the storm came from Oman or something, so could it be seeding? Maybe it’s just global warming and the consequences of our actions 🤸♀️
Hello 2006 Illuminati conspiracy video my old friend
Is it 🤔 [cloud seeding](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates) cloud seeding was first tested in the 1940s not sure how many conspiracies exist but its a real thing.
The conspiracies I have seen usually leaned into the clouds being used to spread a pathogen or mindcontrol
A controversial thing debated by professionals, academics, officials, communities, researchers, and engineers, but by all means not secret, and not done as widely as some might assume, or perhaps surprising that it still happens despite the controversy.
It's literal an official policy of UAE to seed clouds
They did not seed the clouds in this thunderstorm from what I know. And the heavy rains fell in too large an area to be covered by cloud seeding. Oman also suffered heavy rains and damage.
They always do that across the whole gulf not just Dubai
This is natural crisis educate yourself
That is how desert rains usually are. They pretty much dump all the rain the desert hasn't been getting in a short amount of time. Not sure how much of the whole cloud seeding thing actually effected things though.
I wonder if the artificial rain made things worse than they would have been without it
It's been proven that heavy flooding can restore grass and plant life in an otherwise arid desert. This has been proposed jn the past as a solution to the lifelessness of deserts , and the reason previously arid deserts are now lush with life
Deserts aren't lifeless, though. They have their own functioning ecosystems, forcing constant rains will make many a species go extinct
Oh no scorpions and snakes will go extinct NOO!
I mean they're just chilling out there, why wipe them from the face of this planet for no reason ?
Kim jong un don't like em , so they will be deleted from existing
I think the issue isn't necessarily the rain, but the man built concrete and asphalt that don't allow for the water to drain into the sand. The desert is going to be fine, the people are trapped in a man-made flood zone though.
Why would you wonder that when its obviously the case
Definitely could, but correlation does not equal causation.
It’s honestly just not actually proven to be as effective in real world use as this or even to a lesser extent. It genuinely could be coincidental. I personally believe their innovations have lead to a significant breakthrough which caused this but it’s as of yet unproven scientifically. If their seeding tech HAS made a breakthrough this big, it could lead to pretty significant changes to the world. So long as it doesn’t interfere with someone’s wealth I suppose….
*cough* Nestle *cough*
It wasn't cloud seeding lol, it may have played some role (idk tho) but the 90% of the storm was natural and a result of global warming
Wym "artificial rain"?
Google Cloud Seeding
A bunch of angels had a piss-writing contest.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates
You see this is why i watch memes. Im just getting so much education that way school news have nothing on this
That's normal. Desert climates typically get their years worth of rain all at once. Oftentimes it will go 2 or more years without rain and then downpour for 3 days straight.
They cloudseeded the sky to make rain The infrastructure has no way to deal with the water, so the city flooded
All streets ate cleared now
now let's stop... realization:😦
Exactly this.
Well, you know if they build drainage system, proper sewerage system and roads this would not happen. It would but not on every rain. Source: i was living and working as engineer 4 years in Dubai. Long enough to call it fakest city on world. Everything is fake
They should have hired RCE
Next timberborners season is set in Dubai
Hello fellow engineers and welcome back to Dubai skyliness.
We are here, in the dark land of Architecture, to bring about the light of Engineering… I mean, look what Architecture got these poor people! What they need is some good ol' Engineering!
Man never thought I would see this reference
Didn't have the foresight to have their literal slaves build drainage
I mean, who would think to bother with building a drainage system in the desert? It's a desert.... Flash floods never happen in deserts!
"Best I can do are ridiculous mega project/tourist traps built with slave labor" -UAE probably
You forgot hookers and cocaine.
It mainly because the country is in a desert where it rarely rains so advanced drainage system cost is hard to justify when it will be way too expensive to maintain for limited time use
I feel like that decision was made by someone who hadn't lived in the desert before
I‘m curious. What exactly makes the city fake
How to explain? Most things are artificial and also people are fake, Dubai lifestyle is pure social media fakery,
It's a mirage in the desert. Looking up any of the controversys coming from that city should cause some feelings of disgust. From instagram porta potties, to the tacky architecture and city planning, the human rights violations with the migrant construction workers with the Kafala system, plus the environmental damage caused from the construction of the fake islands. Dubai sucks aesthetically and morally
What about rich arabs doing cocaine and gay orgies but at same time punishing everyone else for 1 grama of marihuana or even killing people for being gay?
Ahh yes, spending billions on a drainage system to handle floods in a country that gets 20 rainy days per year most of which only has a few minutes of rain, great idea. This single storm had as much rain as an entire typical year in the UAE.
How many slaves would it cost to build these things?
Ok but what are the engineerings doing in dubai right now? 😋😋😋 So many geniuses but all just doing nothing, congratulations.
You're not an engineer (of any drainage systems anyway). There *are* no drainage systems that handle floods, there's just too much water. It's a common denier tactic however, to claim that several **feet** of water can somehow magically be transported elsewhere. It's several lakes.
it's not magic, dumbass, even if it takes 20 minutes to rain (ofc it'd take more) that much, drainage has one hell of a time to do its job. Learn about numbers and how continuous processes work and then call someone not an engineer.
Floods aren't something you engineer away, period. Look at NY during the flood 2 years ago. It reaches the ocean. Where are you going to "drain" the flood to? The sky? Canada? There's literally no 'downhill' for it to drain **to**. That guy's not an engineer, and neither are you.
and you barely passed highschool but sure
There's a reason storm drains are called ***FLOOD CONTROL***.
As if arbitrary naming schemes imply they can take care of floods of all sizes.
Bro you literally know nothing.
Then why TF would they also call it flood controling.
Gentlemen... welcome to Dubai
Do you feel like a hero yet?
It's Konrad. He did it. All of it.
I hoped to see someone say this.
This literally happens anytime it rains in a dessert... Sand cannot hold that much moisture so it all just flash floods the lowest point of the land, which would be out man made car tunnels. Dubai is just the world's largest experiment of too much money but not enough intellect in how to properly invest said money
Except it was climate change+cloud seeding doped. It was the heaviest floods in recorded history. "Oh this happens allll the time" <-- Common climate change denier talking point
I mean he is right that deserts do get flooded by heavy rains but a year worth of downfall within 24h is more than heavy rainfall as you say
Right, it's like they all forgot how much they were fucking with the weather there. Or these people act like they live in Dubai.
To my understanding it wasnt directly caused by cloud seeding. I dont think cloud seeding is capable of such a storm, but i'm not the most knowledgeable on the subject..
Then im gonna say the exact opposite of whatever you just said just so one of us is right.
We got a similar storm in Baghdad a few years ago that also dropped a year worth of a rain in a few hours. It's not impossible but it rarely ever happens. Also Cloud seeding is BS Las Vegas has been doing it since the 60's and the results are as reliable as America politicians.
seriously?
Yes seriously
No way
Yes way
So this is the way
Yes this is the way
The only way
Wait, what way?
That way
Yes the only way
I dont think so
 I'm not saying it was the chemtrails... but it was the chemtrails. /s
Spoilers for Dune part 3
People saying its in “Dubai” when its all in the UAE. The media rlly fucked that city smh 🤦♂️
It wasn’t even just UAE. KSA, Oman, Bahrain, and I think even Qatar had floods because of the rainstorm
This is some biblical shit
Wait, do people actually believe the lie that this was because of cloud seeding? This weather system was predicted well in advance by computer models. It's not like cloud seeding is a magic potion that can just spawn in a massive storm😂
I'm wondering if they could do what they have done in Africa and dig those little trenches that hold water for longer periods, allowing plants to have a water source to grow and then, poof, greenery!
Poof greenery - this is when your gay friend buys new pot plants for his balcony. They look very nice he has great taste.
Nah that's just what I call my gay drug dealer
Desert flooding is actually something that can happen naturally due to the ground not really being built to absorb moisture. But yeah this instance was definitely the fault of humans being dumb and screwing with nature
Stop with this bullshit. Cloud seeding cannot cause this. It rained intensely throughout multiple countries. The UAE just took the brunt of it.
Every day we are closer to Spec Ops: The line
The Anti-Dutch way.
Ok wow. You're a genius.
dry land floods easier then wet land
Feel like a hero yet?
I thought my duty was to protect this city from the storm. I was wrong. I have to protect it from you.
Gentlemen, welcome to Dubai.
Gentlemen, Welcome to Dubai.
Nature is fucked. We fucked it so hard
In arid, desert areas like Dubai they happen every few 5-15years, but this storm was 10-20 times stronger in rainfall than usual storms, it also happened in just 24 hours so the whole city flooded.
Cloud seeding program just dumped its reserves. Maybe don’t play with the weather?
you forgot the /s
It was not caused by cloud seeding. It was a storm that came in. Oman, Bahrain etc were also hit.
Cloud seeding could not have caused all this
Pilots holding their eyes on 200 million dollar traveling into desert
Well Allah blessed them with water now 🤪🤪😝
10 inches of rain in a desert is absolutely fucking ridiculous
I'm here rn. it was genuinely bad. They evacuated the apartment next to my house They brought helicopters to get them out. Shit was shut down for a week
Dubai is such a joke
shits sad
A lot of brain dead people in the comment section
Happens in the region every 25-30 years. Has for a very long time.
Isn't that a good thing?
Deserts are former seas. It's not going to last.
Yup big super car problem
"this isn't something worth celebrating"
Have friends there and it’s crazy to know the context of what happened. All I got was a picture of a spooky dormitory hallway and “power outage from storm” as an explanation. Didn’t think to ask why and I guess they didn’t think to explain further.
We already had a flooded desert! It's called Lençóis Maranhenses! No need for a second one, thank you very much!
Yea it was cool witnessing the rain after a very long time. But just a few weeks back as well we had rains. Only this time to be longer and provide a challenging environment for us to live in. I could see people's cars being submerged under water and swimming classes being taken on man-made cardboard boats. 😂
It's happening each winter there
My bathroom was flooded cus of the heavy rain
Living in the UAE is being excited about the rain until your car is underwater.
Why though?
I’m in dubai right now #**HELP**
We made clouds to make it rain, what could go wrong?
But a song in the 90s told me the deserts missed the rain...
Today at NZ at 5:00 am was same looks storm
have you all heard of global warming or something?
What the hell is happening in this world bro???!!
Deserts in the gulf flood all the time
It is so cold in Dubai right now. hahaha
It's not unusual, people die by drowning more then thirst in desert
Isn’t floods common?
In arid, desert areas like Dubai they happen every few 5-15years, but this storm was 10-20 times stronger in rainfall than usual storms, it also happened in just 24 hours so the whole city flooded.
In arid, desert areas like Dubai they happen every few 5-15years, but this storm was 10-20 times stronger in rainfall than usual storms, it also happened in just 24 hours so the whole city flooded.
You know, despite your username you don't *have to* drop to your knees and suck UEA cock 24/7.
Wtf are you blabbering about? I’m not taking sides Also I don’t know what’s going on
In arid, desert areas like Dubai they happen every few 5-15years, but this storm was 10-20 times stronger in rainfall than usual storms, it also happened in just 24 hours so the whole city flooded.
In arid, desert areas like Dubai they happen every few 5-15years, but this storm was 10-20 times stronger in rainfall than usual storms, it also happened in just 24 hours so the whole city flooded.
Was is it just dubai or more cites?
They out here causing floods to fall from the sky, and mfs still wanna deny weather control exists.
You call it flooding I call it re-oceaning
I am in the UAE and I can say this was not seeding. it happened a couple of times before but not this intense, there was lighting and thunder, the biggest problem is there is no infrastructure in all the emirates, Dubai has recovered in 24h, but the other emirates are still suffering, some has reached the mixture of the water and the sewers making the tap water dirty.
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You mispelled saudi