Relief Effort underway in UAE after worst storm in years.
Nov 24th 2013, 12:01 pm
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Relief Effort underway in UAE after worst storm in years.
Nov 24th 2013, 12:26 pm
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Nov 24th 2013, 12:30 pm
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Well I dont know about worst ever but I had to go to disco gardens this friday and it took us 40 minutes to get off off the flyover from SZR onto the Mall's back side, just to find the roads totally flooded. It wasnt knee high so all drivers with common sense were able to navigate through slowly but then some idiot in a bmw went ahead and stalled his car in the middle and after that it was chaos. Had to turn around after that. Why dont the city planning (or whichever department) guys invest in a proper drainage system? Instead of throwing money away on crazy schemes! If these guys ever get to see one of the monsoon rains we get to see, they would just call it the Apocalypse!
Nov 24th 2013, 12:33 pm
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It was so wet, I had to use low range 4WD to go through a puddle this morning! I never knew what that little lever did before, and needed to read the handbook to find out! Never read the handbook before either! A day of firsts all round!
Nov 25th 2013, 2:11 am
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Rain last weekend? No problem.
Rain this weekend (Sevens)???? No thank you ..........
Rain this weekend (Sevens)???? No thank you ..........
Nov 25th 2013, 5:57 am
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The drains are designed correctly and are adequate for the job. The problem is when they are completed and handed over to the Client. This generally happens along with a nice shiny maintenance manual which is promptly ditched. As such, the drains sit there all summer slowly getting more and more choked with sand and so reducing capacity and no maintenance is ever undertaken. Then when the rain comes they flood.
Olejanx.... why would 4 low help you? 4 high maybe at a push.
If driving in floods the best way to go is at a medium pace (not too slow and not too fast). This allows a bow wave to form which actually leads to a lower level behind it (your engine bay). Then when you get out the flood dab your brakes. Never turn off your engine if the water level is higher than your exhaust. Keep it running at all costs. Prior to attempting any floods find out where your air intake is. If it's a Saab or anything sporty it's likely to be low down (cold air found closer to the road is denser and so can carry more fuel so gives more power). If low down just don't even attempt it.
As for the damage. I was in RAK yesterday on one of our projects in the mountains assessing the damage and it is unbelievable. After crossing three section of washed out road on the way to the site what I saw when I arrived truly shocked me. The damage is easily > 10 million AED. It must have been full on mental up there!
Olejanx.... why would 4 low help you? 4 high maybe at a push.
If driving in floods the best way to go is at a medium pace (not too slow and not too fast). This allows a bow wave to form which actually leads to a lower level behind it (your engine bay). Then when you get out the flood dab your brakes. Never turn off your engine if the water level is higher than your exhaust. Keep it running at all costs. Prior to attempting any floods find out where your air intake is. If it's a Saab or anything sporty it's likely to be low down (cold air found closer to the road is denser and so can carry more fuel so gives more power). If low down just don't even attempt it.
As for the damage. I was in RAK yesterday on one of our projects in the mountains assessing the damage and it is unbelievable. After crossing three section of washed out road on the way to the site what I saw when I arrived truly shocked me. The damage is easily > 10 million AED. It must have been full on mental up there!
Nov 25th 2013, 6:10 am
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Do people still drive Saabs?
My old boss used to say when the floods came bodies of murdered TCNs dumped in the drains tend to resurface
My old boss used to say when the floods came bodies of murdered TCNs dumped in the drains tend to resurface
Nov 25th 2013, 6:31 am
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The drains are designed correctly and are adequate for the job. The problem is when they are completed and handed over to the Client. This generally happens along with a nice shiny maintenance manual which is promptly ditched. As such, the drains sit there all summer slowly getting more and more choked with sand and so reducing capacity and no maintenance is ever undertaken. Then when the rain comes they flood.
Olejanx.... why would 4 low help you? 4 high maybe at a push.
If driving in floods the best way to go is at a medium pace (not too slow and not too fast). This allows a bow wave to form which actually leads to a lower level behind it (your engine bay). Then when you get out the flood dab your brakes. Never turn off your engine if the water level is higher than your exhaust. Keep it running at all costs. Prior to attempting any floods find out where your air intake is. If it's a Saab or anything sporty it's likely to be low down (cold air found closer to the road is denser and so can carry more fuel so gives more power). If low down just don't even attempt it.
As for the damage. I was in RAK yesterday on one of our projects in the mountains assessing the damage and it is unbelievable. After crossing three section of washed out road on the way to the site what I saw when I arrived truly shocked me. The damage is easily > 10 million AED. It must have been full on mental up there!
Olejanx.... why would 4 low help you? 4 high maybe at a push.
If driving in floods the best way to go is at a medium pace (not too slow and not too fast). This allows a bow wave to form which actually leads to a lower level behind it (your engine bay). Then when you get out the flood dab your brakes. Never turn off your engine if the water level is higher than your exhaust. Keep it running at all costs. Prior to attempting any floods find out where your air intake is. If it's a Saab or anything sporty it's likely to be low down (cold air found closer to the road is denser and so can carry more fuel so gives more power). If low down just don't even attempt it.
As for the damage. I was in RAK yesterday on one of our projects in the mountains assessing the damage and it is unbelievable. After crossing three section of washed out road on the way to the site what I saw when I arrived truly shocked me. The damage is easily > 10 million AED. It must have been full on mental up there!
Nov 25th 2013, 6:44 am
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Dunno, I just know they are renowned for having a really low air intake.
Awesome! I should have taken my Jeep out in it! Although I have kinda been ignoring it as the roof is off at the moment. Haven't checked if the bikini and the duster did the needful in the rain..... thinking the amp situated on the floor behind the front seats may now be fubared!
Awesome! I should have taken my Jeep out in it! Although I have kinda been ignoring it as the roof is off at the moment. Haven't checked if the bikini and the duster did the needful in the rain..... thinking the amp situated on the floor behind the front seats may now be fubared!
Nov 25th 2013, 7:23 am
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Nov 25th 2013, 7:49 am
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Anyone issued or received force majeure notices yet?
Nov 25th 2013, 10:05 am
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I work in all the conditions that would satisfy force majeure on a daily basis, I am thinking it will take a nuclear event before I can invoke the clause.
Nov 25th 2013, 10:12 am
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Many years ago, whilst in Oman, a Portacabin got washed out to sea. Amazing how much troublesome paperwork and laptop computers happened to be in that 'cabin...