{"id":33535,"date":"2024-04-30T11:22:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T11:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=33535"},"modified":"2024-04-30T11:24:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T11:24:41","slug":"dubai-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/04\/30\/dubai-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/Dubai-Sky.mp3\"> Dubai Sky.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/Dubai-Sky.mp4\"> Dubai Sky.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dubai sky,<br \/>\nWhy?<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Oud, Guitar Solo, Lute, Oboe, Tambourine]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nMore rain in a day than a year<br \/>\nWhat can I say, living in fear<br \/>\nThe sky opened, the heavens fell<br \/>\nForecast for the future, doesn&#8217;t bode well<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<br \/>\nThe pain of desert rain<br \/>\n[Break]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nLand so dry can&#8217;t even cry<br \/>\nNo so wet you&#8217;re gonnna regret<br \/>\nWhat use to fry won&#8217;t stay dry<br \/>\nTimes are changing, climates rearranging<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nHail!<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nThe Prince of Fail<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Oud Solo,<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<br \/>\nDubai sky,<br \/>\nWhy?<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Oud, Guitar Solo, Lute, Oboe, Tambourine]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nAs the rain pounds out the beat<br \/>\nWater fills the street<br \/>\nThe water is pouring down<br \/>\nNo dry ground found&#8230;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s flooding all around<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<br \/>\nThe pain of desert rain<br \/>\n[Break]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nLand so dry can&#8217;t even cry<br \/>\nNo so wet you&#8217;re gonnna regret<br \/>\nWhat use to fry won&#8217;t stay dry<br \/>\nTimes are changing, climates rearranging<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nHail!<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nThe Prince of Fail<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Oud Solo, Lute, Oboe, Tambourine]<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<br \/>\nDubai sky,<br \/>\nWhy?<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Oud, Guitar Solo, Lute, Oboe, Tambourine]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 3]<br \/>\nThe sands of time are drenched<br \/>\nDesert no more, ocean floor<br \/>\nParched passed, thirst quenched<br \/>\nWhat was sure is now shore<br \/>\nPour, pour, pour<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<br \/>\nThe pain of desert rain<br \/>\n[Break]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nLand so dry can&#8217;t even cry<br \/>\nNo so wet you&#8217;re gonnna regret<br \/>\nWhat use to fry won&#8217;t stay dry<br \/>\nTimes are changing, climates rearranging<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nHail!<br \/>\nThe Prince of Fail<br \/>\n[End]<\/p>\n<p>A SCIENCE LESSON<br \/>\nOn April 16, 2024, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) experienced an unprecedented storm that resulted in the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in the desert nation. Heavy thunderstorms lashed the UAE, leading to extensive flooding of roads and Dubai\u2019s international airport. The rainfall, which began late Monday, saturated the sands and roadways of Dubai with approximately 20 millimeters (0.79 inches) of rain, according to meteorological data collected at Dubai International Airport. The intensity of the storms intensified on Tuesday, dumping even more rain and hail onto the overwhelmed city.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of Tuesday, Dubai had received more than 142 millimeters (5.59 inches) of rainfall within a 24-hour period. This amount far exceeds the average annual rainfall of 94.7 millimeters (3.73 inches) at Dubai International Airport, which is the world\u2019s busiest airport for international travel and a hub for the long-haul carrier Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>The state-run WAM news agency described the rainfall as &#8220;a historic weather event,&#8221; surpassing any previous records since the start of data collection in 1949.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden deluge highlighted the vulnerability of Dubai and the UAE to extreme weather events, prompting concerns about climate resilience and urban planning. As one expert on climate resilience and urban environments noted, the unprecedented rainfall underscores the need for the UAE to reassess its approach to infrastructure and emergency preparedness.<\/p>\n<p>The heavy rainfall also had significant impacts on businesses and individuals in the region. For example, Somia Anwar, co-owner of Bookends, a used books seller, experienced flooding in her basement-level shop, resulting in the loss of thousands of books. The incident highlighted the need for improved waterproofing measures and insurance coverage against such events.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists attributed the severity of the rainfall to a combination of factors, including the warming of the Pacific Ocean associated with the El Ni\u00f1o pattern and human-caused climate change. While the precise contribution of climate change to the extreme weather event is difficult to quantify, the warming climate is increasingly making such events more severe and frequent.<\/p>\n<p>With the UAE hosting the COP28 climate summit last year, awareness has grown about climate change dangers. The country has an adaptation plan, and Dubai was the first to apply for a UN scheme to become a \u201cCity Resilience Hub\u201d in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>UAE capital Abu Dhabi weathered the latest storm better than the larger glitzy trading and financial hub of Dubai. The futuristic city is the UAE\u2019s biggest by population and the location of the world\u2019s second busiest airport, which was forced to cancel more than 1,000 flights, leaving passengers stranded for days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe infrastructure was built before these weather changes happened,\u201d said an insurance executive, who said it was too early to estimate overall damage costs. \u201cIn certain instances, the quality of construction by the developers was not good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sprawling Dubai was especially vulnerable to flooding because it was relatively flat, covered in impermeable concrete and asphalt surfaces, and its desert sands lacked the ability to grow vegetation that could absorb floodwater, said a Dubai-based town planning specialist.<\/p>\n<p>Following the floods, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al-Maktoum, the crown prince, approved a Dh66bn upgrade to the drain network \u00a9 AP<\/p>\n<p>Underlying those drainage problems is a groundwater table already oversaturated by irrigation and pipe leakage, a common issue in the Gulf. \u201cThe cities are really floating,\u201d said Hrvoje Cindri\u0107, Middle East planning lead at international engineering firm Buro Happold.<\/p>\n<p>When Dubai floods, he added, \u201cthe water has got nowhere to go\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dubai officials over the years have considered comprehensive drainage systems but carried out limited works because of the high costs involved versus the perceived relatively low risk.<\/p>\n<p>Upgrades to the network have included a 10km drainage tunnel under southern Dubai, opened ahead of Expo 2020, to serve the huge exhibition facilities, which was also the site of the UN climate summit, and the airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou wouldn\u2019t engineer for the worst possible scenario\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009it\u2019s prohibitively expensive,\u201d said Huda Shaka, a chartered urban planner based in Dubai. But following the storm, \u201cit\u2019s not just a theoretical scenario. <\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the floods, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al-Maktoum, the crown prince, approved a Dh66bn upgrade to the drain network. Tenders were first issued last year for the project, though bids were not received until February.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came after the UAE president Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan ordered officials to monitor the nation\u2019s infrastructure and \u201climit the damage caused,\u201d according to the state news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Town planning experts say Dubai could adopt \u201csponge city\u201d principles, making detailed flooding plans and allotting areas with permeable surfaces for better drainage. Given the damage sustained by many buildings, \u201cthere may be a need for tougher building codes,\u201d said a former Emirati official.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow the cost of mitigating [extreme weather] becomes not unreasonable,\u201d said urban planner Shaka, adding: \u201csometimes it takes an extreme event for action to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>by <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/\">The Beatless Sense Mongers<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Sky.mp3 Dubai Sky.mp4 Dubai sky, Why? [Break] [Instrumental, Oud, Guitar Solo, Lute, Oboe, Tambourine] [Verse 1] More rain in a day than a year What can I say, living in fear The sky opened, the heavens fell Forecast for the future, doesn&#8217;t bode well [Break] The pain of desert rain [Break] [Chorus] Land so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,14,24],"tags":[163,546,563],"class_list":["post-33535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-the-beatless-sense-mongers","tag-climate-change","tag-mp4","tag-music-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33535"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33562,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33535\/revisions\/33562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}