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2022-11-25 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Heavy rains in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah on Thursday delayed flights, forced school suspensions and closed the road to Mecca

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Posted by Fred 2022-11-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Hey, Noah...

Posted by Skidmark 2022-11-25 11:48|| 2022-11-25 11:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Heavy rains happens periodically in Saudi Arabia, which inevitably causes floods like this. Here are satellite photos from flooding in 2005, and here for ditto in 2021.

Perhaps someday they’ll let go of Inshallah thinking, realize this is a regular occurrence — though not everyday — and bring in a civil engineer to do something about it.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-11-25 13:00|| 2022-11-25 13:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Failing to capture scarce water. Not anything that the Saudis have a monopoly on doing.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-25 13:21|| 2022-11-25 13:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Inshallah Habanero.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-11-25 22:23|| 2022-11-25 22:23|| Front Page Top

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