Snow Falls On Dubai And UAE: Air Conditioning To Blame

SNOW is falling in global warming centre of excellence Dubai and the rest of the UAE, sponsor of the USA.

Snow covered the Jebel Jais area for only the second time in recorded history yesterday.

So rare was the event that one lifelong resident said the local dialect had no word for it.

Thankfully no locals work in Dubai anymore and the indentured labour call it “snow“.

According to the RAK Government, temperatures on Jebel Jais dropped to -3°C on Friday night. On Saturday, the area had reached 1°C.Major Saeed Rashid al Yamahi, a helicopter pilot and the manager of the Air Wing of RAK Police, said the snow covered an area of five kilometres and was 10cm deep.

Meanwhile, the local air conditioning engineers at the top of the Burj Dubai celbrate a triumph of engineering and the new Acme climate controlled” thermostat…

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Posted: 25th, January 2009 | In: Media Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink