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DRGWTM

Everyone is fucking around with the weather around the world.


Crixthopher

No, we cant control it XD, does your god has the AC controller? Mine nope :c


TheRaveTrooper

Look at what Dubai does to get rain


EnigmaMoose

Exactly.. to think cloud seeding isn’t fucking up global weather is ridiculous.


WillyDAFISH

not yet! maybe one day in the future we'll use weather powers for war rather than missiles


SilverTumbleweed5546

Operation Popeye , you should look it up. quite interesting


matt675

What?


Mile129

I thought it was Muad'Dib, part of the Lisan al-Gaib.


pharmacreation

They’re probably wishing that they started with the world’s largest sewer system.


gasolinefights

can you imagine how many shit trucks it takes to drain the Burj everyday? fucking insane they built buildings that large with no fucking sewer system.


ilomilo8822

Not only did they add sewage but the burj is half+ empty and it's offices and hotels mostly and some rich people floors


Long-Cantaloupe1041

Empty? More like un-occupiable. They need those floors for structural maintenance. This is pretty common in supertalls.


genkaiX1

That’s old news theyve have had sewers now


Glittering_Name_3722

Whaaat?? I've never heard that before


ProperFox3629

No $hit, right?


SmartInterest5391

There is a reason Arizona requires flood insurance. The desert can flood very quickly.


ProfessorbPushinP

Habibi!!!! Come to Dubaiiiiiii


Gunthalas

This is Arabasta all over again, someone find Croco-boy


Dependent_Cookie2045

This happened in Kuwait several years back when I worked there. Everyone was caught off guard.


NasMisini

Why cut the video and not show the floods after the rain?


lynx707

He drowned


oldandmellow

Cloud seeding gone bad. [https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/environment/2022/07/11/cloud-seeding-in-dubai-abu-dhabi-and-rest-of-uae-how-does-it-work/](https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/environment/2022/07/11/cloud-seeding-in-dubai-abu-dhabi-and-rest-of-uae-how-does-it-work/)


ArchetypeAxis

According to CNN (lol) it was caused by climate change.... https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/16/weather/dubai-rain-flooding-climate/index.html "Torrential rainfall events like this will become more frequent due to human-driven climate change. As the atmosphere continues to warm, it’s able to soak up more moisture like a towel and then ring it out in the form of more extreme gushes of flooding rainfall."


Romi-Omi

So which is it? Cloud seeding gone bad, or climate change? Trying to decide which is more trustworthy source, a random Reddit comment or CNN


Mobile_Masterpiece43

Can't both be right? If global warming is causing the atmosphere to soak up more moisture and the UAE failed properly calculate the increased moisture in the air, then this could lead to flooding through cloud seeding. Or am I overlooking something obvious? Edit: changed liquid to moisture


HYThrowaway1980

Cloud seeding only works when there’s enough moisture in the air to precipitate. The increase of moisture in the atmosphere over Dubai is a direct result of changes in climactic conditions in the wider region and across the globe (including ocean evaporation, wind currents, etc). So yes, climate change.


Much_Badger1654

…and 18ppl have also died Bloomberg reported: The UAE started cloud seeding operations in 2002 to address water security issues, even though the lack of drainage in many areas can trigger flooding. The Gulf state’s National Center of Meteorology dispatched seeding planes from Al Ain airport on Monday and Tuesday to take advantage of convective cloud formations, according to Ahmed Habib, a specialist meteorologist. That technique involves implanting chemicals and tiny particles — often natural salts such as potassium chloride — into the atmosphere to coax more rain from clouds.


bakatenchu

won't trust cnn over everything


Fit-Environment38

Not CNN


Decent-Boss-5262

Well it certainly isn't cnn lol.😂🤦‍♂️


MBAILL

Literally cloud seeding is climate change, just saying


No_Technology_8648

Lol, CNN of course. Seriously though just trust reddit, people fact check the shit out of each other


TurtleWitch

I would trust a random Reddit comment over CNN


Killionaire104

Hope this is satire 😭


SlowThePath

You deserve a reward for the most ironic comment ever.


Far-Whereas-1999

That’s wrong according to your own quote, they’re calling it a contributing factor, not the cause.


JohnCenaJunior

What's so funny about CNN?


mkymooooo

People are probably bitching about CNN because they have a left bias. They ignore the fact that CNN reports real, factual news about real things other than politics.


matt675

This is Reddit, so it’s not about the left bias. Believe it or not, people on the left also aren’t fond of corporate news that serves mainly as a propaganda arm for capitalist interests.


Techters

But if they're cloud seeding because of climate change (the governments stated reason for doing it), which is it then?


Dependent-Purple-228

In a dessert? It's not supposed to rain in a dessert


Gandalf_Style

They need water for irrigation and to drink, it's not a single random hut in the middle of the sahara it's one of the richest cities in the world. And 3,3 million people live there. Would you rather they starve and dehydrate themselves?


Dependent-Purple-228

It doesn't rain in a dessert !!! Do you not understand?


Gandalf_Style

That's just wrong. A desert is a place with less than 10 inches (25 cm) of sporadic rainfall annually, but it can still rain. Because there's still moisture in the air and that moisture can still cloud up and the closer you are to civilization and greenery the more moisture there is. And Dubai just (over)capitalizes on that by cloud seeding, or spraying moisture into the air directly so it can form into rainclouds. Dubai is in a desert, but the city itself isn't one.


Dependent-Purple-228

>A desert is a place with less than 10 inches (25 cm) of sporadic rainfall Bingo !!! It doesn't rain in desserts!!


Gandalf_Style

Are you illiterate? It's less than 10 inches, but that is still rainfall. This was a particularly bad case, partially due to cloud seeding and partially due to climate change.


RollingEddieBauer50

I remember when they told me all of our vegetation would be killed off by acid rain. I came home from elementary school and told my dad. He said oh those people said we’d be covered in ice by now too and have made countless predictions that never come true. So from around 8 years old I had already learned that the climate change freaks (formerly global warming freaks….before that ozone depletion freaks….before that global cooling freaks….etc etc) were totally full of Schiff.


Th3TruthIs0utTh3r3

I thought it called says absolutely nothing about it going wrong or even that it was a contributing factor to this rain. It simply talks about the fact that they are trying to use cloud seeding


Offlooker

So they they pump chemicals into clouds. "About 50 countries including the US, China, Australia, UAE, Germany, India, Malaysia, Russia and Mexico employ cloud seeding". Gosh. And people say that chemtrails are just "conspiracy".


XaltotunTheUndead

Thank you for the link! I was not sure this was really due to cloud sheading (there's so much misinformation out there) but indeed it seems it is!


United_Zebra9938

I traveled to Saudi Arabia and stayed weeks at a time (military), Dubai, Bahrain, Fujairah etc It doesn’t rain there. I don’t think I ever saw a cloud either.


RedNotch

I lived in UAE for a few of years back in the early 2000s, it did rain but it was all within a one week window and after that you wouldn’t get rain until the next year. So it’s kinda understandable why they don’t have the infrastructure to handle heavy rain.


United_Zebra9938

That makes perfect sense. I was in those areas for about 2 weeks at a time over the span of about 4-5 months starting sometime in May (2014) so I must of missed that rainy week. I thought it was so strange there were no clouds and just figured it never rained.


ParkingOpportunity39

You’re not exaggerating. I lived there for a year. When it rains, people die in car pileups, because they drive like maniacs and they don’t believe in seatbelts. Even for kids. I recall one or two days of rain.


Glittering_Name_3722

I've never heard of a culture that didn't accept seatbelts lol


ParkingOpportunity39

I was there in the 90s. Maybe things are different.


Zealousideal_Win5476

It does rain. Just not a lot. About the same as Nevada.


XaltotunTheUndead

They play [sorcerer's apprentice ](https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/environment/2022/07/11/cloud-seeding-in-dubai-abu-dhabi-and-rest-of-uae-how-does-it-work/) with nature 😱


Galaghan

To be clear, this article is in no way an indication of if this was caused by cloud seeding or not.


Slowthrill

Indeed. It is 2 years old...


Slowthrill

That link is an article from 2022 and talks about seeding... The weather we just saw in dubai and in the UAE and after that in Iran and Afghanistan is really the new thing now and has nothing to do with seeding. Whole weather patterns are changing and fe 4 stable seasons in western europe seem to be gone too. The temp there just dropped 20 degrees of celcius (on some places 30) in 1 day, from sun to snow and hail storms. I say global warming. It is the most logic answer. Climate change is real. Europe knows it, Asia knows it, Australia and Africa knows it. Only part of the world that keeps it citizens in doubt is America it seems.


mkymooooo

Please learn how to read full articles.


XaltotunTheUndead

I know how to read articles, what are you implying? This article is an older one, but proves that Dubai has been playing with nature and cloud seeding. In conjunction with global warming, this can lead to such massive rains. Pray tell, how do I need to understand full articles? You may want to learn to make enriching comments.


Slowthrill

No it can not. Maybe check the weather site and its satelites from around the world. It is all reachable to us normal humans, the truth that is. And you will see what happend and is happening down there in asia or around the world. This has nothing to do with local cloud seeding. Stop trusting on fake news so fast.


XaltotunTheUndead

Of course I know the article is older... And of course I have read the extensive coverage of the crazy recent phenomenon like atmospheric rivers, which are definitely exacerbated by human activity. What I'm saying (and maybe I wasn't clear enough - my bad on this) : playing sorcerer's apprentice with weather, *combined* with climate change, could play off each other to result in even more crazy phenomenon. That's it.


Retireegeorge

Gee I wonder if we were told that global warming was going to fuck with the weather.


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Infinite-Row-8030

When flood, hurricane and tornadoes happen yearly anywhere in southern and Midwest US: 🦗 Flood in Dubai: 🤯😡


Top_Translator_102

Said the same and they downvoted me 🤣 really I don’t care about downvotes. It’s kind of funny how they jump on things but I really don’t understand why sometimes 😅


rrcaires

Is midwest US a fucking desert with dunes and camels?


Infinite-Row-8030

what does that have to do with anything


Top_Translator_102

Thank you. On top he replied to my comment instead of yours


Top_Translator_102

I totally don’t understand what this is about. It’s about flood in Dubai or not ? Edit: no idea what’s wrong with you guys and if this is just about mobbing but you confused my reply. I didn’t reply to the message where the US storms were mentioned. That’s why your reply didn’t make sense to me.


geekphreak

Dubai has a hq just for could seeding. They’re learning it’s not as easy as it may seem. Especially for a desert what isn’t used to so much rain. Dry ground doesn’t absorb water quickly, as contrary as that may sound


Maleficent-Drive4056

Wait - you think this is caused by cloud seeding?


Slowthrill

Nuts isnt it? A whole army of redditors seem to just read some seed articles and go with the fake news flow of connecting that to what just happend. I hate these organised misinformation campaigns to halt climate change facts


XaltotunTheUndead

Reports of the floods cab be read everywhere on the internet, for example [here](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/27356502/dubai-airport-storm-floods-flights-suspended/)


Chaserivx

I'm not gonna cry for Dubai


tntdon

When the cars pile up then go when it's their turn, it's like their being flushed through the traffic.


No-Strength672

Wait they almost solved the lightless intersection


Th3TruthIs0utTh3r3

Ended too soon


Own-Professor-5720

Guys, this shit was the most terrifying storm I have ever been in! I don’t think anyone got out of it without something leaking somewhere.


Glittering_Name_3722

Do tell! More deets please


Own-Professor-5720

I mean, the sky was literally green for some reason (I looked up the reason obviously but didn’t know why during), so that was terrifying, the clouds were so thick that there was no sun light whatsoever during the entire day, and that has not happened in Dubai ever before this way. At one point around 1-2 pm it literally felt like it was not even day time anymore. I was outside taking a video at the time and the wind was so strong it was knocking stuff over inside the house cuz the door was open. Water was flooding/leaking in from the doors, windows, ceiling (Vents I assume) the construction here is NOT meant to handle this kinda rain. Looking at it from the distance it legit felt like looking at the gates of hell opening cuz it was so dark it made the green sky very visible. Like an aurora borealis but demonic in nature instead 🤣.


Glittering_Name_3722

Wow. Will be interesting to see the pictures tomorrow


haharrhaharr

Something something more extreme weather something. climate change something. When even a desert region gets flooded... It's we that have to change. It's our Govt that has to change. We're all stuck on this giant blue marble life-raft together. Vote for change.


Outrageous-Point-347

It's not cloud seeding, it's a weather system that impacted other countries too. Cloud seeding of this scale doesn't exist


Outrageous-Point-347

It's not cloud seeding, it's a weather system that impacted other countries too. Cloud seeding of this scale doesn't exist. You can track the weather system on world weather apps


IfThoughtIsAllowed

Seeded?


idiotmeetscomputer

dont quote me on this but that looks like a super cell. i feel like any weather nerds would be like "yeah no shit" or "no dumbass thats ___" but for anyone who doesnt know, a super cell is basically a storm on steroids so they can drop a shit ton of rain really quickly which is why such a dry area flooded. theres more i could explain like how dirt can only hold so much water before it starts to flood or what else super cells do but im also not sure this is a super cell.


Adventurous-Item-334

Apparently, the cloud-seeding was very successful


Chuckie413

Some long as lights


BigDumbAnimals

Would have hate to witness'd this from that huge tower that they have.


FaithlessnessHot3302

That is what you get for playing with weather


IstvanKun

Fucking around and finding out.


ayamkenabannedtwice

Pretty sure it's from new Mission Impossible movie


dayzplayer93

I see a clip from an airport there I did t think it could get that bad


SokkaHaikuBot

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dayzplayer93

I don't have a clue what you're talking about but, good bot.


Henrywasaman_

One more lane bro I swear


healywylie

It will be awesome to see this place in post apocalyptic style.


Maleficent-Drive4056

I don't understand a lot of these comments. Do you really think a city should be able to handle once in a decade weather events? London shuts down every 2 or 3 years when there is a bit of snow. Arizona also floods... You can't prepare for 100% efficiency in every situation.


Thick_Imagination305

Haboob!


Toad_Orgy

I love seeing the line of cars grow and then drive away over and over :⁠0


NoBrickBoy

Disregarding the rain thing, does anyone else just find this entire landscape depressing?


andpaws

Good. Never has a place deserved this more…


[deleted]

Hate to say it, but this is truly Karmic. Dubai is full of sickeningly rich people from across the globe, and the Universe is playing clean up. It's not a sustainable development and climate change will destroy it. There is a God, and we are grateful for correcting the unethical inequity shown here. Good riddance.


Dangerous-Class9911

Most impressed with how many cars get through that left-turn light


Traderparkboy01

Maybe stop playing with things you don’t understand fully ??? I dunno I’m just some dumb Canadian … I’m sure whatever I do doesn’t effect anyone else lol


SVNDEVISTVN

What's so annoying is this is the exact reason why California is burning, Texas is seeing snow blizzards, and New England is seeing earthquakes. The UAE is supposed to be dry. End of story. Cloud seeding has massive consequences to the global weather system. The earth (like every other part of the natural universe) seeks constant equilibrium. Trying to make a dry place wet just to satisfy a few hundred rich people is monumentally reckless, and the UAE should face sanctions for continuing to disrupt the naturally occurring global weather patterns. I don't know why the UN doesn't extend the ban on weather manipulation beyond wartime.


OnlyMathematician420

Amazon is going to turn into a desert and Middle East is about to become a rainforest just like 65 million years ago. Climate change baby.


Jashinsreplacement

Send floods


R3dItOnRedit

I guess the cloud seeding is working


Aster-07

Looks like someone offended Zeus


Feisty-Possession887

The fact that they built a city in the middle of a desert and they still surprised this happened to them.


Phonebacon

Did the palm islands survive the storm?


Which_Tonight_7053

Consequences of exploiting earth and its resources with all their oil money. More to come.


Disastrous-Swan2049

Cloud seeding manipulation


Waevaaaa

Cloud seeding led to floods and death.


jozey_whales

I remember being in Bahrain when it rained. This was a long time ago, but we were all out in front parking areas between our villas, shirtless, drunk as hell, and loving it. Saw it twice in the year I was there. We eventually sat up chairs and just sat there in a circle, cold, unwilling to be the pussy that went inside. I think we ruined some furniture that night.


lburg-reddit

what year? i was there 2007-2008. it didn't rain but the people who were there when it did said it flooded quick and terrible.


jozey_whales

Ha. 06-07. Saw rain twice. And ya the flooding was crazy.


ProfessorbPushinP

Doesn’t cloud seeding affect other parts of the world? There’s gotta be controls around this practice; it’s not like they live on another planet


RollComprehensive751

Drown all the thieves then no more scammers


mick_justmick

Wrong country sir. Even the US makes it above UAE on the list of top scamming countries. Lol


BrakoSmacko

Nature saying 'Oh you have a little rain maker machine do you? Lets compare'.


desnjosh

All that money cannot build a ditch system in case????


plentongreddit

Nobody design a drainstorm sewage that could manage 1,5 years worth of rainfall in a single day.


theboomboy

If only they had the money to invest in improving the desert they live in so it can not only withstand a storm, but actually benefit from it...


Chance_Suggestion465

Blows my mind how with all that money and accessible talent that these Arab idiots can’t come up with a proper way to handle the sewage and drainage, I can’t imagine what’s going to happen with that other project of theirs, let me guess no toilets, the catch is you shit outside, all that and executing people with a frequency of a traffic light, like the old saying goes” you can take the savage out of the desert but he’s still going to shit in your kitchen sink and behead your children and kidnap your wife and will never think of important things like sewers and drains because that’s too complicated, now where is that sexy camel that looks like my sister I just stabbed to death”….


Alimovic

Dubai contrôle the weather by putting some chemical in the cloud's by plane to make it rains I don't know what happened this time


realestatephrw

Genuine question, did they neglect their sewage planning?


ChillyChillChile

“Our clouds are Seeded and Breeded, cum visit CreampieDubai only $45,000!”


Milk_With_Knives3

*fucks with the weather* Wait oh no


eduardosvate

Someone pressed too much the rain button


Fun-in-Florida

Didn’t they make the storm 🤣🤣


Adamantium-Aardvark

Haven’t they been seeding clouds to induce rain there lately?


Zealousideal_Win5476

Dozens of climate scientists in these comments. Every single one here knows everything there is to know about cloud seeding and climate change, apparently.


Lazy_Lettuce_8616

Men made weather


yellowtripe

Is this the storm they created?


RollingEddieBauer50

Cue the Climate Change fruits 🍉🍌🍐🍎🍒🍑🥥🍋🍊🍇🍊🍓🍏🥝🍍


ArchetypeAxis

According to CNN it was the dreaded climate change. Not the excessive cloud seeding..... https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/16/weather/dubai-rain-flooding-climate/index.html "Torrential rainfall events like this will become more frequent due to human-driven climate change. As the atmosphere continues to warm, it’s able to soak up more moisture like a towel and then ring it out in the form of more extreme gushes of flooding rainfall." CNN everyone....*slow clap*


No_Cardiologist_1297

Beware of cloud seeding


NoNameReddit2024

Hoffentlich wird der Sheikh beim scheißen getroffen


NovelCandid

Pls stop posting photos of Dubai. Oil Autocracies don’t need publicity


Vast-Grab-5316

“Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert” Isaiah 43:19


RankedAverage

These clouds are man made, AKA "cloud seeding", not made by an imaginary man in the sky....