Dubai's Palm shaped isle

[daniel49]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14243983/
Quite an ambitious project and ownership by foreigners is allowed.
Maybe jobs running the ports too
But as flat as that is, can you imagine what would happen if a Sunami hit it?

 

[Todd33]

I like the "World" better myself.

http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/world_islands.php

 

[daniel49]

Originally posted by: Todd33
I like the "World" better myself.

http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/world_islands.php

hadn't heard of that one. The media file for that page is set up wrong...window displays improperly.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: daniel49
But as flat as that is, can you imagine what would happen if a Sunami hit it?

Actually without a beach slope any water energy would be minimalized.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: daniel49
But as flat as that is, can you imagine what would happen if a Sunami hit it?

Actually without a beach slope any water energy would be minimalized.

More likely, it would just roll right across the stupid thing. The fact that it's flat just means that the wave won't rise very far from it's initial height.

Either way, stuff like this is why there's a big sea wall around the outside of the island.

Nate

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Why can't the rest of the ME be like Dubai?

Those projects are just awesome.

And if you Google Earth Dubai UAE it doesn't look like a tsunami is likely there. The penninsula would take the brunt of the wave.

 

[Jaskalas]

Well, I applaud spending their money for this instead of weapons. :thumbsup:

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: Jaskalas
Well, I applaud spending their money for this instead of weapons. :thumbsup:

Agreed. This is one place who's leaders have something besides weapons and destruction on the brain. They *are* still concerned about money, though There was something on either Discovery or National Geographic Channel a few months ago about how and why these islands were built. The higher-ups in Dubai know that their economy, as well as their country, floats on oil, and that that oil will run out at some point. So they are trying to make dubai into a world-class tourist destination as a means of diversifying the products and activities on which their economy is based.

Nate

 

[Aimster]

When the oil runs out .. the world is over.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Aimster
When the oil runs out .. the world is over.

I thought the point of these projects (and their other major building projects) was to help sustain their economy when the oil does run out?

 

[Aimster]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: Aimster
When the oil runs out .. the world is over.

I thought the point of these projects (and their other major building projects) was to help sustain their economy when the oil does run out?

It is. Their economy is only 40% oil based. Next year it should be 32%.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: Aimster
When the oil runs out .. the world is over.

I thought the point of these projects (and their other major building projects) was to help sustain their economy when the oil does run out?

Well I'm glad someone is paying attention. Dubai's tourism industry is booming right now; it's becoming a small haven for the rich and famous.

 

[magomago]

I heard though that a lot of their housing projects are done very shoddily, which is expensive considering the price. On top of it, the country has a habit of not paing its largely Asian subcontinent workforce

 

[herkulease]

heard about both for quite sometime now. Its crazy how they are able to do it.

they also have Hydropolis an underwater luxury hotel.

not sure when they will complete it though, article is a year old.

link

 

[XZeroII]

There are two of them, according to google earth...

 

[daniel49]

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: daniel49
But as flat as that is, can you imagine what would happen if a Sunami hit it?

Actually without a beach slope any water energy would be minimalized.

More likely, it would just roll right across the stupid thing. The fact that it's flat just means that the wave won't rise very far from it's initial height.

Either way, stuff like this is why there's a big sea wall around the outside of the island.

Nate

Looks like the terrain in Indonesia to me...flat as a pancake......now stick in a bunch of High rises and the potential is there. Even for tropical storms?

It may be they are sheltered by a land mass as someone suggested though , have not really looked closely at that.

 

[BarneyFife]

One terrorist attack and they are screwed.

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: BarneyFife
One terrorist attack and they are screwed.

That's where the Americans will attack 100 years from now!

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: daniel49

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: daniel49
But as flat as that is, can you imagine what would happen if a Sunami hit it?

Actually without a beach slope any water energy would be minimalized.

More likely, it would just roll right across the stupid thing. The fact that it's flat just means that the wave won't rise very far from it's initial height.

Either way, stuff like this is why there's a big sea wall around the outside of the island.

Nate

Looks like the terrain in Indonesia to me...flat as a pancake......now stick in a bunch of High rises and the potential is there. Even for tropical storms?

It may be they are sheltered by a land mass as someone suggested though , have not really looked closely at that.

Just Google Earth the area. It'll make more sense. I'm not a climatologist, geologist or anything else that would qualify me to assess risk but it looks safe to me.

 

[Aimster]

Im sure the people who invested on the islands looked into the risks of hurricanes ... etc..

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

The primary problem is run of the mill beach erosion. Mother Nature has her own ideas about land art . . . and I hear she tends to be difficult artist to work with . . .

 

[irwincur]

Dubai is smart. Years ago they realized that oil is not going to be their bread and butter for long. They started by building up a large financial industry there and are now moving to high class living and tourism. With their climate - why not.

Much better than the rest of the Middle East. I am sure they will be first in line for handouts when oil profits plummit.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: daniel49

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: daniel49
But as flat as that is, can you imagine what would happen if a Sunami hit it?

Actually without a beach slope any water energy would be minimalized.

More likely, it would just roll right across the stupid thing. The fact that it's flat just means that the wave won't rise very far from it's initial height.

Either way, stuff like this is why there's a big sea wall around the outside of the island.

Nate

Looks like the terrain in Indonesia to me...flat as a pancake......now stick in a bunch of High rises and the potential is there. Even for tropical storms?

It may be they are sheltered by a land mass as someone suggested though , have not really looked closely at that.

Just Google Earth the area. It'll make more sense. I'm not a climatologist, geologist or anything else that would qualify me to assess risk but it looks safe to me.

They don't get hurricanes persay, and a tsunami probably isn't that likely, either. But (at least according to that show I mentioned earlier) they can get some hallacious storms durring the winter, and those can whip up some pretty rough seas - there's a specific name for them, that I can't remember, and they are the primary reason that the sea walls were built out beyond the islands themselves.

Nate

 

[GroundedSailor]

Originally posted by: NTB
They don't get hurricanes persay, and a tsunami probably isn't that likely, either. But (at least according to that show I mentioned earlier) they can get some hallacious storms durring the winter, and those can whip up some pretty rough seas - there's a specific name for them, that I can't remember, and they are the primary reason that the sea walls were built out beyond the islands themselves.

Nate

Was 'Shamal' the word you were looking for?

 

[daniel49]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: daniel49

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: daniel49
But as flat as that is, can you imagine what would happen if a Sunami hit it?

Actually without a beach slope any water energy would be minimalized.

More likely, it would just roll right across the stupid thing. The fact that it's flat just means that the wave won't rise very far from it's initial height.

Either way, stuff like this is why there's a big sea wall around the outside of the island.

Nate

Looks like the terrain in Indonesia to me...flat as a pancake......now stick in a bunch of High rises and the potential is there. Even for tropical storms?

It may be they are sheltered by a land mass as someone suggested though , have not really looked closely at that.

Just Google Earth the area. It'll make more sense. I'm not a climatologist, geologist or anything else that would qualify me to assess risk but it looks safe to me.

yeah, Ok I see what you mean.
It is pretty sheltered.