patrick_y
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Wishing Our Best to those Affected by Flooding in Dubai and Oman
Certain areas in the Middle East are experiencing unusual flooding phenomenons recently. While many areas in the Gulf are affected, the City-State of Dubai and parts of Oman have been hit the hardest. One of the most tragic situations: a vehicle with ten school children and their driver were washed away by flood waters in Oman.
I would like to wish all of our members, friends, retailers, and the entire WatchProSite extended family our best during this difficult time.
To our many members who live in the Middle East region, all of our members hope that you and your extended family members are safe.
To my Dubai Watch Week hosts in Dubai, The Seddiqi Group, and their employees, I hope all of your team members are safe.
Photo above is a picture of Dubai in November 2023 during Dubai Watch Week showing flooding on major streets in the Dubai International Finance Center District. The April 2024 storm is many multiples worse than this.
Wishing Our Best to those Affected by Flooding in Dubai and Oman
Certain areas in the Middle East are experiencing unusual flooding phenomenons recently. While many areas in the Gulf are affected, the City-State of Dubai and parts of Oman have been hit the hardest. One of the most tragic situations: a vehicle with ten ...
It really is quite terrible.
It was horrible for Dubai Watch Week. The event was closed for half a day, and the organizers of Dubai Watch Week scrambled to hire dozens of staff members to clean the site. There was so much water that the floors needed to be dried - the granite was sli...
I'm currently stuck at the airport.
Had a connecting flight and now already 36 hours acting like Tom Hanks . Complete madness, waited over 6 hours in the line for a rebooking. I quit the line and booked a new flight myself. 'Slept' in one of these pods last night, so lucky to have all the g...
Oh no! Be careful! Airports get me all the time!
I came back with 3 kilograms of chocolate from Dubai Airport last time! I think I bought 12 of these bars! ...
Hahaha !!
You know I will never buy chocolates outside of Belgium But I rarely buy a watch in Belgium.
Not sure why ...
Maybe the holiday feeling ... and in France with a bit of luck you can find Seiko's with huge discounts. Sometimes tax free is also interesting.
Yes !!!!!
I will have spent 43 hours wandering around like a rabbi. Luckily the food was good, toilets super clean and the people (well, most of them) super friendly. And I finally bought my first quartz watch ... actually that's not true ... maybe my fifth .. or c...
Just watched prices online for this watch.
Not that easy to find anymore ... but it is quite cheaper online ... by a lot ... lol Not so Padre Schlomo anymore ;-)
Ok will do a Meandering post !
I bought a Citizen Eco-drive, quite a quirky one. By the way ... I'm out of Dubai and chilling in Tel Aviv. Party time !!!!!
I'll start with my sunny breakfast.
I didn't eat the dog, nothing to worry about By the way, how's the weather in Paris ?.... hihi .... ...
Delicious dog!
Didn't know you could get dog in Tel Aviv! I thought it was more often served in China and Korea! Joking aside, glad you are out of harms way!
Thanks Patrick. Very kind of you to remember us as we live through this predicament.
Climate change is REAL phenomenon.
The climate is definitely changing towards more extremes.
The question is if climate change is induced by man's pollution habits (it very likely is, and me driving a 5 liter V8 engine car in traffic doesn't help), and what can we do to slow it down?
China's incredible economic growth contributed significantly to pollution...
China's incredible economic growth also meant hundreds of millions of people started flying airplanes, driving cars, using a lot of electricity, and other energy/pollution activities. If that has accelerated climate change, imagine what will happen when I...
Very worrisome!
Hopefully this extreme weather won't cause crop failures and thus cause starvation... We better start eating more plates de canard!
You are most welcome!
Good to read you! I haven't read your comments in a while! Stay safe!
