Dubai islands

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Marvels of engineering.

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The Palm, Jumeirah - Dubai
The Jumeirah Palm island is primarily a retreat and residential area for living, relaxation, and leisure. It will contain themed boutique hotels, three types of villas (Signature Villas, Garden Homes, and Town Homes), and shoreline apartments. Construction began on this island in June 2001 and is expected to be completed by late 2005, early 2006.


The Palm, Jebel Ali - Dubai
The Palm Jebel Ali is more of an entertainment destination for both adults and children, which caters to both residents and tourists. The island will also be 50% larger than The Palm Jumeirah, and will include six marinas, a 'Sea Village', a water theme park and water homes built on stilts between the fronds and the crescent. Construction began on this island in October 2002 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2007.

The Palm, Deira - Dubai
It was announced on the 5th of October 2004 by the crown prince of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, that a third man-made Palm Island will be built on reclaimed land off the coast of Dubai's Deirah beach. The Palm Deira will be the largest of the three palm islands covering 14km (8.4 miles) in length and 8.5km (5.1 miles) in width. It will consist of residential property, marinas, shopping malls, sports facilities, and clubs. The residential area will be located on the 41 fronds and will contain 8,000 two-storey villas/town houses in three distinct styles - Premier Villas, Grand Villas and Vista Town Homes.
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http://guide.theemiratesnetwork.com/living/dubai/the_palm_islands.php
 
Personally, I think it's folly of the first order. One good earth quake ... one good storm .... and that's gonna make Louisiana look like a flooded basement.
 
Professur said:
Personally, I think it's folly of the first order. One good earth quake ... one good storm .... and that's gonna make Louisiana look like a flooded basement.
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That's what I was thinking. Don't they get fifteen foot waves in the Mediterranean? Of course, the problem in Ouisiana was compounded by the fact that New Orleans is actually below sea level, but still.

It's impressive but I'd be afraid to live there.
 
Lol... You never know. A wave might come over from the Mediterranean and sweep over Syria, Jordan , the Iz, and Saudi Arabia and flood that suck out in the Gulf. I think it happend in the Bible once or twice.
 
What about the harpooned tailed yellow billed sapswimmer? Huh? WHAT ABOUT THEM??!?!?!!? They will be forced to no longer spread their egg & seed because man has interefered with the 18 inch migrating habitat.

*hmmmmpgh*
 
More money than they know what to do with? sure

Senseless? ... I dunno. This thing is big enough to become a modern wonder of the world. The prince ordering its construction is aligning his name with a near immortal structure and thus his own name with immoratality.
 
On a business trip to Lexington a few weeks ago I learned that the main reason there are still thoroughbreds in that area is the influx of cash when the Prince of Dubai decided he wanted to own some.
 
Gonz said:
What about the harpooned tailed yellow billed sapswimmer? Huh? WHAT ABOUT THEM??!?!?!!? They will be forced to no longer spread their egg & seed because man has interefered with the 18 inch migrating habitat.

*hmmmmpgh*
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If they're screwing up marine life I haven't seen any info on it.

From what I've read so far there just wasn't much marine life on this coast.

What they're doing now is creating man made coral reefs through some electro-plating technique to make a habitat that didn't exist before.
 
Yup. Saw that. Interesting concept. Specially the rushing it, by running electricity through the frames. Only thing is, that builds the artificial limestone ... but it inhibits any actual coral animals until they shut it off.
 
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