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Comments on: Oman, The Rain Is Gonu Come https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/06/04/oman-the-rain-is-gonu-come/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/06/04/oman-the-rain-is-gonu-come/comment-page-1/#comment-26732 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:21:53 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/06/04/oman-the-rain-is-gonu-come/#comment-26732 As someone who has lived through a lot of hurricanes, the thought of this thing striking an area that knows nothing about hurricanes is very scary.

My worry, speaking from experience, is the relatively low land of Oman, and the storm surge in an enclosed waterway like the Gulf of Oman. It isn’t the wind, as bad as that is, it’s the water that causes most of the damage. Oman has no way of dealing with the water, because you don’t put storm sewers in a desert.

The intensity dropped before landfall, so the damage won’t be as bad as anticipated two days ago when Gonu had the 150 knot winds, but it will be a long time before utilities are re-established.

All the best for your family, Yaya.

]]> By: yaya https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/06/04/oman-the-rain-is-gonu-come/comment-page-1/#comment-26729 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:43:27 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/06/04/oman-the-rain-is-gonu-come/#comment-26729 Belive me, Gonu did mess up a lot of things in Muscat….my parents live there….and r cocooned in their house right now,… water striking in from everywhere (latest info from Mom)….I’m gnawing off my nails here in Hungary….waiting for news from the area….as i hve no contact w/ them…..no electricity there, no internet access, no nothing at the moment.
Despite all this i still believe that Oman is the most (!) beautiful country i’ve ever been to!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/06/04/oman-the-rain-is-gonu-come/comment-page-1/#comment-26707 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:57:08 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/06/04/oman-the-rain-is-gonu-come/#comment-26707 It’s definitely going to mess up oil deliveries, and most of the water in that area is shallow, so there will be a nasty storm surge back into the Persian Gulf. I would hate to be a sub skipper in the Persian Gulf.

]]> By: Steve Bates https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/06/04/oman-the-rain-is-gonu-come/comment-page-1/#comment-26706 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:06:25 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/06/04/oman-the-rain-is-gonu-come/#comment-26706 I’m baaaack… and your pun was as bad as anything I’ve ever committed! 🙂

I really don’t like the look of that storm. A Category 3 in that location could really mess up a lot of things.

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/06/04/oman-the-rain-is-gonu-come/comment-page-1/#comment-26703 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:41:29 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/06/04/oman-the-rain-is-gonu-come/#comment-26703 Every ship’s captain in the Persian Gulf is having a fit. Supertankers and aircraft carriers are not nimble vessels, and you can’t move an oil refinery.

]]> By: cookiejill https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/06/04/oman-the-rain-is-gonu-come/comment-page-1/#comment-26699 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:14:31 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/06/04/oman-the-rain-is-gonu-come/#comment-26699 Ba-da-Bing….Ba-da-Boom

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