A major flood occurred on the eve of the cryptocurrency event "Token2049"! Dubai encountered a rare climate anomaly on April 16. In just 12 hours, Dubai received heavy rain equivalent to a year's rainfall.
And just this week, "Token 2049" will be held in Dubai on the 18th, attracting Web3 industry elites from all over the world to take long-distance flights to participate in the event, but unexpectedly encountered this "liquidity" abnormality For climate events, the dynamic zone will help you care about the current situation on the spot.
Flooding causes no external roads
According to friends in the movement area, during the long-distance flight, many participants had no idea about the actual situation in Dubai. After getting off the plane, they saw this scene, rubbed their eyes, and were stunned. This is really Is it a "desert city"? Why is there so much water... What's even worse is that some friends have no choice but to land at other surrounding airports because the plane has no way to land, and wait for more than 15 hours on the plane...
After successfully exiting the long line of people, my mobile phone began to receive bombardments of messages. I learned that the city of Dubai was currently flooded, and there was no external road leading to the hotel. It could only be found in the airport lobby or nearby restaurants. Take a short rest and sleep for a night... This night really left a deep mark on all the people in the crypto who participated in "Token2049".
The team arrived in Dubai early and looked at the heavy rain outside in the hotel. Unexpectedly, they could see scenes in the desert that were familiar to those during the typhoon in Taiwan. However, it was impossible to take an Uber to find a restaurant. Many drivers were also on the app. They were told that they could not go out at all. After they thought they were lucky enough to be matched with a driver, the price for the short journey reached a sky-high price of 1,000 AED (more than NT$9,000)... In order to fill their stomachs, the team had to eat the bread and bread they bought yesterday. Instant noodles satisfy your hunger.
Token2049 Side events have been canceled or postponed one after another
In the list of activities previously announced by Token2049, you can see that many cryptocurrency sponsors and project developers choose to hold "yacht parties" or hold lectures or parties in high-altitude restaurants and bars. More teams choose "Yacht Parties" with beautiful outdoor scenery. "Dubai Bay", it can be said that the imagination and pictures are infinitely beautiful.
However, under the violent storm, the various side events were miserable, and all the participants were still stuck in hotels and airports. All large and small events had to be postponed or canceled... I couldn't get up at all.
Community: Drainage infrastructure is not in good condition and flooding will happen again...
In fact, Dubai's drainage infrastructure has very little experience in facing violent rains, which is also an important reason for this flood disaster (in Dubai, due to extremely low annual rainfall, the local government has not invested in or made the effort to build large-scale drainage facilities). At present, according to friends in Dubai, all flooded areas rely on manual pumping and shoveling of water... There are even scenes of sharks scurrying in the streets and restaurants near Palm Island. It may take several years before the floods are truly discharged. Days of time.
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