We had an earthquake in Dubai yesterday! Well, actually, it was an earthquake in southern Iran, which created what might more reasonably be described as a tremor here in Dubai. Nevertheless, it was all quite exciting. I was sat at my desk when I suddenly felt a little giddy. Thinking it was something medical, I stood up, which was when the lights started to swing and the windows started to creak. And you could visibly see the buildings swaying a little.
It had all pretty much finished by the time we had a chance to realise what it was. But having never experienced it before it was a little weird. Clearly it was a new experience to many of the people in the same and surrounding buildings, all of whom were evacuated to ground level but then decided, in their general milling around pending further instructions (which never came) manner, to take shelter underneath the overhanging parts of the buildings in order to escape the heat. A little bit of sun clearly expected to pose more of a threat than the possibility of the building above them collapsing.
It's amazing how stupid normally rational, professional people become in such situations.
It also never ceases to amaze me that when the directive is subsequently issued that everyone in the area should go home and take the rest of the day off, some still consider their work and client demands to be more important and stay. I knew where my priorities lied and was gone like a shot.
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