Quick post, I can’t really post anything else thanks to the slow Internet speed. First of all, it rained heavily in Jeddah yesterday January 26th. Unfortunately it was chaotic and thanks to twitter (tag #JeddahRain) people managed to help each other. I have compiled a playlist on youtube that you can find here: Today, Thursday,
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Jeddah Rain Videos and STC slowness
Riyadh Sandstorm [December 13th 2010]
Here’s a photo taken minutes ago by Faisal for a sandstorm over the city of Riyadh. Probably not as bad as the March 2009 Riyadh sandstorm. By the way, make sure to follow @RiyadhWeather for important updates regarding Riyadh Weather.
5 year old child died stranded in a van in Dammam
This is tragic. From Arab News: DAMMAM: A private van driver faces charges of criminal negligence following the death on Sunday of a five-year-old girl who was left unattended for five hours in the vehicle in the full glare of the sun outside the International Indian School in Dammam’s Al-Raka district. The kindergartener, Fida Haris,
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Riyadh Rain news on Twitter with #RiyadhRain (Update)
It’s raining heavily in Riyadh at the moment and everyone twitter has agreed to use the following twitter hashtag #RiyadhRain. Since the old media has failed covering this. ArabCrunch is the first to report about this. Keep an eye on RiyadhRain for updates as well. I also made @RiyadhRain and curating some of the tweets
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Sandstorm alert in Riyadh on March 1st
Last year’s Sandstorm was a big one, and apparently there is another one heading to Riyadh as we speak! According to Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME)‘s early warning page (there is no English warning page, so you might as well go out?): A sandstorm is approaching Riyadh and Horizontal visibility of 1 meter! تحذير
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Saudi Arabia in the summer could reach 60C (140F) degrees
60 Celsius (140 Fahrenheit) degrees are used to cook rare steak. Hmmm. Head of the physics department in KFUPM Doctor Ali Alshikri said that the temperature over Riyadh and the Eastern Province will be “HOT HOT HOT” and could reach up to 60 degrees Celsius (that’s 140 Fahrenheit) between 11a.m. to 2p.m. This will happen
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The effing weather
Warning! Strong language! This is the best way to check the weather, with F-bombs. As expected, Riyadh is always %^#@ING HOT. It’s just a funny website. Hope you have a good laugh. (Via Daring Fireball).
Thunderstorm over Riyadh
According to warnings on AccuWeather’s website and iPhone application (see below). There is a thunderstorm (T-storm) expected over Riyadh today. Update: It appears that AccuWeather got it wrong.
Sandstorm over Riyadh video
Here’s a video I found with today’s Sandstorm over Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Update: Here is another video from iReport: You can watch more videos submitted to iReport.
