Top 5 List : When It Rains In Dubai

So finally after a cracking dry winter spell, Dubai finally got lashed with a healthy dose of rain accompanied by some gusty winds. As I've already mentioned in my earlier post, that rain brings its own set of unique challenges to a place that really doesn't take anything other than all year round of warm blue skies and unlimited sunshine into consideration. So when we do get some weather, things often take a different turn, usually fun and mostly entertaining.

One : Rain Gear

Taking 365 days of sunny skies for granted, the most prominent thing being is most of us really aren't equipped to handle the rain.With closet space being at a premium for our latest summer fashion, there is no place for thick rain coats, jackets or hoodies.  So we just MacGuyver it with whatever we find lying around at arms reach. It's during these few days of rain we see the oddest rain gear make an appearance. Old shopping bags and plastic sheets turn into waterproof hoodies, some don't mind keeping only one's head dry good enough, and others who got caught unaware, something is better than nothing I guess.

Or when you still want to wear your Jimmy Choos or Yeezys because that normal everyday footwear here and mostly because no one really owns a pair of galoshes or if you prefer to call them willies or in just plain English, rubber boots. 

TWO : Wind Shield Wipers


You finally get to use that stalk on the other side of the steering, your windshield wipers, but then instant regret sets in, because you haven't used them in ages and the rubber on them is all dried up and cracked, so the wipers really aren't doing any real wiping, mostly just moving around dirt and water from one part of the wind screen to the other, while you bob and weave your head behind the steering wheel to catch that one clear spot on the screen before it moves to another location with every wipe.

And if you are lucky, you have decent wipers, or you just bought the car and wipers are still in good shape, still doesn't mean you know how to use them, so you press, push, pull, twist, stab and beat the stalk all over the place to get them working just at the right speed, and god help you if you have a vehicle with a rear window wiper, I don't think even the people who manufactured the car, know how those work!

Three : Free Water Parks

You get instant access to large water parks for free and if you are lucky, right at your door step too. If it rains long and hard enough  You can be the odd Gloomy Gus and complain about it or be the type who believes in, when life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. For example why put up with the worsening traffic when you can take the canoe to work instead and as an added bonus you don't have to worry about parking either.

Or if you are more of an adrenaline junkie, Try the latest in water sports, Go wake boarding right in the middle of the street  

Four : Rainy Wonderland

Dubai turns into Venice for a few days in a year, only difference is instead of romantic gondolas we still ply the water ways, which were roads just a few hours back, in our cars. Land disappears under water, making for some very stunning visuals. You could easily think this was an exotic 7 star hotel in the middle of a lake, when in reality its just another housing community off Shk Zayed Road.

Five : Intended Purpose 

People get to finally use things for the real intended purpose they were made for, well kind of. Take umbrellas for example, now you can actually use them to protect yourself from the rain instead of providing shelter from the glaring sun, hoping not get burnt to a crisp in the summer,

Many folks finally get to use their 4x4s for something other than the school run or mall crawling.

Although some people are overtly confident in the amphibious capabilities of their vehicles. Seeing cars stalled out in flooded streets becomes a added feature of Dubai. 

Sure the SLS can do 0-100 in under 4 seconds but the rains here have it beat.

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