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Originally Posted by masraum
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There are a bunch of those man-made "palm tree" islands. I'm not sure how many are complete and have building/inhabitants, but I definitely think they are probably even more fool hardy than the Titanic. A giant man-made island built in water out of sand in a seismically active area with enormously tall buildings built on it. I'm guessing Dubai hasn't ever heard the parable of "wise and foolish builders" (building your house on sand or rock).
I did find it interesting that they used an enormous dildo to compact the sand used to build the island prior to building. I kind of feel that means that those islands are fuched from the outset.
That's really horrifying. I can't even imagine the psychological impact of that phone call on the husband for the rest of his life.
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Burj Khalifa is not on one of the islands. The bedrock under it isn’t Manhattan quality which means it’s on piles but it’s not on a man made island.
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