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    The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning

    This Video From the Tip Top of the Burj Dubai Makes Me Sick to My Stomach

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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    I bet there is at least one metal fixture somewhere in that tower that if you lean on it at just the wrong time....
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    Image of Wahyudi Widodo Wahyudi Widodo
    11/29/09

    @The5thElephant: don't worry dude, you'll be safe. the electricity will choose the path of less resistance and in a building where the lightning rod is part of the structure the least resistance path is definitely not you
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    01:05 AM

    @Wahyudi Widodo: So my resistance is futile?

    Now its the Borg Dubai.
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    Edited by The5thElephant at 11/30/09 1:05 AM The5thElephant was starred The5thElephant was unstarred
    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    I hope that thing's grounded.
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    11/27/09

    @P3nnst8r: Me too. I wouldn't want a whole skyscraper just floating away from its foundations!
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    Image of russdanger russdanger
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    "IGOR! - RAISE THE PLATFORM!!!"
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    11/27/09

    @russdanger: raise it raise it raise it... and they both died of old age.
    - a short tale by Mary Shelley
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    This might seem like a stupid question but I tend to ask those. Is there anyway for them to capture that electricity and convert it into something usable?
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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    11/27/09

    @dimsum4u: You could, but it wouldn't be terribly practical.
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    11/27/09

    @jepzilla: ah i c...well what a waste. Maybe they should build another building similar in height right next to it and bounce the lightening back and forth like tesla coils put on a show.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/27/09

    @dimsum4u: My first thought too. There is only enough power in a lightning bolt to power one 100 watt bulb for 5.5 hours. Kinda not worth the effort.
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    11/27/09

    @The Lab: Oh I didn't know that, you would think it could do more but guess not. Still think they could do something cool with it.
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    Image of rlsone rlsone
    11/27/09

    @The Lab: Really? I really doubt that. What's your source?
    [peswiki.com]
    [en.wikipedia.org]
    Given, they're wikis, but they seem more accurate than your numbers.
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    11/27/09

    @rlsone: Um, I just read your links and as far as I can tell they agree with the 100 watt bulb for 5.5 hours. So you just confirmed him?
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    Image of sharkync sharkync
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    Seeing how Dubai is on the verge of bankruptcy, they can probably use this free energy.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/27/09

    @sharkync: Or the amusement factor as jumpers get zapped off it.
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    Image of Switters79 Switters79
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    Shocking...
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    Image of blash blash
    11/27/09

    @Switters79: Electrifying?
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    Image of DPeezy DPeezy
    11/27/09

    @blash: My interest has been..."zapped?"
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    Image of blash blash
    11/27/09

    @DPeezy: Interesting results would be had if they pulled the plug...
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    Image of Uncletwitch Uncletwitch
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    God will smite this.. Tower of Babel
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    CaseyG promoted this comment Uncletwitch was starred Uncletwitch was unstarred
    Image of CaseyG CaseyG
    11/27/09

    @Uncletwitch: At first, God was trying to smite it. Now He is just amusing Himself with the 50 megavolt beat box.
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    Image of IronDiggy IronDiggy
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    I think the Burj Dubai is just a secret invention of Nikola Tesla.
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    Image of AkkiRonin AkkiRonin
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    I'm thinking tower of babel, wrath of god.
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    Image of Flying Jukebox Flying Jukebox
    11/27/09

    @AkkiRonin: Now all we need is a universal language.
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    Image of speaknspell23 speaknspell23
    11/27/09

    @AkkiRonin: dogs and cats living together.
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    Image of geolemon geolemon
    11/27/09

    @Flying Jukebox: I speak the universal language of LOVE... the ladies understand.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/27/09

    @Flying Jukebox: Esperanto? Why was god such a dick about the tower of Babel anyway?
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    Image of Flying Jukebox Flying Jukebox
    11/27/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: puny humans have no place a couple hundred meters closer to God. See since God is in the sky.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/27/09

    @AkkiRonin: My first thought too.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    Sure, we're bankrupt, but... lightning!!
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    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    its all part of their plans... that is just one of their many energy sources (including uranium, of course petroleum, sweatshop kids, and A-rab money) to get project x in the basement running.

    Whats project x you ask? ill keep that for the next burj dubai post.
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    11/27/09

    @PN - gooapplesoft: No, please do tell!!
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    Image of Gizmodoholic Gizmodoholic
    11/27/09

    @PN - gooapplesoft: i can't stand the WAIT.... the pain.. the suffer....
    Please gooaplesoft, please... DO TELL !!!!!
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    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    11/27/09

    @Gizmodoholic: as alexandre duma said "All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope"
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/27/09

    @PN - gooapplesoft: And here I thought it was Hope and Change...
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    Boy that's at least 15d6 right there.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/27/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: But the building made its saving throw.
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    Image of Winters75 Winters75
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    I bet it is because of ostentatious buildings like this that Dubai is now in a financial squeeze..
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    Image of Franknbeans Franknbeans
    11/27/09

    @Winters75: Yeah, I am sure it has nothing to do with the worldwide finanical crisis. It must be the crazy building's fault.
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    Magicant promoted this comment Franknbeans was starred Franknbeans was unstarred
    Image of Magicant Magicant
    11/27/09

    @Franknbeans: They spent money like there was no tomorrow - on this and thousands of other projects.

    Tomorrow came and they weren't ready for it.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/27/09

    @Franknbeans: Well, buildings like this (actually, real estate in general) and the credit crisis are both big reasons that Dubai is in danger of defaulting on its sovereign debt. The US got owned because of a real estate bubble bursting and making houses less valuable than mortgages. Subsequently, people defaulted on their loans, causing instability in the broader financial system. The same thing is happening in Dubai, although as we can imagine, Dubai has proportionately more debt-financed mega real estate developments right now.
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    Image of Weihovah Weihovah
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    bring the flux capacitor online so we can send this building back to the future
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    Image of Bluecold:Of volcanic temperament but soothed by a custard pie balsam. Bluecold:Of volcanic temperament but soothed by a custard pie balsam.
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Burj Dubai Just Can't Stop Getting Struck By Lightning
    Take pictures while the fun lasts now that the largest investor in Dubai, Dubai World, won't pay it's debts for 6 months.
    [news.bbc.co.uk]
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    PN - gooapplesoft promoted this comment Edited by Bluecold:Of volcanic temperament but soothed by a custard pie balsam. at 11/27/09 9:09 AM Bluecold:Of volcanic temperament but soothed by a custard pie balsam. was starred Bluecold:Of volcanic temperament but soothed by a custard pie balsam. was unstarred
    Image of skierpage skierpage
    11/27/09

    @Bluecold:Of volcanic temperament but soothed by a custard pie balsam.: I want to see Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai's ruler and majority stakeholder in Dubai World, get tossed in Dubai's notorious debtors' prison! Any expat in the country who tried "to 'standstill' and extend maturities until at least 30 May 2010" would immediately be in prison. What's "Schadenfreude" in Arabic?

    However, Burj Dubai's developer is Emaar Properties, their house of cards has yet to announce a collapse.
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