We've settled back into the usual routine of early starts for school (7.30!) and work. The weather has been a bit mixed, but generally it's warm and pleasant. Nothing compared to the storms battering the UK.
All 18 of the local swimming pools apparently have 'faults' with the heaters and the water is freezing - ironic since they have to chill them in summer. As a result we've been going to the beach most weekends and the parks here are also really good with boating lakes, playgrounds, funfairs and camel rides.
The tallest building in the background is the Burj Dubai, which last week topped 100 floors and is now already the fifth tallest in the world. It will be the tallest by some distance when it's finished. I hope they've given more thought to fire safety than the company constructing the tower in Jumeirah Lake Towers, quite close to our house, that caught fire last week. Four men died and 60 more suffered serious injuries. Rescue efforts were haphazard and the emergency services were also held up by passers by parking up to get out and have a good look. Apparently all of the injured men in hospital were really worried that they weren't going to get paid for being off work as this would affect their families back home (mostly in India). After quite a bit of publicity the company has announced that they'll pay 12 years wages to the deceased families. This will probably amount to around £15k per person. Not a lot for a life.
There was another story in today's paper about a scaffold collapse which killed one man. Construction safety standards here are absolutely lamentable.
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