Posted on 02/08/2010 8:44:24 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The world's tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointing tourists headed for the observation deck and casting doubt over plans to welcome its first permanent occupants in the coming weeks.
Electrical problems are at least partly to blame for the closure of the Burj Khalifa's viewing platform—the only part of the half-mile high tower open yet. But a lack of information from the spire's owner left it unclear whether the rest of the largely empty building—including dozens of elevators meant to whisk visitors to the tower's more than 160 floors—was affected by the shutdown.
The indefinite closure, which began Sunday, comes as Dubai struggles to revive its international image as a cutting-edge Arab metropolis amid nagging questions about its financial health.
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Anyone else reminded of the Towering Inferno?
I think there is a biblical reference to what’s going on here...
Did the Chinese have a hand in helping them build it?
Bomb threats.
Does that mean everyone at the top, speaks the same language?
I don’t think the Chinese did, but slaves from Indonesia and Pakistan did.
If I were the insurance company holding the paper on this place I would have be popping Rolaids like they were candy from a PEZ dispenser.
Location, Location, and Location.
I always wanted to take my family on a vacation to the torrid zone.
This one?
Mat 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand
It’s a death-trap, a suicide rap - we gotta get out while we’re young. Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run....
They better clear a LARGE area just in case...
That and the Tower of Babel came to mind ... .
Who’d want to visit that country?
They’re nuts!
I remember seeing a that a South Korean company was the general contractor. However, semi slave labor from around Asia and Africa does all the heavy lifting in UAE.
That was my first thought when I read this
Caution: Wear a parachute when going up in that building... in case you must JUMP...
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