The rumors mill in the Gulf reports that in Saudi Arabia several businessmen have been arrested as a results of the investigations on the damages caused by the heavy rain in December that caused an unprecendeted flood in Jeddah. In essence the city was supposed to have set in place a drainage system, but apparently the funds allocated for this construction projects had been diverted to different purposes (or different pockets), confiding that heavy rains are a rarity in Arabia. But evidently the changes in weather patterns was fatal for an entrenched system of cozy relationships between contractors and officials.
Now, the comments, mood and gossip on the arrests in majilis and shisha joints are upbeat. If only it would rain in Riyadh, they say!!!!!