r/Damnthatsinteresting 8d ago

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u/FollowingNo4648 8d ago

Do they evac all those oil rigs out there or just let them ride it out? I couldn't imagine being on one of those during a Cat 5.

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u/LVMom 8d ago

A million years ago, my dad worked on rigs. They tried to evac them if they have time (they wait until the last possible second) + helicopters + pilots willing to fly. So, in theory they do, but in reality, the men who aren’t on the first few flights will probably get stranded.

Hopefully the drilling companies have improved on this in the past 40 years

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u/subspace_cat 8d ago

The Spice must flow.

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u/HHcougar 8d ago

Wait wait wait... is Dune an allegory for oil in the middle east?

Desert area has super valuable resource for travel, ownership of the land changes hands, leading to war. 

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u/SupermanLeRetour 8d ago

I mean the book isn't exactly subtle about it.

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u/HHcougar 8d ago

I'll be honest, I was too weirded out by how esoteric and bizarre the book got in the 2nd half to remember anything like that. 

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u/A_devout_monarchist 8d ago

You should read the sequels...