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Basically, water gets pumped into city pipes, and it’s always raining somewhere, to keep the water pressure consistent. If you’re rich, it will rain when it’s most convenient for you (the middle of the night). Everywhere else gets rain when it’s inconvenient.
Did you know that Buckminster Fuller once had a crazy idea to build an actual dome over actual Manhattan? It’s true. One of the reasons that was a terrible idea was because of the fire hazard. What his dome needed was a sprinkler system (and like a hundred other major fixes to other major problems).
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Panel 1: Rain falls on a sidewalk and collects into a storm drain on the side of the road.
Panel 2: Maida is in her nighbourhood, a forest of tall council flats with domes blocking out the sky. "Rain" falls from sprinklers high in the ceiling above her. She uses the end of her hijab to keep the rain off her face. Narrator: "In better-off neighbourhoods, the sprinklers only run in the middle of the night."
Panel 3: She walks towards the front gate of her building. Narrator: "Even Antarca's internal water cycle is based on class."
Panel 4: She's on the balcony of her floor now, protected from the rain but still wet. Narrator: "I don't mind, though. I like the rain."
Panel 5: Maida steps into her flat. Her mum is sitting on the couch that Maida has been using as a bed. Maida (in Swahili): "I'm home! Hi, Mum!" Maida's mum: "Hi Maida! How was work today?"
Panel 2: Maida is in her nighbourhood, a forest of tall council flats with domes blocking out the sky. "Rain" falls from sprinklers high in the ceiling above her. She uses the end of her hijab to keep the rain off her face. Narrator: "In better-off neighbourhoods, the sprinklers only run in the middle of the night."
Panel 3: She walks towards the front gate of her building. Narrator: "Even Antarca's internal water cycle is based on class."
Panel 4: She's on the balcony of her floor now, protected from the rain but still wet. Narrator: "I don't mind, though. I like the rain."
Panel 5: Maida steps into her flat. Her mum is sitting on the couch that Maida has been using as a bed. Maida (in Swahili): "I'm home! Hi, Mum!" Maida's mum: "Hi Maida! How was work today?"
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