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title: Checking in from Oman
date: 2009-10-25T15:41:49Z
modified: 2009-10-25T15:41:49Z
permalink: "https://350.org/checking-oman/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: on the Persian Gulf, where an unprecedented typhoon caused big damage to the beautiful city of Muscat a few years ago.
wpid: 13340
author: Bill McKibben
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on the Persian Gulf, where an unprecedented typhoon caused big damage to the beautiful city of Muscat a few years ago. There were actions on land too, but a bunch of divers went down under to remind us that (for the moment) there’s coral in many oceans!![](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2529/4042928048_7b91f24d4f.jpg)