There are three types of people in Dubai right now: those off to play padel, those rushing to the Omani border, and those waiting for house prices to drop. It's a joke doing the rounds here, and it neatly captures the mood. Day seven of this war started with the familiar humdrum of daily life - people out jogging, children off to the park, the malls filling with shoppers. But the mid-morning air was pierced by the screech of another emergency alarm on mobile phones.