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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / September 2003Hurricane Juan: Heartache in Halifax
Power is back, and I lost the following: Yellow Tang Coral Beauty Royal Grama Flame Angel Spotted Hawkfish Marine Betta The corals are looking ok and the following survived two false percs Blue Damsel (These fish are damm hard to kill!) Pistol Shrimp Psycho Mandrine Not a happy camper here in Halifax. The storm hit us hard I am so sorry for your loss, having just got power on ourselves from Isabel I can surely relate. We were without power here for six days and the people behind us still do not have it. I also lost fish and it is heart breaking when there is nothing you can do but watch them suffer. Besides your fish I sure hope the rest of your family is doing well and made it through what I know is a scary experience. I sure hope your town does not look like mine with trees and power lines laying all over the place and that not to many people were harmed. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Vicki in Hampton Roads, Virginia (just a few min north of the Outer Banks, North Carolina) > I am so sorry for your loss, having just got power on ourselves from > Isabel I can surely relate. We were without power here for six days and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Vicki in Hampton Roads, Virginia > (just a few min north of the Outer Banks, North Carolina) I know we don't get storms like you lot, but with the frequency that you have them, why not have a small generator for back up? I know we don't get storms like you lot, but with the frequency that you have them, why not have a small generator for back up? It is a catch 22 tho. The last storm to do this much damage here was Camille in 1969. Most of the time we get a small hurricane in the summer/fall and at least one nor-easter in the winter. One thing I was able to find here once some places were getting their power back was a battery operated air stone, but not before I lost my star fish "Patrick." Once Isabel was downgraded to a cat 2 storm we thought it would be like Floyd in 99, and who needs a generator for a couple hours of electricity free living, boy were we wrong. The trouble is we could buy a generator and it could sit idle for the next 34 years. You never know. Vicki > The trouble is we could buy a generator and it could sit idle for the > next 34 years. You never know. regardless of a "big storm" you should have a battery backed up device at least moving some water around in your tank, alwasy. just think of it as drunk driver VS a power pole insurance, it doesnt take a huricane to knock out a power pole. or to fry some fuse at a substation, there are always options, UPS's running a small powerhead is a good way to go, battery powered air pumps are not a bad way to go(better if you can stash an air lift tube somewhere in your tank). the cost for many options is much less than some ppl's salt bill for a month :) -- Richard Reynolds Richard.Reynolds@usa.net |
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