Hurricane Juan: Heartache in Halifax

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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

[~Vicki ~]

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)

[area 51]

"~Vicki ~" > wrote in message
...
> 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 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?

[~Vicki ~]

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

[Richard Reynolds]

> 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