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Old 16-12-06, 07:53 PM
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Birmingham Sea Life Centre - Power Cut Threatens Fish
BBC NEWS | England | West Midlands | Power cut threatens lives of fish

A power cut in Birmingham has left the SeaLife Centre without any power, and all the tropical fish and creatures are in danger.
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and why havnt they got back up generators???
thats just bad planning that derek!!!
big facilities like that should always plan for outages in the network !!!
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They have a contingency plan using heat from the normal heating boilers, which is doing a decent job at the moment.

The Centre's manager is called Ian Crabb, what a fantastically suitable name
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I bet our office is in darkness then, with all the IT guys running around like headless chickens!
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Backup plan is polystyrene sheets on the glass and hopefully the water volume in the aquaria themselves will keep the temperature stable for at least a day? Otherwise do the fish go into hibernation and they will need warming up slowly when power is back on? Or a PADI drysuit course 'swimming with hypothermic tropical fishies'?
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I don't mind going in and warming up a shark or two. My previous attempts at mating with seals have all been sharply rebuffed, maybe sharks would be more responsive. I've seen those people get chainmail gloves and send them into a trance, so maybe I could try aquarium shark date rape? That should keep them toasty.

Seriously now, generators are the answer. All we do is run a big fridge and we have 2 backup generators, and the fridge would stay at temperature for at least a day if we turned it off (and kept the door closed!) - and all we look after is a load of food. Which is what they might be looking after if they don't sort themselves out! Fancy fish and chips in Brum tonight!!!

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Get round there with a bucket of batter and a George Formby Grill right away.

I hope I'm not the only person who is suprised that they don't have either their own backup generators or a business continuity plan that includes Aggreko's telephone number.
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Old 16-12-06, 09:29 PM
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I am very tempted to go for a photo opportunity with Big John from our local chippie - he'd bring round a oprtable deep fryer I reckon, and we could set up a big stall for the Broad Street party animals. Parrot fish! Get your parrot fish! Free fish! Bet you've never tasted anything like it! Get your parrot fish!

Right, I need to get off, the amusement and temptation to ring the Daily Mail for a photo op is getting too much for me, and I have to be at work tomorrow.

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Aquariums must be able to hire portable generators and jump the heating circuits, so there shouldn't be a major threat to the fish stocks.
Or am I being too simplistic?
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