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1,500 fatalities.
I don't keep fish, I keep water. Water keeps fish.
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imagine the 1m Litres of water freezing at -7*C =/
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I can’t believe the devastation it caused in the lobby and outside. Tremendous force!
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black ghost wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 10:20 am 1,500 fatalities.
No mention of whether any were found alive, but not much chance of that....very sad (I don't care about the hotel damage) :(
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I don’t think there would be any chance of any fish surviving that. Too much chaos to gather them in time.
I hope that the injuries sustained by the two people are not serious.
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fr499y wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 10:54 am imagine the 1m Litres of water freezing at -7*C =/
And then 35 tonnes of salt when it thaws…
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thats a good point! mght not actually freeze.
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It freezes at -1.8C so it will freeze. Then when it thaws (next Monday) it’ll defrost the city, lol.
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I've seen it, it was immense. I read that they were able to save some fish but most died and some died on the way to the Berlin aquarium, which is next door and actually connects to the lift inside the tank. Such a devastating shame and I wonder if they won't remake it due to expense? But maybe they will as they got a lot of people to stay there just because of the tank.
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