Status of the Georgia Aquarium

SERVO · 03/14/2008, 10:46 PM

Anyone around here or in Atlanta know of the status of the Georgia Aqarium? Did it hit the aquarium?

psteeleb · 03/14/2008, 10:56 PM

from what I gathering it hit the dome, and a lot of building have glass damage. not picking up anything on the aquarium

isn't the aquarium like a block away from the dome?

Appaloosa1224 · 03/14/2008, 11:12 PM

yeah, i wish they would say something about it. the mayor is speaking in 5 minutes, maybe she will say something. certainly if centennial park, cnn, and georgia dome are so damaged so id the aquarium. i'm worried about the animals too. hope this won't stop me from going to atlanta this weekend.

vanmo92 · 03/14/2008, 11:25 PM

Did I miss something, what might have hit the aquarium?

vanmo92 · 03/14/2008, 11:27 PM

Nevermind, a visit to the lounge answered that.

psteeleb · 03/14/2008, 11:27 PM

a big storm or a tornado ripped through the area, even shut down the college basketball games. Apparently the Georgia dome has holes in it now.

ReefTECK · 03/14/2008, 11:40 PM

OMG! what a nightmare, can you imagine having a 165,000 gallon reef tank and having all your axillary power shut down and being limited to nothing but primary pumps on generator back up!? Not to mention the 6.5 million gallon whale shark tank!

I sure hope it didn't wipe out their power, I bet it's going to be a long night at work for everybody either way!

Or what if it busted out some of that starfire glass sunroof!? OMG!

Appaloosa1224 · 03/14/2008, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by psteeleb
a big storm or a tornado ripped through the area, even shut down the college basketball games. Apparently the Georgia dome has holes in it now.

not only that. the pressure from the tornado cause the pipes to burst. they were showing water rushing down stairs.

Appaloosa1224 · 03/15/2008, 12:04 AM

the news just said that the aquarium was not harmed in any way and all the fish are just fine. makes you think someone was looking over all the fishies.

Gary Majchrzak · 03/15/2008, 06:58 AM

storms are ongoing

03/14/2008, 10:46 PM	#1
SERVO Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Keller, TX Posts: 1,305	Status of the Georgia Aquarium Anyone around here or in Atlanta know of the status of the Georgia Aqarium? Did it hit the aquarium?

03/14/2008, 10:56 PM	#2
psteeleb Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 5,249	from what I gathering it hit the dome, and a lot of building have glass damage. not picking up anything on the aquarium isn't the aquarium like a block away from the dome? Last edited by psteeleb; 03/14/2008 at 11:13 PM.

03/14/2008, 11:25 PM	#4
vanmo92 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Silverthorne, CO. Posts: 2,045	Did I miss something, what might have hit the aquarium? __________________ PBITAWA Current Tank Info: 72 gallon bow Mixed Reef 1 fw tank

03/14/2008, 11:27 PM	#5
vanmo92 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Silverthorne, CO. Posts: 2,045	Nevermind, a visit to the lounge answered that. __________________ PBITAWA Current Tank Info: 72 gallon bow Mixed Reef 1 fw tank

03/14/2008, 11:40 PM	#7
ReefTECK Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Iowa City, Iowa Posts: 901	OMG! what a nightmare, can you imagine having a 165,000 gallon reef tank and having all your axillary power shut down and being limited to nothing but primary pumps on generator back up!? Not to mention the 6.5 million gallon whale shark tank! I sure hope it didn't wipe out their power, I bet it's going to be a long night at work for everybody either way! Or what if it busted out some of that starfire glass sunroof!? OMG! __________________ 2013 President of the Greater Iowa Reef Society www.iowareefs.org Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon Tank, 96 DIY LED's on 3 channels, 30gal sump/fuge, 4x2x0.5' & 40gal frag tank, SRO Ca rxr, GSA Kalk rxr, SRO 3000 skmr, Gen-X PCX40 Return, 2xMP40w's, 1xTunze 6101, 140lbs LR, SSB, SPS all the way!

03/14/2008, 11:12 PM	#3
Appaloosa1224 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 282	yeah, i wish they would say something about it. the mayor is speaking in 5 minutes, maybe she will say something. certainly if centennial park, cnn, and georgia dome are so damaged so id the aquarium. i'm worried about the animals too. hope this won't stop me from going to atlanta this weekend.

03/15/2008, 12:04 AM	#9
Appaloosa1224 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 282	the news just said that the aquarium was not harmed in any way and all the fish are just fine. makes you think someone was looking over all the fishies.

03/15/2008, 06:58 AM	#10
Gary Majchrzak Team RC Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 41,560	storms are ongoing __________________ over 24 years experience with multiple types of marine aquarium systems see Upstate Reef Society Forum on RC and FB GOOGLE JUNIOR'S REEF Current Tank Info: 84x24x30 265g reef past TOTM honors