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08-15-2003, 12:24 PM
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I was born and raised right across the river in Sarnia. All my family are still there. That river is supposedly travelling at 70 km/h. The amazing part is the fact that the Lake for at least 20 miles is only 38ft deep. Some of those large ships must only be feet off the bottom
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08-15-2003, 08:21 PM
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The power outage affects everyone, that's for sure. I was in Calgary this morning to pick up a friend on a flight from Ottawa, and of course, it never got off the ground.
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08-15-2003, 08:55 PM
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I live in Windsor and work in Detroit. You guys have a interesting notions of the US and Detroit in Particular.
The State Troopers are just like the OPP or the RCMP for those Provinces that do not have a provincial police force. It is use and very capable. Detroit has a few things to be proud of (not the Redwings this year) on in particular is the worlds first completely cageless (no bars) zoo. I was without power from 4pm-3am and lost my corkscrew anemone. -Em
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08-15-2003, 09:09 PM
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Sorry to hear of your loss. I was kind of wondering about how many tank casualties there will be as a result of this. I'm sure you're not alone.. Must be very frustrating...
 I actually don't mind Detroit. I think it's really neat to be on U.S. soil, and look due south and see Canada. Apart from maybe Alaska I don't know of too many places where you can do that. Have you ever visited Tropicorium? I'm jealous you get to live close to a supplier like Dick Perrin... cool place. Was thinking I might head down for a look-see if my plans to go for a drive down to Cedar Point this weekend don't pan out.
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08-15-2003, 10:56 PM
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I am surprised more people do not use a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) .. It would be a life saver for the reefers.. And only cost a couple hundred at the most. For what we pay in livestock it is worth it.
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08-15-2003, 11:29 PM
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After talking to my Dad, he says the river is more at 25mph at the mouth. The area is also called the St. Clair rapids and there is apperenlty 2 ships on the bottom about a 100 yards north of the bridge connecting Port Huron and Sarnia and 2 more a few hundred yards south.
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08-15-2003, 11:35 PM
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Its a good idea. I have 2 UPS'es and I tested them but was only able to run a single powerhead for about 1-2 hours. In my opinion, that's not very cost effective. I think I was using APC Smart-UPS 500 or something. I would have to check. For more money, I could get the higher end models to get maybe 8 hours but that's pretty expensive. The cheapest way to aerate a tank I think is a battery operated air pump like this: http://www.hagen.com/canada/english/...01007900010101 I bought one last week but haven't tested it yet. They do look cheaply made though but I guess it should be able to run several days or maybe weeks on battery power. If the power outage lasts more than a day or 2, this isn't going to do much good if the temperature is extremely cold or hot of course.
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08-15-2003, 11:46 PM
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I went into work today an grabbed a 3000VA UPS but of course my power has not gone out sine 3 am this morning when it came back.
I have not yet been to Tropicorium but plan on it in the next couple weeks. I was going to get a pair of their tank raised Percs.
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