Posted on 12/16/2022 7:40:25 AM PST by BipolarBob
EMILY SCHULTHEIS and FRANK JORDANS Fri, December 16, 2022 at 2:02 AM CST BERLIN (AP) — A huge aquarium in Berlin burst, spilling debris, water and more than a thousand tropical fish out of the AquaDom tourist attraction in the heart of the German capital early Friday.
Police said parts of the building, which also contains a hotel, cafes and a chocolate store, were damaged as 1 million liters (264,000 gallons) of water poured from the aquarium shortly before 6 a.m. (0500 GMT). Berlin's fire service said two people were slightly injured.
Mayor Franziska Giffey said the incident had unleashed a “veritable tsunami” of water but the early morning timing had prevented far more injuries.
“Despite all the destruction, we were still very lucky,” she said. “We would have had terrible human damage” had the aquarium burst even an hour later, once more people were awake and in the hotel and the surrounding area, she said.
The 25 meter tall (82 foot tall) AquaDom was described as the biggest cylindrical tank in the world and held more than a thousand tropical fish before the incident. Among the 80 types of fish it housed were blue tang and clownfish, two colorful species known from the popular animated movie “Finding Nemo.”
“Unfortunately, none of the 1,500 fish could be saved,” Giffey said.
There was speculation freezing temperatures that got down to minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight caused a crack in the acrylic glass tank, which then exploded under the weight of the water. Police said there was no evidence the incident resulted from a malicious act.
“Just yesterday we watched it and we were so amazed (by) its beauty," she said. "Suddenly it’s all gone. Everything is a mess, a total mess.”
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Right now is just a brief interlude between ice ages.
I crush you daily Berlin Feerper. It is easy because Bidenistas are a stupid lot. To put it simply, are you naturally extremely mendacious and stupid or do you have to work at it?
LOL!
You are the mental loser you who keeps telling me I take cold showers.
Your obsessed with me showering.
You are getting worse too, pinging me to the same thread three times and now stalking.
Get a life crazy Putin Stooge.
Nice incoherent rant BF. By the way, I cannot recal if you have never denied having to take cold showers like a good little German. What is the answer?
Here is a likely explanation from the Zero Comment section.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/picture-devastation-worlds-largest-cylindrical-aquarium-bursts-1500-tropical-fish-inside
“Haus-Targaryen
11 hours ago
I am directly involved in the legal cleanup of this and can provide a little more detail as to what actually happened (Tyler, reach out to me you have my email if you'd like to verify my identity here).
The city of Berlin required the hotel reduce the ambient temperature of the hotel lobby to save on energy due to sanctions. Its been abnormally cold in Berlin the past few nights dipping down to -11°C last night and -12°C the night before that. The water is heated to a constant temperature above 30°C for many of the fish species that lived in the tank.
As the nights got colder and colder, the lower ambient temperature of the air surrounding the tank likely started causing deformations and hairline cracks in the bottom of the tank where the pressure is the greatest. Last night at -11° caused the ambient temperature to drop too low given the reduced heating in the lobby and is what it looks like caused the “sudden unintentional disassembly”/catastrophic failure of the tank.
Everyone is already lawyering up including the city, the HVAC manufacturer, tank manufacturer, HVAC installer, building engineer, hotel - the litigation is going to be fun to watch and work on.
What isn't covered in the news is damage. The tank in 2003 cost €13 million. Today its orders of magnitude more expensive to replace, some of the fish were quite exotic and are expensive losses in and of themselves. Then you have the damage to the hotel lobby and façade, electrical components of the building in the three-story basement are also effected and large amounts of water went into the parking garage where many vehicles are parked not only from the hotel and offices but from an attached apartment complex to the hotel.
Losses are tens of millions. All because the city made the hotel turn down the heat. I imagine someone will be blaming Putin before too long.
If you look at the lobby itself - the ceiling is 100% glass - its dual-paned with the cavity having a vacuum pulled - so its good as a thermal barrier, but its also the size of a football field and the lobby definitely cools down unless heat is applied from below and traps itself in the ceiling.
When temperatures are this cold, the lobby needed to be heated to a constant temperature and held there which would be in conformity with the “Gutachten” the Tank has.”
It looks like the City of Berlin is culpable due to cost cutting measures.
Nice incoherent rant BF. By the way, I cannot recal if you have never denied having to take cold showers like a good little German. What is the answer?The fact that you cannot follow a few sentences shows you are senile as well as crazy.
I respond all the time telling you I do not take cold showers. The fact that you can't recall shows again you are senile. You probably stopped going oputside years ago. Increasing your blood pressure daily being ENRAGED because of Putin's failing Terror Invasion can't be good either.
But you keep-up with your daily downward spiral because I find it amusing.👏
Just wanted to share that for your blood pressure, daily ENRAGED crazy senile Putin Stooge.👏
Let us know how high it is getting after 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days of Putin's failing Terror Invasion.
The United States is expanding the number of Ukrainian troops it instructs at a base in Germany, with a new focus on advanced battlefield tactics, the Pentagon announced on Thursday.
Early detection of high blood pressure is very important. Often referred to as the “silent killer” because it may show no symptoms, high blood pressure puts you at an increased risk for heart disease, heart failure, and stroke, among other things.
The engine missing the spark plug runs roughly being down one cylinder ?
No doubt
The tank contained water that contained tropical fish. The water was not frozen and the tropical fish were alve. The low temperature outside was not al fault.
There is no material that is acrylic glass. It is either acrylic aka plexiglas or glass. At 25 meters deep, the water pressure at the bottom was quite large. I suspect the material holding the plexiglas ruptured rather than the plastic.
You went full retard, man. Never go full retard.
Keep up your daily fits of RAGE.
Wow, textbook projection.....
- The German gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.4% in the third quarter of 2022
- Russian economy shrinks 4% in third quarter
Now now, it will be OK.
Zelensky Says a 'Real Man' Settles Fights on Their Own in Dig at PutinLooking forward to your 2023 fits of daily RAGE just like much of 2022.
Millions of Ukrainians are freezing in the dark without food, water, or electricity. They no longer live in the modern world. This, in spite of the fact that Russia was supposedly running out of missiles in March. Hundreds of thousands of Russian troops are building up on the Ukraine’s borders while Russia is systematically razing whole cities to the ground.
This does not feel like winning. Only Joe Biden can turn this around!
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