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  • Power failure hits CDC germ lab (Fort Collins, CO)

    10/14/2005 8:13:53 AM PDT · by LurkedLongEnough · 14 replies · 755+ views
    Rocky Mountain News ^ | October 13, 2005 | Jim Erickson, Rocky Mountain News
    A power failure knocked out the security system at a federal germ lab in Fort Collins for 13 hours Monday and disabled freezers housing thousands of vials of plague and other potential bioweapons. A backup generator kicked on when the power failed. But an electrical short prevented the backup power from being routed through the building, said Colorado State University spokesman Brad Bohlander. As a result, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laboratory was without power for 13 hours, beginning at 3:07 p.m. Monday, Bohlander said. CSU owns the building and leases it to the government.No germ collections were...