Early reports on the cause of the exploding aquarium in Berlin are pointing to material fatigue. There were 1,500 fish and a million litres of water being held back by the glass and metal. I guess it’s tricky checking every bit of such a massive structure but I would have thought regular material checks, like on planes, would have been a necessary bit of scheduled monitoring.
Still, the temperature in Berlin at the time of the explosion was -6° and it has been suggested that the ultra cold temperature outside with the warm tropical temperature inside the tank may have cracked the glass.
Of course, it’s only been a day so, perhaps, a spokesperson just came up with the most obvious thing in order to shut the reporters up.
There is currently an online petition against having another aquarium built in the hotel to replace the old one. I think that’s probably a good thing. After all, a lot of fish died outside their normal environment through no fault of their own.
In the meanwhilst, here in our environment, there were no surprises. Mirinda went off and had lunch with Sophie while I cooked five mini Christmas puddings and tidied up ahead of visitors tomorrow.
And, of course, I took the girls to the park for a bit of a run around.
It was a bit bleak but it didn’t rain or snow and was delightfully chilly. Delightful, unless you were a tropical fish, of course.
So when does a fish die when it is their fault?