Did ORA survive the huricane
- Thread starter Fish World1
- Start date
FWIW, rumor mills can be wrong, and are worse then puppy mills.Gresham:
From what I've been told by Kevin and Dustin of ORA, they have a pretty good system for taking securing broodstock in the event of disasters like this. I don't know the details however.
Unfortunately, I am sure they had to "put to sleep" many offspring to ensure that they didn't get into local waters when the storm hit.
From what I've been told by Kevin and Dustin of ORA, they have a pretty good system for taking securing broodstock in the event of disasters like this. I don't know the details however.
Unfortunately, I am sure they had to "put to sleep" many offspring to ensure that they didn't get into local waters when the storm hit.
This went out last week by email and fax to ORA clients, of which I am one:
ORA REBUILDS AFTER
HURRICANE FRANCES
To All of Our Friends and Customers:
On September 4-5 ORA received a direct hit from Hurricane Frances. Although
we did sustain some damage to our hatcheries, most of our inventory and all
of our broodstock have survived. We are working hard this week to clean up
and stabilize our systems after the storm. We have made tremendous progress
and the fish are doing well.
To summarize some of the damage: we lost the plastic covering on one
of our oldest hatcheries, the pipe that supplies our saltwater was washed
away and power outages affected several areas. Water is now restored to all
systems. Some of the hardest hit areas were the Coral, Conch and Algae
hatcheries. Conch inventories are available at this time, but it will be a
while before we will be able to offer the high quality coral frags and algae
that you have come to expect from ORA.
We are totally committed to restoring all of our facilities to our pre-storm
level. Beyond that, we are continuing to build the new hatcheries that we
planned before the storm. In short, ORA will soon be back bigger and better
than ever.
We thank all of you that called to inquire how we fared and
apologize to those who tried to contact us while our phones, email, and
faxes were down. Like many of our fellow Floridians, we are finding that the
aftermath of one of these storms is just as difficult to deal with as the
storm itself.
We will be fully operational and back to a regular shipping schedule
next week ... as long as the next storm (Hurricane Jeanne) misses us. We
have included a current availability list and we welcome your calls and
orders.
Thanks for all of your support and concern,
The ORA Aquaculture Team
ORA REBUILDS AFTER
HURRICANE FRANCES
To All of Our Friends and Customers:
On September 4-5 ORA received a direct hit from Hurricane Frances. Although
we did sustain some damage to our hatcheries, most of our inventory and all
of our broodstock have survived. We are working hard this week to clean up
and stabilize our systems after the storm. We have made tremendous progress
and the fish are doing well.
To summarize some of the damage: we lost the plastic covering on one
of our oldest hatcheries, the pipe that supplies our saltwater was washed
away and power outages affected several areas. Water is now restored to all
systems. Some of the hardest hit areas were the Coral, Conch and Algae
hatcheries. Conch inventories are available at this time, but it will be a
while before we will be able to offer the high quality coral frags and algae
that you have come to expect from ORA.
We are totally committed to restoring all of our facilities to our pre-storm
level. Beyond that, we are continuing to build the new hatcheries that we
planned before the storm. In short, ORA will soon be back bigger and better
than ever.
We thank all of you that called to inquire how we fared and
apologize to those who tried to contact us while our phones, email, and
faxes were down. Like many of our fellow Floridians, we are finding that the
aftermath of one of these storms is just as difficult to deal with as the
storm itself.
We will be fully operational and back to a regular shipping schedule
next week ... as long as the next storm (Hurricane Jeanne) misses us. We
have included a current availability list and we welcome your calls and
orders.
Thanks for all of your support and concern,
The ORA Aquaculture Team
Sponsor Reefs
We're a FREE website, and we exist because of hobbyists like YOU who help us run this community.
Click here to sponsor $10:
