Sea Turtles' vacation

Some thirty or so sea turtles from Texas are getting a break basking under heat lamps this winter.
An arctic blast caused the water in the Gulf of Mexico to plummet eighteen degrees!
The cold-blooded turtles were comatose when volunteers scooped them out of the water and brought them to the University of Texas marine labratory, and Sea Turtle Inc., a rescue center, where they were put under lamps until they revived. The turtles are now being held in sixty-eight degree water while they recuperate.

The water dropped to the mid-thirties last Monday, and warmed up only to the fiftys by Thursday.
By then, it was too late. The turtles' systems shut down, and they started washing up on shore.
The volunteers named each of the turtles. One turtle lost one of its flippers as a result of a predator taking advantage of the turtles' lethargy.

Here is the site address,

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_re_us/sea_turtles