That really sucks, sorry. It's tough to lose things due to "beyond our control" things.I missed December (and looks like 1 minute late for Jan, so disqualified). We had really bad weather in Jan - power and internet out from December 31 on and off for 2.5 weeks, for up to 3 days at a time - never on for more than 12 consecutive hours. Lost a few of nice corals and anemones, luckily not the blood bank, but the conditions haven’t done well for it.
For what it's worth tho, my time stamp on your pic says 2:59. So, maybe not out??
Is up to who's running the contest I guess.