Wow Brian! Life has been pretty nutty for me too, so I haven't been keeping up with your blog lately. I'm so glad to hear that the animals and your crew are all ok! I was wondering how the contractors were going to react to the snakes - like that you included that bit!
Sad show man. But three words to remember: Thermal Energy System!
I own a water restoration company in Orlando and I deal with stuff like that every day. The beautiful thing about the TES is that there is almost 0 tear out and reconstruction. We heat up the wall cavities and the room up to 130*F if need be. If you wanted the room temps to be at a steady temp for your particular specification (snake temps), we set up air movers on t-stats (much like ranco's) and evacuate the inside air to control the temps. Humidity control could be done through low grain refrigerant dehu's.
If we're there within 24hours, there is zero chance of mold growth b/c most molds can't grow at temps above 108*F. The walls would be in the 130's, but room temps would be in the mid 80's if you wanted. And the structure would be dried out in roughly 48hrs. We recently did a 5 story condo flood and we were out in 40hrs.
The main thing to worry about is mold.
I would at least contact an environmental hygenist to check the building of mold growth once the work is done.
Oh man, how awful! Condolences from your friends in the great white north.
I have to say, this is the biggest disaster I've seen since the Lions' 2008 season. I've been a Detroit fan since 1988 too, so I've seen some disasters!
0.1 JCP "Zoot"
0.1 Greyband Kingsnake "Tansy"
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa "Rio"
0.1 South Florida Kingsnake "Cromwell"
0.0.2 Crested Geckos "Duck and Drake (named by my 3 year old)"