So I moved back from sunny California to my rainy, overcast hometown of Seattle. Sometimes I forget how wild the weather can be here in the Pacific Northwest.
I was out shopping around noon yesterday and in between this shop and that shop, there were periods of heavy rain and wind. Trees were bending, branches falling, etc. with periods of blue sunny sky. Crazy weather. Anyway when I got home around 3pm, my lights and electricity were out. I immediately went to check my BP's. Temps were in the mid-70's and they were in their hides. I wanted to grab some spare camping handwarmers and throw it in with my snakes but thought it might not be a good idea until I knew these were safe. So I waited. My neighbors said the power had been out for over 2 hours.Power was restored around 4:30pm and I immediately checked their thermostats and temps. I also used heat lamps to help bump up temps quickly.
Even though we are at the tail end of summer, I was surprised by the gale force winds and heavy rain yesterday. I knew I would have to ask the forum about this at some point, but did not realize it would be so soon. We usually have 3-4 major power outages a year, namely in late fall through winter with the worse being 12 hours long and/or overnight.
I want to keep my snakes warm and comfortable during these situations. So I just want to know what are your heating and husbandry plans for electrical power outages? What do you do or what would you do?
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