are my snakes going to die?

[Salamander Rising]

So I'm in CT and haven't had power for 24 hrs. We have no idea how long it will take them to get it back on. This freak snow storm with its super heavy snow caused the trees to break/uproot from the ground. The leaves hadn't finished falling off so the limbs were extra heavy and the ground wasn't frozen yet to help support the trees so that's why we have so many trees down. Power could be on today or over a week from now. It was 23 degrees last night.

We got a genny running but its only able to make the room warm up to 74 and its a 1000 watt genny but an older one. No flex is running as then the herpstats would need juice also. The temps have been DANGEROUSLY scary low.. the room last night was 69! My fiance is goin to get lotsssss of 10hr hand warmers. I'm putting several snakes together in small groups in pillow cases I'm hopes that w several hand warmers in several tubs will keep the area warmer vs one or two in each tub. I have nothing else I can do. I've cried a few times being worried about them. We don't even have our fridge plugged in to the genny as we want as much juice to the heater in my snake room as possible.

I have no way of bringing them to anyone's house as most ppl I'm around are sickened by the thought of them and more than 1/2 the state is w/o power.

My questions are has anyone went through anything like this before w/o sickness/death? What are their chances? we went thru almost 40 in gas in one day! I'm so worried!! I don't have the cash for up to 2 wks of this!

Thought about even putting them in my car w the heater blasting but realistically I can't run my car for days on end.

Do you have a nearby WalMart or D|CKS's Sporting Goods where you can get a few Coleman propane lamps?

They really put out heat along with light.

One sitting beside of you will make your face hot.

I hope they get your power back on soon.

[for years I've gone through a similar situation with a generator and a 40 gallon aquarium...I sit in the dark & cold but the fish have filtration and heat]

Now, I've the snakes to worry about, too.

:-\