Preparing for a hurricane?

[ALBINO IGUANA]

Don't even say the "H" word. That is a crazy amount of work and potential disaster for us down here in South Florida. BTW, nightwolfsnow, I lived in Hampton Roads for a couple of years in the 90's.

[nightwolfsnow]

If you wrap the hand warmers in a towel, they should be fine. They last 8-10 hours and are inexpensive. Just monitor the temp with your temp gun, and it should be just fine. These are for emergency situations, and will keep your snake from getting too cold. Amazon can deliver overnight, or head out to WalMart.


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Oh duh amazon delivery . My fiance has amazon prime. Planning on going to walmart anyways to get more water and food that doesn't have to be cooked. I'll pick up some hot hands just in case. I really don't think it will be that bad once it reaches up this way. If the power doesn't go out at least I'll be prepared for next time. Thanks guys

[nightwolfsnow]

Don't even say the "H" word. That is a crazy amount of work and potential disaster for us down here in South Florida. BTW, nightwolfsnow, I lived in Hampton Roads for a couple of years in the 90's.

I'm sure everyone and their momma is at walmart in Florida right now. I've lived in Va Beach, Norfolk, Newport News, Suffolk, and have worked in Chesapeake and Portsmouth. Its nice to be out of the big cities now.

[bcr229]

The other thing that I've done is pack my chest freezer with gallon jugs of water. The only thing in there at the moment is rats, but I don't wan them defrosting either. The ice will keep them cool for a few days and it's potable water if the neighborhood goes to hell in a hand basket. I sound like some kind of loony prepper reading this back to myself....sigh.

Naw, it's a good idea. In fact the less airspace you have in the freezer the more efficiently it runs so you may want to leave the water jugs in there all the time to save on electricity.

You can also turn the t-stat on it down to the lowest setting, and do the same for any other refrigerator/freezer in the house. The colder it is to start out, the longer it will take food to thaw.

[AKA Dave]

Yep. I added a few more just for that reason.

Dave

[guanagator]

Good idea with the freezer, another thing you can do is get some dry ice. Some grocery stores sell it in Florida if not a quick search should turn up something local. We fish and camp for extended week log trips and the coolers with the dry ice always last. Can't imagine the smell of a bunch of thawing rats, baitfish are bad enough lol.

[wolfy-hound]

If you have any way to heat water(gas stove, etc) then you can always use hot water bottles IF the temps are so low that you're worried over the snakes.

Also, if you did have a way to heat them, cornbags are awesome. I heat them up in the winter for myself and they stay warm a long time and you just reheat them when they cool.

Both of those rely on some sort of heating though.

If you fill the freezer, and don't open it, it should be good for a really long time.

[8_Ball]

I agree that balls can handle a brief cool temperature for a day or two. I live in New England and we lost power during the big snow storm last winter and my snake was fine for that couple of days. It got very cold in our house (low 50s) I used hand warmers the last days but the first 24 hours I worked all day and came home very late to no power. He still had a warm spot with the hand warmers but the air temperature in his enclosure was high 60s. He did not develop a RI or anything. Africa has a cold night here and there so as long as it is not long periods they will be ok. I have a few reptiles so I do not have a generator but for the people with big collections it is well worth the money.

[nightwolfsnow]

The only thing that's gas is the central heat, electric stove. I ended up getting the hot hands toe warmers because it says their average temp is 97 degrees and the hand and body ones were saying 138 degrees or something like that. I still don't think the temps will drop low enough that I'll need to use them. I fed everyone tonight so they won't need another meal until after the storm.

[bcr229]

The only thing that's gas is the central heat, electric stove. I ended up getting the hot hands toe warmers because it says their average temp is 97 degrees and the hand and body ones were saying 138 degrees or something like that.

Bear in mind that those toe warmers are designed to be used in a low-oxygen environment, such as the toe of your winter boot. When allowed to run in the open air they get very, very hot. If you do plan on using it I would wrap it in something like a washcloth or a clean sock, secured with some rubber bands to ensure the wrapping can't come off before putting it in your BP's enclosure.