Yea...I'm really not too worried about the power going out as it should warm up some and the coldest my snake room really gets is about 75, and that's been during the winter(My room doesn't have any outside contact and nor does my closet(where the snakes will be, so very steady temps.) The thing about a friend pet sitting is that everybody is leaving, so not feasible at all and family is either 1 1/2 hours or 4 so it would be easier to just come back from the beach to check on them than having someone else do it.