A Salamander Keeper's Worst Nightmare

[freves]

A power outage due to severe storms during a week of 100 degree F + temps...UGH!

 

[Otterwoman]

oh no...did you lose anything?

 

[Neotenic_Jaymes]

Sounds pretty harsh. Ice bottle method may get you through it. Basement floors are great places when temps are too much. Or you could try blowing a fan on the tanks.

 

[peter5930]

Meanwhile in Scotland, I don't think it's gone above 16C/60F in the past couple of weeks. The slugs are loving the damp, cool summer weather here; it's hard to avoid stepping on them when I go outside.

 

[AngieD]

Yep, UK weather has been rainy one day, boiling the next. Very difficult to keep the little animals at a stable temperature

 

[freves]

My boss let me borrow a generator to run an AC unit. An hour later the power came back on. No losses thank goodness.

 

[otolith]

Glad to hear it! I've been worried about the same thing here in Baltimore. I am having enough trouble as it is even with power keeping everyone cool enough.

 

[Jennewt]

I'm glad too. This is one of those worst case scenarios, and this kind of thing can happen anywhere. Massive power failures are MOST likely to occur during the hottest weather, so we all need to have emergency plans in place ahead of time.