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I thought this might be an interesting thread considering the recent winter storm in the Midwest.
When we decided to move the frog room we did it for a few reasons. Not the least of which is that it was slightly below ground (cooler in the summer if the AC goes out) and it has a gas fireplace in it so if the furnace or electric goes out we have a way to heat the room.
We had decided that if we could blockade the frog room from the rest of the house and turn on the gas fireplace we had a chance at keeping the room within tolerable temperatures. Yesterday we had to put the plan to the test.
We got up at about 6 am and the power was out. It had been for a few hours. We immediately started implementing our plan and got the frog room buttoned down rather quickly. From what we heard they were estimating up to 3 days to restore power and the temps outside were 23 and dropping. After about 16 hours we had a generator on our way.
Thankfully we didn’t need the generator and the power came back on after about 19-20 hours. We were able to keep the frog room at about 68F the entire time. Sometimes it was as high as 72F, and, if we had to leave the room it got to about 66F for short periods of time. The rest of the house dropped below 50F.
We simply can't thank everyone who helped move the frog room enough.
Everyone is safe and sound and no worse for the wear but it got us thinking. If something like that happened to you, how would you keep your collection safe? Do you have enough heat packs and coolers to evacuate your entire collection to someplace warmer? Do you have enough containers and supplies to do so? Remember too that you have to have enough coolers to bring their food along.
On a side note -- here's a few of our 'furry little ones' trying to stay warm......
When we decided to move the frog room we did it for a few reasons. Not the least of which is that it was slightly below ground (cooler in the summer if the AC goes out) and it has a gas fireplace in it so if the furnace or electric goes out we have a way to heat the room.
We had decided that if we could blockade the frog room from the rest of the house and turn on the gas fireplace we had a chance at keeping the room within tolerable temperatures. Yesterday we had to put the plan to the test.
We got up at about 6 am and the power was out. It had been for a few hours. We immediately started implementing our plan and got the frog room buttoned down rather quickly. From what we heard they were estimating up to 3 days to restore power and the temps outside were 23 and dropping. After about 16 hours we had a generator on our way.
Thankfully we didn’t need the generator and the power came back on after about 19-20 hours. We were able to keep the frog room at about 68F the entire time. Sometimes it was as high as 72F, and, if we had to leave the room it got to about 66F for short periods of time. The rest of the house dropped below 50F.
We simply can't thank everyone who helped move the frog room enough.
Everyone is safe and sound and no worse for the wear but it got us thinking. If something like that happened to you, how would you keep your collection safe? Do you have enough heat packs and coolers to evacuate your entire collection to someplace warmer? Do you have enough containers and supplies to do so? Remember too that you have to have enough coolers to bring their food along.
On a side note -- here's a few of our 'furry little ones' trying to stay warm......
