Power Outage Questions

[Heatheranne]

I've actually used the thermacare heat wraps. They work for about 8 hours. If you put them on the outside of the glass, they get about as warm at the UTH heat pads. I put a blanket over the tank then. For those of you that have gas heat, the boiling water works well. You can also must with 78-80'F water (dechlorinated, of course, or spring water, distilled water).

[kueluck]

In NC we had a huge power outrage over the weekend and tons are still powerless. Ours went out on Friday at 10:30 am and came back on Saturday nigh around 7:00 pm. We use our Mr. Heater Big Buddy and I can't tell ya how happy we are with this. 2 small propane tanks ran it for 9 hours on low and it keep the living room and vivs between 70-74 degrees. I also had the vivs covered with blankets leaving the front uncovered. I just hung beach towels in the doorway to keep as much heat as possible in the living room, plus we have a 20 ft vaulted ceiling so if we would have had the normal 8 ft the living room would have been warmer. I did crack one window about an inch just to let some fresh air in.

[cjbage]

the power here in the mountains used to go out during a heavy rainstorm let alone when it snowed lol, they had a faulty transformer that finally blew and took out the poles it was attached to, after replacing it the power here rarely goes out for more then a few min, but in case of longer power outages I usually light my fireplace and seal off all the other doors, I was wondering would having the fireplace lit using untreated wood be detrimental to frogs ? Cedar's tank is sitting on a wheeled cart so can move him around if necessary for cleaning etc and would be able to adjust how far away from the fireplace to keep his temps in the right range.

[kueluck]

My question would be what is "untreated" wood? If you're using wood from felled trees there shouldn't be a problem. Like Bill said, as long as your chimney is clean all is good.

the power here in the mountains used to go out during a heavy rainstorm let alone when it snowed lol, they had a faulty transformer that finally blew and took out the poles it was attached to, after replacing it the power here rarely goes out for more then a few min, but in case of longer power outages I usually light my fireplace and seal off all the other doors, I was wondering would having the fireplace lit using untreated wood be detrimental to frogs ? Cedar's tank is sitting on a wheeled cart so can move him around if necessary for cleaning etc and would be able to adjust how far away from the fireplace to keep his temps in the right range.

[cjbage]

There was someone running around here that was selling wood that had insecticide sprayed all over it and another that was selling wood that had been sprayed with a fungicide to kill the mold on the bark etc. some people in the hills are a bit strange.. so finally i called the park ranger service and they put me in touch with one of the people they use to clear out their deadfall lol so i get..untreated wood

[kueluck]

Ah, gotcha.

[dumpyfrog101]

hahaha are you guys kidding come to canada where we have igloos! JK but seriously it minus 44 and when it minus 4 we all run around in are tee shirts you amricans are such wimps.