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From: "Andrea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] A Question
> This just happened to me this morning. I woke up to find the electricity
> off and the temp around 60 degrees. Luckily my mom lives down the road
and
> has a fireplace. So I packed up the kid and the two geckos and turned up
> on her doorstep. My house got down in the 40s before the electricity
> finally came back on. If I didn't have my mom's fireplace I would end up
> buying a kerosene heater. They put out enough heat to keep a small room
> very warm. That way I could turn it on in the bathroom and put the gex in
> there. If you end up doing this, be sure to crack a window so they don't
> die from any fumes the kerosene heater may produce. I'm always worried
> about carbon monoxide and stuff.
> Andrea
>
> At 03:05 PM 1/1/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> >All
> >
> >I have a question and curiousity. Recently I had a power failure. It
> >was about -4 outside with a wind chill of -48. The temperature in
> >the house dropped fast. I put all my lizards in containers and then
> >used pie pans filled with hot water under the critter cages to keep
> >them warm till the power returned. My question is what do other
> >people in norther cold climates do to prepare for such emergencies?
> >
> >Thanks for the thoughts in advance.
> >
> >Terry
> >
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