If you live in the northeast!!!!

[Quest84]

prepare yourself now for the possibility of an extended power outage. We are expecting 24-36 inches of snow between today and tomorrow.

Do a large water change tonight.

If you have generators start them up and make sure they run! Get enough gas to last you a few days.

If you don't have a generator get yourself some battery powered air pumps to oxygenate the water, very important!!

If you can't get a battery powered air pump agitate the water with a wooden spoon.


Float water bottles with hot water in them in the aquarium. Will help keep the temp. up

wrap blankets around your tanks, it will help keep the heat in.



good luck guys, and hopefully all of our fish make it through just fine

 

[Mebbid]

Don't scare me like that, I live in Michigan

 

[Quest84]

michigan isn't really north east lol....prepare yourself anyway this storm is supposed to be bad

http://www.weather.com/storms/winter/video/timing-for-winter-storm-juno-blizzard-in-northeast

 

[Mebbid]

michigan isn't really north east lol....prepare yourself anyway this storm is supposed to be bad

http://www.weather.com/storms/winter/video/timing-for-winter-storm-juno-blizzard-in-northeast

It's 1 state away from being north east. It's close enough

 

[Brookster123]

I'm shaking in my hiking boots...

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[evil Nick]

In CT and honestly getting worried for my tanks

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[Quest84]

In CT and honestly getting worried for my tanks

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preparation is key..a water change tonight will help you in case you lose power. follow steps above if needed

 

[Makoa59]

I did my water change tonight because of this thread. Thanks for the reminder! Here's hoping for a beautiful winter scene with minimal impact. Good luck, everybody.

 

[PNWaquarist]

Stay safe, folks.

 

[DeeLee2013]

Sooo glad I left NYC for Florida. It was 64*F here today. Be safe, and take care of yourselves up there!!


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? the St. Augustine Redhead ?

 

[Cold Canadian]

Stay safe down there. Hopefully it will be a powdery snow. If its a wet snow the weight on the lines will be way more heavy. The wind dose not affect lines that much.


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[Angela1108]

I am thankful that we live like 2 blocks from the power company and generally they start restoring stuff closest then going outwards further away. (Obviously ems first too)


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[treemanone2003]

I am thankful that we live like 2 blocks from the power company and generally they start restoring stuff closest then going outwards further away. (Obviously ems first too)


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I'm not that close to the power company but we're about 8-10 blocks from the sub station. All of our EMS/Fire stations have large backup generators. In the FD our biggest problem is phone lines as all our in house alerts use them as primaries. Our second biggest issue is repeater towers. If those go down the FD is basically screwed. It's amazing with technology today that we have such an antiquated primary system. During the last blizzard in '13 we commandeered pay loaders to clear roads for ambulances. Hope it doesn't come back down to that.


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[john_franzwa]

I live in Minnesota I hope my tanks will be fine


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[evil Nick]

preparation is key..a water change tonight will help you in case you lose power. follow steps above if needed

actually did my WC the night prior in both tanks. I had the flu all weekend so my weekly was put off a bit.

I have no generator but do have power inverters and 3 cars lol.

I dont think we're gonna lose power but Ive been wrong before. We already started mentally getting blankets ready to wrap the tanks in case tho.
Should have picked up a generator over the summer tho!

 

[evil Nick]

Sooo glad I left NYC for Florida. It was 64*F here today. Be safe, and take care of yourselves up there!!


? Diana Lee ?
? the St. Augustine Redhead ?

Been telling the other half we have to sell our houses and move down south for years now. Im about to book and just go long distance relationship lol. We both have great jobs up here but the weather is just to much.

 

[Brookster123]

Been telling the other half we have to sell our houses and move down south for years now. Im about to book and just go long distance relationship lol. We both have great jobs up here but the weather is just to much.

That's the problem, economy, if I moved down south I'd starve..

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[44Paps44]

You guys looking to leave have gone soft. :~D Bring on the snow...

Weather like this makes you appreciate summer that much more. Absolutely boring to have same temps all year long.

Hope everyone is prepared, good advice OP

 

[Angela1108]

Also make like 5 pots of coffee now so later you can have iced coffee hahaha


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[Rivers2k]

Thats great advice for fish but hope you are thinking of your selves also. YOu should always have 3 days of water on hand and food that does not need heat to prepare. And no microwaves don't work during power outages hahaha.

Also please have a second heat source. Natural gas furnaces sometimes don't work during power outage do to using electrical input to regulate. I picked up a keroseen heater and enough keroseen to last a few days for about $150. My cousins in CT had 4 sets of neighbors last year sleeping on their floor because they were the only ones prepared and the only ones with a fireplace.