Heat Warning - UK

[Mark]

According to the forecast, temperatures for southern UK are set to be between 30-32C next week.

For those keeping sensitive animals, now is the time to be stocking up on frozen water bottles and preparing for sustained heat.

 

[Bellabelloo]

I have been trying to empty the freezer especially for this...the family are at a loss to understand why the axolotl and co are far more important than ice cream!!. I found yesterday, placing a damp towel around their tank helped.

 

[SludgeMunkey]

For you folks without basements and/or central air, this is a good time to review this:

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/cooling.shtml

 

[Mark]

For you folks without basements and/or central air, this is a good time to review this:

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/cooling.shtml

Fortunately we have very few really hot days here in the UK. Domestic air conditioning is quite uncommon.

I think I'm ready. So far I have:-

- A freezer full of frozen half litre water bottles.
- A fridge with 75 litres of 4C dechlorinated water in it (for emergency water changes)
- A portable air con unit on reserve at a local store

At this rate I'm going to be sleeping in the comfortably cool newt room....

 

[SludgeMunkey]

Fortunately we have very few really hot days here in the UK. Domestic air conditioning is quite uncommon.

I think I'm ready. So far I have:-

- A freezer full of frozen half litre water bottles.
- A fridge with 75 litres of 4C dechlorinated water in it (for emergency water changes)
- A portable air con unit on reserve at a local store

At this rate I'm going to be sleeping in the comfortably cool newt room....

Believe it or not, I sleep in the critter room most days.

I have found that those commercial sealed reusable gel pack type ice units work really well too. I just picked a bunch up at the local discount store for less than 1 USD each.

Sounds to me like you are well prepared. I hope every one else in that part of the world is taking measures ahead of time too! It was one year ago today that I learned the hard way how important proper preparation for hot weather and power outages is.