Yup! Multiple friends offered up their homes while out of town.

This is one of many reasons I love VT.

We’ve got him in a Tupperware container with water and heat mat under at a friends place. His normal cage lid for ventilation on top, weighted down so he can’t push it off.

Should be ok for a day or so?

Hah no not yet and I don’t think it will but we had to evacuate nonetheless!

Lost power and eventually backup power battery as well. Moved everyone to a friends a mile away. Gecko too!

Now hope we get power back tomorrow.

Sure— Windsor county!

As it happens I have those— would you just toss them into a temporary container with the gecko if need be?

Lol fair. The passports will remain in their usual spots. No bailing on the home. Thanks for your advice :)

I'm confused— did you mean I should be prepared to go out on a 40 deg pitch roof myself and push a branch weighing 1000+ pounds off myself (i.e. self sufficient) OR call a contractor (i.e. not self-sufficient)?

Yes- we've had an arborist take a look and got 2 quotes for removing the tree— 4k and 8k!

8k can do it in January and 4k in March. I don't see a reason to pay double other than the peace of mind, which from the sounds of most replies here I shouldn't worry too much.

Thanks— totally didn't think of 911. Luckily the wires are on the other side of the road so it shouldn't be touching them, and if it does then that's a separate issue.

Haha you're right on the passports count. Makes sense not to carry those.

Initial plan was just to remove the widow maker but the arborist also said the tree is dying, so we're going to do the whole thing.

Timeline is still March tho.

Luckily there's a hotel a mile away so that's likely where we'd head. We also have several friends within minutes that would take us in.

It's an oak tree FWIW.