Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[Invisible Snake]

Anyway, I hope the news of these tragedies will make people do risk assessments of their own and hopefully manage to prevent something similar from happening to them.

How does one perform a risk assessment to prevent a similar situation from happening in their homes?

[ConcinusMan]

Well, here's one clue... If your entire collection's survival depends on a single thermostat, you might want to re-evaluate the risk.

This might be a good question to ask BHB reptiles. You know the guys who do that youtube show called "Snake Bytes TV". I'm thinking with the collection they have, and the high value, they might know a thing or two about this. Maybe they'll do a show about it if they haven't already

[snake man]

I do agree that that was a flaw, doesn't change how bad i feel though.

[Invisible Snake]

Well, here's one clue... If your entire collection's survival depends on a single thermostat, you might want to re-evaluate the risk.

I have a rack filled with corns that uses a helix DBS-1000 thermostat and the rack supposedly has a self extinguishing feature in case it over heats, to prevent a fire.

[ConcinusMan]

I do agree that that was a flaw

No question about that, but how could one possibly foresee a thermostat failing would cause the room heat to get stuck on full blast. I have always assumed that it would fail in the off position. Had that been the case then the worst that could happen is coming home to a few tropical species that are a little chilly, but alive.

Like Stefan was saying, I think this would be an excellent time to evaluate our own equipment and plan for the unimaginable. Nobody thinks it can happen to them, and yet it happens.

[Stefan-A]

How does one perform a risk assessment to prevent a similar situation from happening in their homes?

By going through every single imaginable failure of equipment and thinking about what sort of harm that may cause. The relevance of the probability of failure decreases with increasing consequences. That's the assessment part. What measures you take to address them, is a different matter.

[EasternGirl]

Oh my God...I had no idea that had happened to Shannon. I knew something had happened with the power outages...but...I just can't even imagine the despair. I was almost in tears myself when I was reading it. Shannon...if you read this...you have my deepest sympathy. It is just too horrible for words and I am so sorry that happened to you.

As far as the image thing goes...I tried to post some pics yesterday and was only able to post a thumbnail pic. I thought it was something wrong with my computer. I'm also having trouble typing on the forum...when I type...the letters appear very slowly.

[guidofatherof5]

I would do a shutdown and restart of your computer to start with.
Sounds like your computer has lost its way home to mommy

[EasternGirl]

Well...it was just worked on by the guy that works on our computers. He put a new virus protection program on it...I'm wondering if that has something to do with it. I will reboot and if that doesn't fix it...I will call him.

Steve...on another note...I am still seeing mites on Sadie and Cee Cee. I don't know what the heck is going on. I have treated everything in the enclosure twice...bought new hides and plants...treated the girls with the Mite Off. I can't talk on the phone today...I have class. I will try to call you tomorrow to talk about it if that is okay. In the meantime...if you could skype me the link to buy the provent-a-mite...I would appreciate it.

[guidofatherof5]

Done