In Australia when ever we have a cyclone (southern equivelent of a hurricane) one of the first things that needs storing is water, the power outages prevent the town water supplies pumps from being able to work, so I would be filling as many containers of water as possible for your self (personal use) as well as for the fish. The other issue is also flooding which plays merry hell with sewage and septic systems if breached so once again stores of your own clean potable water is a good idea.
As for the filter you could put as much of your filters media as possible into the main tank and if you can get a battery operated airstone pump put the airstone beside or below the filter media, this way the air bubbling up might be enough to create the movement that the filter bacteria need.
As for temp of the tank, if you can heat the water that is great, is your gas line a provided one from a power company or do you buy in cylinders? If supplied by a company they may turn off the gas to prevent leaks and explosions. If needs be you could always heat water on a gas BBQ, many a time here we have had no power so the BBQ is used to cook our meals. Speaking of possibly no power I would also stock up an esky/ cooler with ice for any perisable food that you need.
Even if you can heat your water I would still look at insulating the tank(s) to help prevent too much heat exchange and thus sort of limiting some of the frequency of water changes.
And lastly depending on the species of fish, most can handle a few dregrees shift either up or down.
As for the filter you could put as much of your filters media as possible into the main tank and if you can get a battery operated airstone pump put the airstone beside or below the filter media, this way the air bubbling up might be enough to create the movement that the filter bacteria need.
As for temp of the tank, if you can heat the water that is great, is your gas line a provided one from a power company or do you buy in cylinders? If supplied by a company they may turn off the gas to prevent leaks and explosions. If needs be you could always heat water on a gas BBQ, many a time here we have had no power so the BBQ is used to cook our meals. Speaking of possibly no power I would also stock up an esky/ cooler with ice for any perisable food that you need.
Even if you can heat your water I would still look at insulating the tank(s) to help prevent too much heat exchange and thus sort of limiting some of the frequency of water changes.
And lastly depending on the species of fish, most can handle a few dregrees shift either up or down.
