[78-L] How to keep 78s warm in a cold snap

[L78rpm at aol.com]

Hundreds of discs in my "secondary" collection, accumulating and stored in  
my finished basement for years, are now in my unheated garage.  The  
reason:  Sandy the Storm left seven feet of water in my basement, rising to  
within three inches of my living quarters.  Everything there was destroyed;  but 
during the necessary cleanout/cleanup I did manage to get most but not all  
of the 78s out and into the garage.  (The discs I consider important are  
elsewhere.)
 
I decidedv that the best thing to do was to get them out of their wet  
sleeves and albums and dry them off.  (The wet paper holding them went out  to 
the curb.)   I did manage to do this.  My understanding is  that dry 78s can 
withstand cold as long as they are not exposed to  moisture.  They will be 
there all winter.  
 
In the spring I will determine whether I am correct.
 
Paul Charosh
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/23/2013 5:57:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
dlennick at sympatico.ca writes:

Follow-up....customer was very pleased. I used an insulated pizza  pick-up 
bag 
and kept the item under an emergency blanket in the car for  the hour when 
I had 
to leave it parked. Since it was the Carl Kress Decca  set, I didn't want 
to run 
the risk of extreme cold doing  anything.