Storm cellars work in the western part of texas and oklahoma, but here in deep south east texas our water tables are so high, some 12 to 15 ft to water, that storm cellars or basements would just fill up with water. We have a hand dug well in the yard, it's only 12 feet deep, then the ground slopes down into the pasture and it stays wet and muddy for a long time because when we have alot of rain water just seeps out of the ground, not quite a spring, but almost.

The well was dug by hubby's grandad back in the early 50s. Has a rope and a baler that you pull water up in. you can do that 4 or 5 times and the waters clear. I wouldnt want to drink that water, but if worse came to worse, I guess you could boil it for drinking water.

Last night hubby got out the generator and made sure it would run. He was down at the shop for an hour or so, came home around 9:30 and said, "The daggum thang runs like a top, purs like a kitten, but it dont make any electricity" The armitures(sp) need cleaned he said, so father in law just came by a while ago, and is goin down there to see if he can do that, since hubby is havin to work today. Most likely he won't have to go in tomorrow, They'll lock all the prisoners in their cell and work with a skeleton crew.