> -> EH> We don' got no esteenking basements in OUR part of the worl'.
 > -> After seeing the video of cyclones in TX and OK, I'd seriously
 > -> consider one!
 > 
 > Just goes to show what YOU know!  You go in a basement the freaking
 > HOUSE falls on you.  We dig our storm cellars way out in the yard, 
 > away from EVERYTHING. 
A friend's wife was so scared of tornados that he bought a new concrete 
septic tank of at least 1000 gallon size, dug a hole, lined it with plastic, 
and buried the tank. He might have coated the outside of the tank with some 
sort of waterproofing, too. The entrance was above-ground, in fact the tank 
was only a bit more than half-buried, there was a mound over it.
 
This could be made into a "root cellar", thus serving a dual purpose, 
especially for Home Power folks who depend on this sort of food preservation 
in lieu of refrigeration. Septic tanks are relatively inexpensive, and 
there's any number of people who install them in most areas.
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