On Sun, 04 Sep 2011 10:15:15 -0400, Ross@home wrote:

>On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 16:26:24 -0500, Sqwertz >
>wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 07:34:57 -0500, George Leppla wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/2/2011 10:52 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> He has his own propane tank, well water, and septic tank. Last ting
>>>> he needs is a generator (which he may have).
>>>
>>> A well doesn't do you any good if you don't have electricity to run the
>>> pump.
>>>
>>> If I were Sheldon living in a rural area like that, I would have a
>>> generator.
>>
>>The people who had wells in my old neighborhood always had a hand
>>operated option as well.
>>
>>-sw
>
>Hand pumps will only work to a depth of about 22 feet so they're only
>good on shallow wells.
>

Not true-
http://www.survivalunlimited.com/handwaterpumpdeep.htm

350' is the claimed limit on that page-- Even adjusting that to 250-
that covers most folks.

Jim