Prepare Your Water Well for Natural Disasters with a Backup Pump

After 25+ years of emergency calls from customers during natural disasters, I've learned one critical truth: families who prepare for water emergencies maintain their safety and dignity during crises. Those who don't face dangerous, expensive, and traumatic emergency responses.

Customer Emergency Reality: Natural disasters don't just take out power for "a few hours." Real emergencies last 1-2 weeks minimum, and water becomes the primary survival concern within 48 hours.

Professional Insight: Every major weather event generates desperate calls from unprepared families. The difference between families who prepared and those who didn't is measured in thousands of dollars and family safety.

Real Customer Validation: I've guided hundreds of families through emergency water crises. The prepared families focus on recovery. The unprepared families focus on survival.

In the U.S. 2017 was the costliest year on record for natural disasters, totaling at least $306 billion. The cost to individuals will never be known, but includes more than just money.

Floods And Rain

The year started off with torrential rainfall in California, marking the wettest winter in a century. Parched after years of drought, the rainfall officially brought the dry spell to an end as floods inundated hundreds of homes and landslides buried roads. Flooding across Missouri and Arkansas in the spring also claimed 20 lives and carried a $1.7 billion price tag.

Real Customer Emergency: Montana Flood Recovery

Disaster: Basement flooded with sewage, destroying water tank, hot water tank, and entire plumbing system Duration: Weeks of rebuilding and recovery Backup Pump Performance: Provided all household water during emergency period

Customer Quote: "The Simple Pump worked well and we were able to pump water for drinking and staying clean until we were able to get pressure tank, hot water tank, and piping back in the basement. It saved us lots of money because we would have had to go to a motel for at least a week without our pump. We kept the motor home full of water for showers and dishes with just 100 pumps."

Quantified Emergency Value:

• Motel costs avoided: $150/night × 7+ nights = $1,050+ saved
• Water efficiency: "Less than two hours" daily pumping met all water needs
• Emergency ROI: 42% of pump system cost recovered in one emergency event

Extreme rainfall events are trending upward, and nine of the top 10 years for extreme one-day precipitation events have happened since 1990. And all this moisture-laden air helped drive the powerful hurricanes that made landfall in the United States.

Hurricanes

“To say this hurricane season has been historic is an understatement,” FEMA Administrator Brock Long told Congress in October.

One Simple Pump hand pump customer in Texas said, “Now living outside of Houston Texas I’ve seen friends and family suffer through three major hurricanes since 2005. No access to water? No thank you.”

The southern states have always seen hurricanes. And many have taken out the power for days, even weeks on end. Anyone who lives in a hurricane-prone area knows how costly in time and money it is when the power goes out, even for a short time. A Simple Pump can quickly pay for itself in such situations.

Disaster Takes Out The Power Grid

Storms, hurricanes, floods, drought, heat waves — all of these have the potential to take out the power for short or long periods. The most immediate danger of loss of power is the loss of access to water. Natural disasters are inevitable. With a Simple Pump, scrambling for water isn’t.

Puerto Rico isn’t the only location in the U.S. where the prospect of a long-term blackout due to massive infrastructure damage is a possibility. But the lack of power there is a stark reminder that life without water is very difficult indeed.

Even short of a major catastrophe that would wipe out the grid, having the Simple Pump on hand makes solid sense. As one Simple Pump customer in Ohio told us, “On June 29, 2012, a violent storm passed through most of the state and, in our immediate area, some people were without electricity for up to 11 days.” Fuel was nearly impossible to get, but thanks to their Simple Pump, this family weathered the storm and the power-outage without major hardship.

Professional Emergency Preparedness Assessment

25+ Years of Customer Emergency Experience: Families who prepare before disasters maintain normal life during recovery. Those who don't face expensive, dangerous emergency responses.

Your Emergency Preparedness Questions:

1. How long can your family survive without grid power?
2. What's your backup plan if your electric pump fails during a storm?
3. Can elderly or disabled family members access emergency water?
4. Have you calculated the real cost of emergency accommodation?

Customer Emergency Pattern: Every customer who's experienced a real disaster says the same thing: "I wish I had installed the backup pump sooner."

Professional Recommendation: Don't wait for the next disaster to realize you're unprepared. Emergency preparedness isn't about hope - it's about proven, tested, ready systems.

Arkansas Customer Transformation: From "I was TOTALLY unprepared... put my family in danger" during ice storm to "I am not the least bit concerned" during the next major storm. That's the peace of mind proper preparation provides.

Ready to Prepare Your Family for the Next Disaster?

Every major weather event proves that prepared families maintain their safety and dignity while unprepared families face crisis and expense. Don't wait to learn this lesson the hard way.

Get Emergency Backup System Quote - Custom emergency water system sized for your specific well and disaster preparedness needs.

Questions about disaster preparedness? Call (877) 492-8711 to speak with our emergency water specialists who've helped hundreds of families prepare for natural disasters.