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Originally Posted by phenomshel
Those are called "storm cellars". Lots of places in Texas and Oklahoma have those, up here in the Midwest it seems everyone just has basements in their houses. I never did figure out why houses in the Texas Panhandle didn't have basements - unless it was due to the oil table being so close to the surface there. No, I am not joking. I could dig in the sand at Lake Meredith as a kid and hit oil.
Betty, do you at least have a basement?
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Nope, not at my house. My mom has one, a few blocks away from me. If the storms threaten to get really bad I'll have to go over there anyway, to make sure she gets somewhere safe. So no worries.