Well Pump Woes

This weekend was fun- our well pump decided to go kaput so we have been roughing it for the past few days-just like camping but with no running water. I guess you could call it a personal SHTF situation as it is tough keeping a house clean, water to drink, and four kids clean with no running water. We do keep water on hand so it wasn't as bad as it could have been but I never knew it took 2 gallons per flush every time we flush the toilet! I can't lie, even though most people would probably have found it upsetting we took it as a challenge to see if we could "get by" until the well guy gets here. He was supposed to show Friday or Saturday but didn't, we are still waiting for him today(Monday) but no show so far. At any rate, it gave us a good indication that the water we have in case of an emergency wouldn't be nearly enough for just a few days with our well pump working. I really want to install a hand pump so that we always have water as our lights also went off this weekend for a day due to storms. It really makes sense to me to always have a backup plan for your backup plan! Oh, and always store twice the water you think you will need!