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Message:: [QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 2740136, member: 77814"]Scattered across the US we get episodes of "disasters" where things are throw out of whack.  I recall the 2003 Northeast blackout.  People went bonkers, unless you've camped at all in your lifetime.  No power for anything. No cell phones, no TV, no lights, no electric doors, refrigerators, freezers, ATMs etc. We were limited in our shortwaves too as we had to plug them into our car batteries for emergency communications, until our cars ran out of gas.  Wish I had a solar cell back then. But if one thing was consistent it was "cash" was king.   Your silver 1915 dime was worth precisely TEN Cents just as it is today in any grocery store.  So you'd still need another DOLLAR to buy that loaf of bread. There was still a cash distribution system in place for stores still open. If it taught anything, it was to have some reserve cash for those "disasters" that do occur.  Whether paper currency or coinage. It's all just cash.  And keep those bullion stuff stored away as a conversion of cash into wealth. I was able to still cook food, even make bread and pizza from scratch and cook it outside.   We've even had similar more localized events since then, and people now tend to use their BBQ grills a lot when it does.  But the most important part seems that people now know where all the places are to get dry ice.[/QUOTE]