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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 3555757, member: 57463&quot;]Very nice. I wanted to cheer. Thanks.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>See below from people who experienced power outages as retailers. Business will not stop. <b>Clerks</b> might say that they cannot work. Their <b>bosses</b> will say otherwise. Here in the States, many convenience stores are owner-operated. Absent distance travel by car to the supermarket, the corner store becomes your focus.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Schuler says that only one person in three has a bank account. Here in Texas, it might be close to 25% (<a href="https://checkingexpert.com/texas/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://checkingexpert.com/texas/" rel="nofollow">https://checkingexpert.com/texas/</a>). Nationally, it might be between 7 and 9% only, but as high as 19% in minority communities. Many with with a bank account of record still use non-traditional merchants such as pawnshops, payday and title loans, check cashing services, etc., US News herel (<a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2018-10-23/americans-who-do-not-have-a-bank-account-falls-to-record-low" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2018-10-23/americans-who-do-not-have-a-bank-account-falls-to-record-low" rel="nofollow">https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2018-10-23/americans-who-do-not-have-a-bank-account-falls-to-record-low</a> )</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the story. </p><p><br /></p><p>War is a different issue entirely.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>I have MREs. In an emergency, the point is to keep moving forward, live the day, even if only on calories. If you take vitamins every day, you can probably go a month before you should worry. If you have extra vitamins on hand, so much the better. You have to clear rubble, organize your neighbors, find more food and water, etc., etc., and before that, you have to ride out the storm. Eight hours on canned food is better than eight hours hungry.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Aurem non olet. Moneta non olet. Schuler hinted at that politely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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