No electricity means no transactions even with cash.
They’d figure something out. I assure you.
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That’s right. Every article on emergencies I have read has said that in the beginning Cash was king. So always have some stashed at home, or where you can get to it.
Interestingly, the bank operations department for the bank I worked out had a quarterly drill. Without notice, the department head would come out and state all systems are down switch to back up plans.
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