” So you put cash aside to cover your necessary bills and you stock up on items you need to live.”
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Yes, money could be very important, provided that it did not burn up, wash away, or get stolen from you.
I was concentrating on more serious disasters, where money might be the last of your worries.
IIRC, many in the Prepper TV series were most concerned about a total breakdown of society, as well as infrastructure.
While in some cases money may not matter at all in others it will.
So you plan for both.
IIRC, many in the Prepper TV series were most concerned about a total breakdown of society, as well as infrastructure.
You work up to that. The goal is to get where you have the tools to adjust to most outside events. If there is an earthquake and you have no running water for weeks because half a mountain slid into the reservoir you still have water to drink because you stored it away. You don't depend on the water trucks.
If there is a very cold winter and there is a fuel shortage you have more then one way to keep warm.
Food prices rise but you have a garden and chickens.
These work for TEOTWAWKI or for more minor events.