During one major ice storm, power went out. We were well stocked up until the kid got sick, so I walked over to the Walgreens that was open. It had power, but the satellite system was down.
A line of people were begging to give them credit card information, debit card information, etc. I held up my items and a $20 and said, “I can pay for this right now.” Waved to front, paid, went home.
No one else could pay.
Freaky...were they trying to buy 60” Plasmas or something? You’d think people would at least have a LITTLE BIT OF CASH on them...but maybe even that is too much to ask these days.
...but it does give us preppers a HUGE ADVANTAGE, as you showed there (as long as cash is still allowable).
Yes, cash will be king when the electricity dies and the banks close their doors, and the card companies go dark. I shudder to think of it.