Buy farmland and brass.
As in ammo. Also, invest in guns.
Then what you raise can be protected.
I shudder when I think about Katrina on a national scale. People who are that dependent on the government rioting because their welfare check stopped and the grocery stores stopped manufacturing ground hamburger and vegetables.
Got my little piece of land all paid for. Not a farm size place, but we can grow a nice garden and keep a few animals if needed.
Stocked up on ammo and guns and looking for more. Will always be able to trade some of them for something. As for gold, you can’t eat it, can’t use it for shelter, or wear it for clothes, so why bother.
Katrina should have been a wake up call as to what will happen when the welfare class discovers “Uncle Sam ain’t there no more” to give them everything. The cities will burn and then the ash and trash will flow from the cities looking to take what they want.