[amorphous]

Yep, I advise keeping some ready cash available along with at least a month's worth of grub and a full tank of gas. If the market and banks collapse, it will take several days/weeks to put emergency measures in place, then a few days for business to get back to speed and inventory in - unless rioting damages businesses - then it will take months.

[laplata]

Wise thinking.

The scariest part of all this is how the people are going to react. Common Sense has been replaced by Political Correctness to a great extent and that is a disaster in waiting.