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Wouldn't be much of a challenge... not with you about .. what? 10 hours away??
I been to Seattle.. won't be seeing me up your way anytime soon... can't stand the weather!! Sorry
And if you were to come down here, you'd melt in the heat!

And you don't look all that ugly to me!!

Softjock Rick, myself, and a few others kept a fairly long thread going in the old DJ forum on this subject. I wanted to get thoughts and suggestions from the folks here.

A little about my lifestyle:

Please note that I am not a "survivalist" or doomsday worrier. I am not a Mafia chief. I am- maybe due to my age or eastern training- strongly in favor of two things. Privacy and independence from "the grid" and otherwise.

My name is not on anything it doesn't legally have to be. It's been that way since pre- internet days.This means it's pretty much limited to IRS related stuff ( Apparently they have no problem finding me- I've been audited twice). My name is on my karaoke company, but that company is under a corporate umbrella with two others.

Not my home, not my car, not my utilities, not an internet or cable provider, and certainly not on any credit cards. This requires a certain amount of trust in others to pull off.

Even back in those days of Easylink, many folks saw what was coming. We all read George Orwell in School.

My properties are paid for. My main residence is capable of staying off the grid now, if I so desire. I have multiple power sources. I am also lucky onother way. The town condemned private wells when it put in sewer systems, but my access is in the cellar, and I test it regularly- good to go.

Question for you: If there is a large network failure, what percentage of your money do you keep as cash on hand? How long can you go without an ATM, credit cards, or computer access?

I can go quite awhile, and also have alternatives to paper money available.

Other than living in the woods or a cave, I'm about as independent and private as possible. No privately addressed junk mail, sales pitches, etc...

Of course, friends, relatives, and local townies all know me, but no trouble from "Nite Lites" ( strange bar folks) or other whackos.

All of this takes some work, but for me it's worth it.
This also keeps what's left of privacy intact.

So, am I overdoing it? If so, why do you feel that way?

If not, please feel free to dd your own experiences and suggestions.

...Oh, this should be good.....

If the power goes out permanently, you aren't going to be worrying about money for very ling

-Chris

And if you are worried about the entire world banking system failing, instead of avoiding them you should be maxing out every credit card you can get.

[ If something like that should happen, your paper money would probably end up worthless. The only way something like a complete failure of the network would happen is if there was some sort of attack. The attack would probably be caused by a group looking to take us down. That would also mean that, more than likely, our entire economy had just crashed, which would mean that the dollar would be gone.

Nah we're going to see Joe on an upcoming episode of Doomsday Preppers ...