Our ingenious hiding place, I learned from my grandmother. We keep it in the freezer – cold cash!

Having gone thru Hurricane Isabel, I keep a sizable amount of cash on hand for times like such as power outages, etc. I STRONGLY recommend if you keep a cash stash that you keep it in small denominations & have some rolls of coins on hand. When we went thru Isabel, all the stores were down, so credit cards/electric cash registers could not be used. The generators were being used to run the minimum (freezers/gas pumps)…so if you bought the limit of $15 of gas & only had a $20 bill…no change….you paid the $20 bucks! Same with the $2 loaf of bread…no change for that $5 or $10 bill. So, please keep small denominations & change on hand.

I know the post suggested $300-$500, but if you have to evacuate & stay in a hotel that is only accepting cash, your $$ will be gone quickly. Many of the hotels in the evacuation areas took only cash because of either potentially being scammed or the banks in the area were done & they could not process credit card payments. These were hotels OUT of the area of the hurricane & in safe areas, but the larger cities that supported the banking industry were down, thus the hotel’s abilities to process billing was down.

Great post for this time of the year…..hurricane season!!

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