I've see the topic of emergency money reserves discussed, but I haven't seen much discussion of how much actual cash people tend to keep available.
I mean cash in hand like for catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina, wildfire, an earthquake, massive storm, terrorist attack, or other such event that would require you to produce cash for travel, food, shelter, etc if you had to evaculate, and could not get to a functioning ATM.
I keep about $1000 in the house in a fire-secure and well-hidden place.
I mean cash in hand like for catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina, wildfire, an earthquake, massive storm, terrorist attack, or other such event that would require you to produce cash for travel, food, shelter, etc if you had to evaculate, and could not get to a functioning ATM.
I keep about $1000 in the house in a fire-secure and well-hidden place.