Originally Posted By: ironraven

I expect a small but very loud portion of the population will wake up, and they aren't people we want unsedated, bored, and roaming the streets waiting to find out that they can't get money, and their plastic is no good.

This happens every hurricane. Newbies don't visit an ATM until after the phone lines go down. Some stores will re-open before power and phones come back, but on a cash basis...