Cash in the house for emergency

[tigger98]

We went through Hurricane Ivan in 2004. We did not have much cash on hand. We did not have power for over a week, but some of our town had their power back within several days. One grocery store (Winn Dixie) opened several days after the storm using their emergency generator so that people could get staples. We had to drive for an hour to find an ATM to withdraw some cash when we used the little money we had. I want to be prepared with enough cash to last several days if we are in a similar situation again.