re: Dangers of a cashless Society

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Are we talking about Armageddon or the LP floods?

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You already responded to pdub, but I wanted to address this a little more for other readers.

Almost all (if not all) cell service for the entire area was greatly impacted. This ranged from complete outages in the area to people having problems only because their phone was registered to this area.

An example: We eventually evacuated to the family farm in North La. My mother and step-father had been there (splitting time between there and Napoleonville) for a few weeks. Both have their phones through ATT, her service originated in the 318, his in the 225. Sitting in the living room at the house in North La, her cell service was fine, he could not receive calls on his (can't remember if he could make them or not).

When Ida hit in 2019, both cell and power services were out in much the southeastern section of the state for days, if not weeks.

It doesn't take an armageddon to take out all forms of internet access for days, just some incredibly shitty weather.