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Electronics continue to fail in severe weather events, and cash keeps working, which is important when we're talking about food.
by PostOnce 11mo ago
Electronics continue to fail in severe weather events, and cash keeps working, which is important when we're talking about food.
- stevage 11mo agoDoes it? What about weather that stops the ATMs being refilled? Takes a lot of weather to bring down satellite internet...
- PostOnce 11mo agoI wasn't aware the satellites also beamed down power, and that all ATMs were connected to satellites instead of cellular networks or wires. It would also take quite a lot of refilling when everyone in a city needs to use the ATM. We still need to be able to function during weeklong post-storm/flood power outages, which happen with quite some regularity. Here in New Zealand, the most recent weeklong outage in Southland was only last month, primarily due to 200kph winds. Let us not sacrifice everything to the gods of convenience.