Emergency Bartering

March 19, 2011 - "Emergency Bartering" When a disaster occurs, either a natural one, or a man made one, supplies can be cut off or extremely limited in the affected area. When Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans in 2005, she not only devastated the city, she took away the supplies that the residents needed to survive. She took out the electrical systems as well—meaning that the residents that remained had to make due with the cash they had on hand to survive. Click here