@DavidB @cjd One of many third way ideas between those two things can be used. For starters, emergency help, charity, and loans from surrounding areas including state and national assistance. Disasters are their own special issues compared to average daily economic situations though. If a short term fiat debt could be used without abuse in a situation which normally doesn't require it, great. As cjd brought up, such a system would undoubtedly put extra inflationary pressure on the area. It would be better to issue coupons based on a fixed market price for specific things (e.g. wood requirements to rebuild standard house) on a loan basis and force them to use a separate supply chain (e.g. out of state) to mitigate bottleneck at local levels. Such loans would ultimately need to be repaid, because running fiat when you don't normally have fiat creates unsolved economic issues.