Scenarios
Short lists for when it is actually happening. Read them once now, so you are not reading them by torchlight.
- Power cutThe most likely emergency you will ever have. Also the best one to practise on.
- Winter stormSnow is pretty for a day. Then the power goes.
- FloodWater wins every argument. Leave early.
- HeatwaveKills more people than storms do, quietly, indoors.
- Tap water off or unsafeA burst main, a contamination notice, or a frozen pipe.
- You have to leaveFire, flood, a chemical spill down the road. Minutes matter.
- Phones and internet downA cyberattack, a cut cable, or the AI finally changing the wifi password.
- Wildfire and smokeThe fire may be far away. The smoke is in your street.