Scenario #01
THE NATURAL DISASTER
Emergency Evacuation Protocol
4:23 AM
The evacuation siren pierces through the night. Your phone explodes with emergency alerts:
"FLASH FLOOD WARNING. MANDATORY EVACUATION. LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. TAKE ONLY ESSENTIAL ITEMS."
Outside your window, you can see neighbors rushing to their cars with hastily packed bags.
EVACUATION STATUS: IMMEDIATE DEPARTURE REQUIRED
The radio crackles with updates as you throw on clothes. The nearby dam has suffered catastrophic failure following unprecedented rainfall. Water levels are rising rapidly, and your entire neighborhood will be underwater within 90 minutes.
Emergency services are overwhelmed. Roads are already flooding. You have perhaps 15 minutes to grab what you can carry and evacuate to higher ground.
Your home and everything in it will likely be destroyed.
Your Situation
You stand in your house knowing this may be the last time you see it intact:
- Your desktop computer with your crypto portfolio dashboard
- Your hardware wallets stored in various locations
- Your safe containing backup drives and seed phrase copies
- Your filing cabinet with crypto-related documents
- Your smartphone (battery at 23%)
- Your laptop bag and essential chargers
- Physical notebooks containing security information
- Various USB drives scattered around your office
You can only take what fits in one bag and your pockets.
Immediate Assessment
Disaster Challenge: Emergency Evacuation Priority
- What crypto access essentials can you grab in 15 minutes?
- How much of your security system is location-dependent?
- What memorized information can substitute for physical items?
- Which backup systems exist outside your home?
- How will you access funds immediately after the disaster for shelter and supplies?
Complications
As you frantically decide what to take:
- Water is already seeping into your basement where some backup drives are stored
- Your car won't start. You'll need to evacuate on foot with neighbors
- The power has gone out, complicating any last-minute digital transfers
- Your home internet is down, preventing cloud uploads
- You realize some of your most secure cold storage is in a now-inaccessible basement safe
- Emergency services are broadcasting that the area will be uninhabitable for weeks
Your Mission
Escape the natural disaster with enough crypto access capability to rebuild your life while leaving behind your primary security infrastructure.
Can your crypto holdings survive when your physical security systems are destroyed?
Your neighbor pounds on the door: "We're leaving NOW! The water's already over the main road!" You grab your emergency bag and take one last look around your home office, knowing everything left behind will likely be destroyed.
TIME REMAINING: IMMEDIATE EVACUATION REQUIRED
What did you take, what did you leave behind, and how will you rebuild access to your crypto fortune from nothing but what's in your emergency bag?