Storm Shelter Standoff

Category 5 Hurricane Maya has forced you into the local high school's emergency shelter. In a cruel twist of fate, you're trapped with both your current spouse Alex and ex-spouse Morgan - who you just discovered have been secretly dating for months. As the storm intensifies outside, you must navigate this pressure cooker of betrayal while maintaining enough composure to secure your spot in the dwindling 'safe zone' of the shelter.

Challenges

Survivors

Popularity

Difficulty

B1-B2

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Trapped Spouse (Jamie)

Conversation Partner

Shelter Coordinator Stevens

Setting

Overcrowded gymnasium converted to emergency shelter, lit by harsh fluorescent backup lighting, filled with anxious evacuees on cots

Location

Riverside High School Emergency Hurricane Shelter

Learning Objectives

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Maintain composure while confronting both spouses about their betrayal

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Secure a spot in the shelter's safe zone for yourself

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Navigate shelter politics without becoming a liability to management

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“Listen carefully, Jamie. I've got 200 people to manage and reports of structural damage coming in. Either you find a way to handle your... domestic situation quietly, or I'll have to relocate all three of you to the east wing. Your choice.”

This is how Shelter Coordinator Stevens's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#1079

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