Storm Warning Standoff

With Category 5 Hurricane Delilah bearing down on the coast, you're the lone maintenance engineer refusing to abandon the city's critical power infrastructure. Emergency Director Walsh is demanding immediate evacuation, but a blackout during the storm could cost hundreds of lives. Time is running out, and the pressure to leave is mounting by the minute.

Challenges

254

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Popularity

Difficulty

B1-B2

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Senior Power Grid Engineer

Conversation Partner

Emergency Director Marcus Walsh

Setting

Emergency Operations Center - Wall of screens showing radar imagery, wind patterns, and evacuation routes. Red emergency lights pulse overhead.

Location

Coastal City Emergency Management Facility

Learning Objectives

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Justify your presence as essential to maintaining power grid stability

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Develop and communicate a viable personal safety plan

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Prove automated systems are insufficient for managing storm conditions

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“This is Director Walsh. I have a mandatory evacuation order for all personnel, effective immediately. Hurricane Delilah's eyewall will make landfall in 4 hours. I'm logging your non-compliance. You need to exit the facility NOW.”

This is how Emergency Director Marcus Walsh's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#31

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