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Scenario Planning: Grid-Down, Hurricane, Winter Storm, Wildfire, EMP

A scenario is a planning tool: it tells you which of your systems gets stressed, in what order, and for how long. Grid-down stresses everything slowly. A hurricane stresses evacuation and water. A winter storm stresses heat. A wildfire gives you minutes, not days, which is why its checklist starts with the car.

Each scenario below has a tickable checklist on the scenario checklists page; your progress saves on your device. The grid-down playbook is written as a full guide, hour by hour.

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Scenarios

Grid-Down

A realistic playbook for the first three days of a major power outage: water, food, heat, information, and the decisions that matter in order.

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Hub reviewed and sources re-checked: November 11, 2026.