Cascade Recovery Zones: Mapping Trigger Thresholds Before the Storm Arrives
You're watching the radar, and the red blob is crawling toward your county. You've got a vague plan: fill the bathtub, move the grill to the garage, maybe charge your phone. But here's the thing—storms don't respect good intentions. They cascade. Water climbs a curb, then a driveway, then a basement window. The road you planned to escape by floods an hour before you need it. The cell tower you rely on flickers out. Each little event trips the next one, and your 'plan' turns into a scramble. What if you mapped those triggers ahead of time? Not the weather forecast, but your own thresholds—the exact water depth that forces you to move the car, the outage duration that sends you to a hotel, the supply level that means 'stop waiting, go now.