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Landfall

ROOM: SURGE7 Round 2 / 4 6 teams joined Open Display

Round 2: T-72 Hours
DELIBERATION (Phase 2 of 3)

8 min

Strategy

Models just converged. Watch the Business Council push back hard against early port shutdown - $180M in chemical facility costs are now a certainty regardless of where the storm goes. Hospital Admin's 18-hour transport window is nearly closed; if they don't push, prompt them.

Read aloud to the class:

"It's Thursday morning. The 5 AM forecast shows the GFS and Euro models converging on a Houston/Galveston track. Selene is intensifying. You have eight minutes to deliberate before each role submits a recommendation."

Reveal mid-deliberation:

Spontaneous Evacuation Surge Governor Calls for Position

Start the deliberation timer.

Start 8:00 Timer

Advance to Decision Phase →

▶ Other Actions (Previous Round, Send Message, End Game)

8:00

Start Reset

NHC Met ●

Emerg. Mgr ●

Mayor ●

Business ●

Hospital ●

Media ●

50%

Moves with Media headline

KHOU Media Director

5:00 Round 2 / 4

Viewership

1.4M

peaks 2.1M

Ad Revenue

$85K

/day in crisis

Compliance

50%

baseline

What To Do Now

1 Read NHC Met's updated forecast - models converged.

2 Pick your Round 2 headline below. It airs in 20 minutes.

3 Submit your response level vote (0-4).

Choose your 9 AM broadcast headline:

Measured +5% compliance

"HURRICANE WARNING: Selene strengthens, track narrows toward Houston"

Public awareness is high, response is measured.

Urgent +15% compliance / road risk

"EVACUATION IMMINENT: Selene could be Cat 4 at landfall - GET OUT NOW"

Very high compliance. Risk of road saturation before contraflow is activated.

Calm -10% compliance

"Storm uncertainty remains high - officials urge calm, continued monitoring"

Public skepticism of later warnings will be higher.

Background

Secret Briefing

Forecast Data

Goals

Only the Media role sees this.

Your producer pulled the Dart Center research overnight. Urgent framing increases Round 1 compliance by 23-38 percentage points - but if the storm underperforms, future compliance drops by an average of 19 points. The cry-wolf effect is real and it lasts a decade.

Advertiser Note

• Crisis ad rates up 180% - hold-time premium expires at landfall.

• Three sponsors offered exclusive emergency-coverage buys.

Teacher View - What You're Looking At

Game title - always visible at the top so students on your projector know what game they're playing.

Room code and round tracker - students join with this code. Each round in Landfall is a new forecast update (96h, 72h, 48h, reveal).

Phase indicator - each round has phases (Briefing, Deliberation, Decision). You always know exactly where you are.

Teacher strategy notes - coaching tips for this specific moment. Who's likely to push back, where the math is breaking, what to watch for.

"Say This" scripts - exact words to read aloud so you never have to improvise. You can adapt or read verbatim.

Event triggers - mid-round events you can reveal to change the dynamic (a Spontaneous Evacuation surge, the Governor calling for a position). Optional, in your control.

Next Phase button - you control the pace. Nothing advances until you say so.

Timer - visible to students on the projected display. Click to edit, start, or reset at any time.

Stakeholder status - six roles, six different priorities. Green dot means the team is live and connected.

Student View - What Students See

This is the Media Director. The Mayor, NHC Meteorologist, Hospital Admin, and Business Council each see a different version of this screen with their own data, their own goals, and their own pressure.

Role identity - students see their assigned role and color. They know who they are at all times.

Timer and round - synced with the teacher's timer. Each round simulates a new forecast cycle (T-96, T-72, T-48 hours).

Phase tracker - visual progress dots show where the room is in the current round. Filled dots mean completed phases.

Role-specific stats - the Media Director sees viewership, ad revenue, and the live public-compliance meter. The Hospital Admin sees a transport-window countdown. The Business Council sees daily port-shutdown costs.

The headline mechanic - the Media Director's signature decision. Three framings, three different effects on public compliance. Other roles cannot do this. The choice is visible to the whole class at the round reveal.

Briefing tabs - Background, Goals, Forecast Data, and a Secret Briefing. The NHC Meteorologist gets the full Forecast Data tab. Other roles get summaries.

Secret briefing - information only this role can see. The Media Director gets the cry-wolf research and advertiser pressure - other roles never know what's pulling them toward urgency.

Teacher View - What You're Looking At

Student View - What Students See

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