For years, Hathian has been plagued by torrential rains and hurricanes, but this year, the skies look different...

It's a heatwave!

Drought and extreme heat will settle over the city and out lying areas. Water will become scarce, and as a result, food production will be hit hard. Demand will be high, but supply will be low, causing prices of nearly everything from food to gas and everything in between to sky rocket. Course, you can always venture out to New Orleans to get supplies... At a price. Not only that, but electricity will be at a premium, causing rolling blackouts in order to try and conserve power. Water restrictions will be in places as well!

What you can RP:
Here are just some ideas off the top of my head.. Be creative, there's a lot of opportunities with this.

- heat stroke
- dehydration
- beach party!
- go somewhere you normally wouldn't, just for the AC
- theft; steal what you can't afford!
- got extra supplies? become a scalper!

A rough estimate of events is below:
- June 1st: start of heatwave
- June 10th: peak of heatwave
- June 12th: start of economic downfall
- June 20th: end of heatwave

More details about the economic downturn will be released later, as it's a second story arc.