My latest challenge regarding disasters brings “my work
home with me”. Over the past dozen or so years I have learned
more than I could ever want too about natural and
“man-made” Disasters. So, hopefully in finding this
challenge it will enlighten you as well as make you think. If
nothing else, hopefully this series of caches will remind you that
a disaster can strike at any time and help you better prepare
yourself for when such a time presents itself.
Your job is to find at least 15 caches with a type of Disaster
in the name of the cache. It is as simple as that… oh
wait… it is not that simple. In addition to finding 15
different Disasters please find at least (5) different types of
caches or categories (icons) when posting your finds. (Traditional,
Multi, Unknown, Letterbox, Web, Virtual, Events. etc). This
gives the challenge that extra star boost to the difficulty.
I am listing Twenty-some APPROVED Disasters you can
choose from. They are:
EARTHQUAKE, FIRE, FLOOD, TSUNAMI, VOLCANO,
UNREST (CIVIL), LANDSLIDE (MUDSLIDE), STORM (THUNDERSTORM),
CYCLONE, TORNADO, BLIZZARD, DROUGHT, AVALANCHE, HURRICANE, FAMINE,
HEAT, COLD, CBRNE (CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR,
EXPLOSIVE), NUCLEAR (RADIATION), TYPHOON, EPIDEMIC, WIND
STORM
You may use the plural of the Disaster but you must use fifteen
DIFFERENT disasters. You may also send me “OTHER”
Disasters that are not on this list. I may or may not allow them.
You have no time limit on finding the caches. In fact, you may have
already completed the cache requirements. But, if you
haven’t… now you have some target caches to find.
When logging this cache, list your requisite caches on the cache
page with the cache name, gc#, date found, and type of cache as
identified below:
EARTHQUAKE Memorial (GC9345)
7/24/10 (VIRTUAL)
Stop Because of FIRE (GC2H6EK)
11/15/10 (MULTI)
Yosemite Valley High Water – The 100 Year FLOOD (GCBF1B) 10/1/06 (VIRTUAL)
Disaster – TSUNAMI
(GC2V8P1) 4/29/11 (UNKNOWN)
Mt. St. Helena VOLCANICS
(GC1VX3V) 2/5/11 (EARTH)
Ancient CIVILIZATION (GCZQH4)
12/11/06 (TRADITIONAL)
La Conchita LANDSLIDES (GCPD3K)
6/5/06 (EARTH)
It was a dark and STORMY
night… (GC15VJY) 8/18/10 (UNKNOWN)
Disaster – CYCLONE
(GC2X78H) 5/29/11 (TRADITIONAL)
Disaster – BLIZZARD
(GC2WZAJ) 5/25/11 (UNKNOWN)
Imperial Mercury: AVALANCHE
cold - Sun hot! (GC2KXG9) 1/6/11 (TRADITIONAL)
HURRICANE Ridge (GCWC74)
6/18/06 (TRADITIONAL)
Wonder Woman’s Eleven FAMINE Virgo Diamonds in June Event (GC2W7TE)
6/6/11 (EVENT)
Triple Digit HEAT! (GC125B)
4/7/06 (TRADITIONAL)
Ice COLD Cache (GC28ZGR) 2/1/11
(TRADITIONAL)
Disaster – CBRNE (Chem,
Bio, Rad, Nuclear, Exp) (GC2W3T0) 5/10/11 (UNKNOWN)
Disaster – EPIDEMIC
(GC2XN8P) 6/6/11 (UNKNOWN)
You may find the cache and ink your
TRAK(d)mark™ in the log at anytime but you may not log it as
a find until you meet the requirements listed above.
As always, enjoy.