Flood / heat episode: infrastructure choices as the real plot

A 5-beat faceless video outline for “Flood / heat episode: infrastructure choices as the real plot” in the City explainers niche, derived from caption timing of 1 reference videos.

Angles

• Floods and droughts where infrastructure choices are the real plot
• Caption-backed references: Explained | World's Water Crisis | FULL EPISODE | Netflix
• Reuse the beats only — narration must be original; cite sources on screen

Beat-by-beat structure

1. Hook (0:00–0:30): A city that floods and runs dry.
2. Beat 1: Natural cause vs built cause.
3. Beat 2: Infrastructure choices: pipes, dams, paving.
4. Beat 3: What cities that adapted did.
5. Close: Levers recap. Original narration only.

Method

yt-dlp VTT captions (uploader-provided, not auto/ASR) → timed beat heuristics → editorial topic synthesis. Structure only; write original narration.