Yes, Matt, that concerns me a bit, I have to say.

Even assuming Crashplan has some recovery service where they ship a HDD or a set of BDs to you - which I don't think, or at least I have not yet read any such thing - still it would take time to get your data back, especially if you're not in the US. Your files at a friend's house is going to be available "immediately", if the whole thing is well planned.