California ShakeOut Preps For DisasterToday, possibly millions of southern Californians will participate in the Great Southern California ShakeOut, part of a weeklong disaster preparedness exercise. The Los Angeles Times reports: "After today's 'Duck, Cover and Hold On' drill, nearly 4,000 people from 100 local, state and federal agencies, including the military, in 12 counties in Southern and Central California will rehearse their emergency responses." It's not a bad time to review your own emergency planning, both for yourself and your family, as well as your business. In September, Scott Campbell examined how New Orleans VARs prepared for Hurricane Gustav, based on what they learned from Hurricane Katrina: "One of the big lessons from Katrina, said Bill Long, president of Integrated Network Systems, a Metairie, La.-based solution provider, was that customers who backed up their data locally couldn't get to it or lost it after that 2005 storm. Customers kept tape drives in bank faults or on local off-site servers, thinking that even if the power went out, they could get to the office to retrieve them. Of course, in many cases that couldn't happen as parts of the city were shut down weeks and even months. " Posted by Joe Caponi at 10:00 AM, November 13, 2008 This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business. |
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