Disaster Management: Plan Ahead

For example, if there’s a hurricane, you may have plenty of time to transfer your data to a backup site. But you may not be able to get your people back to work if their homes have been damaged or their families are harmed. After enduring a power failure, Hammacher Schlemmer’s people were ready to work, but the sustained loss of electricity took a toll on systems and facilities. Crow described the tools of surviving a disaster as similar to a deck of cards: “Hand me your crisis and I’ll pull out the cards to deal with it.”