Tag Archives: disaster

Winter weather and preparedness

Today the weather is icy. Roads are closed, schools are closed, there is no bread or milk left on the store shelves. Ahh, wintertime in Georgia.

Snow falls onto the lawn.
It’s snowing!

I listened intently to the forecasts and the closing reports as the week progressed. I checked our supplies of emergency water, the stock of salt and kitty litter. I made sure the all the UPS were ready to support the servers if we lost power and Continue reading Winter weather and preparedness

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Disaster Plans Lacking in Nursing Homes??

Paper flying around an office.

The AP had an sobering report the other day about the general lack of preparedness in Nursing Homes. The plans are required by government regulation but apparently the facilities are unsure how to implement or write these plans.

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More than Two-Thirds of Small Businesses are unprepared.

Gallup conducted a survey of small companies and asked about their Disaster Plans. Only 31% of small business owners reported that their business was prepared for a natural disaster.Explosive warning sign.What??

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