Emergency Management writes the following about the importance of repairing America’s crumbling infrastructure: They call it “critical” infrastructure for a reason. Roads and bridges, energy, water, even the food supply: The loss of any one of these can bring a region to its knees. It’s not just the collapse of a critical resource [...]
One forward-thinking prefecture in Japan is now running disaster preparedness software in a virtual ‘cloud’ (a group of servers running in a secure location, insulated from disasters). “It would have cost a lot more to run our own servers and network, and if a disaster happened managing something like that would be very difficult, [...]
My friend and business associate, Jim Kinmartin, shared his expertise for this Inc. article. What type of insurance is important for your business? Read on to find out. Can Your Business Survive a Flood? | Inc.com.
Today COPE put on a very successful Map Your Neighborhood event, with over 50 participants. Pictures will be up soon, check out our site gallery. An interesting point was raised during the event about what technology we may be able to count on during a disaster. The below article from Pittsburgh Review highlights research [...]
“Concerned citizens and visitors, as well as the friends and families of Virginia Beach residents, were turning to the city’s Facebook page to find out the latest information on what the city was doing to prepare for Hurricane Irene and to get information on how to prepare their homes and families for the impending [...]
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