Here’s a story about a watermain break in the Montreal borough of Pierrefonds, Quebec which left about fifty homes without water for a couple of days. The West Island Gazette writes: Pierrefonds residents can expect two four-litre bottles of…
When I say evacuate, I mean evacuate NOW
In today’s post, I write about the December 2010 article “To Leave an Area After Disaster: How Evacuees from the WTC Buildings Left the WTC Area Following the Attacks” by Rae Zimmerman and Martin F. Sherman. It compliments my earlier…
The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley
I’ve just updated the Risk Quotes page with a few lines from Amanda Ripley’s book The Unthinkable. It’s an excellent read for anyone responsible for business continuity planning, risk management or even if your are just the fire warden on…
Risk Containment on the risk of servers and poor back up plans
Another great post from RiskContainment called Back Up? What Back Up? about the risk of putting servers in a basement, reminded me of this tale from my past: I once worked for an international securities dealer in Toronto; we had…