Move over, the Six Million Dollar Man. Now It’s NYC’s Turn for Increasing Resilience.
Remember the TV series with Lee Majors playing the role of astronaut Steve Austin? It’s OK, you can admit it without overly dating yourself – there have been reruns since the series was originally launched in 1973! In essence, Austin is ‘rebuilt’ after an accident using bionic body parts to make him stronger and better […]
Getting Visual with Natural Catastrophes and Business Continuity
As part of the business continuity insights from Hurricane Sandy, the American National Hurricane Centre is reviewing the way that it makes warnings about storm surges (abnormal rises of sea water). The problem was not in the accuracy of the predictions but in the perception of the information by the public. There was a disconnect […]
The Real Business Continuity Lesson to be Learned from Hurricane Sandy
In terms of natural disasters for 2012, the “big one” for many people was Hurricane Sandy. The storm affected individuals and enterprises as it knocked out power lines and punished buildings, roads and infrastructure on the US East Coast. After the fact analyses of the hurricane took different standpoints. Some praised the decisions taken by […]