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What’s Going On? Rocky Mountain High: Fall 2005 Conference Preview October 7 Election Preview Welcome New Consultant and VAC Members Member Benefits Update New Committee Guides Conference Planning Making Business Sense Extreme Consulting: War Stories From STC Gulf Coast Consultants Legal and Regulatory Update
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By HENRY BAIRD STC consultants Bob Callahan, Jr. of Fairhope, Alabama and Tim Proctor of Gulf Breeze, Florida know something about disaster planning. Within twelve months, they dealt directly with the effects of three major hurricanes on behalf of their coastal clients. LINES asked each for his perspective on network disaster planning and recovery under these extraordinary circumstances.
Disaster planning and recovery has special meaning these days on the U.S. Gulf and South Atlantic Coasts. Information technology consul- tants in this part of the country routinely focus on educating their clients on the importance of business continuity planning that includes dis-aster recovery plans for both routine interruptions and catastrophic events. Key considerations include fault tolerance in the event of flood damage, along with anticipation of long-term service interruptions resul-ting from widespread infrastructure damage, including local loop failure. All this has just happened along hundreds of square miles of the U.S. Gulf Coast. In a matter of hours, Hurricane Katrina devastated hundreds of square miles of communications and transportation infrastructure, along with facilities for routine power and water utility services, including critical elements of the levee system Continued on Page 3 ò |
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Approximate Breadth of Hurricane Force Winds and Wind Strengths at Landfall |
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