Virtual Mitigation, We’re already doing it!
Which is more damaging, a hurricane or a fire. In either case your building, systems, records, power and telecom can be down or lost. Contingency plans are needed to survive for any disaster. The only real difference is how far away your alternate operations site will be. With the Cloud and cyber operations we are “virtually” better off today than we were even 10 years ago … another example of mitigations that we’ve been engaged in.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, local leaders are beginning to take inventory of the processes used to prepare and recover, noting what worked and what could be improved.
Even though the Tampa Bay region was spared a direct hit by Hurricane Irma and the storm weakened by the time it passed the area to the east, it still created an unprecedented weather event, causing historic power outages statewide.
Duke Energy, which services Pinellas County and dozens of areas across the state, had 1.3 million customers without power at the peak of the storm – that’s 500,000 fewer than the company’s total Florida customers…
