DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING — EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

Ceilings, floors and floor coverings, walls, furniture and computers suffered substantial water damage, and the plant was left powerless for 10 days. According to John Ahearn, president of H&D (a member of the Nationwide Graphics chain), it took 18 days to become fully operational again.

Ahearn notes that the company’s recovery plan survived two earlier hurricanes, but was taxed to the extreme by Wilma. Among H&D’s preventive measures unique to the aforementioned plans: