DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING — EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

The lone flaw Ahearn found in the plan—and an extremely difficult issue to remedy—was H&D’s inability to transfer jobs to sister plants because of the lost power, impassable roads and a severe shortage of gasoline. Compounding matters, all of the local member plants were also impacted by the storm and not operational for a period. Again, the company’s resourceful and determined employees helped mitigate the difficulties.