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markup--p-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">powerful gust of wind</a> to have ripped through Texas in living memory, as a Category 4 Hurricane it’s one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey" data-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">biggest gusts of wind</a> to batter the US for more than a decade.</p><p name="1d05" id="1d05" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">It’s <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/29/houston_hit_by_harvey_death_toll_displaced_residents_and_rescue_efforts.html" data-href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/29/houston_hit_by_harvey_death_toll_displaced_residents_and_rescue_efforts.html" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">killed and hurt people</a>, caused <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-27/harvey-s-cost-reaches-catastrophe-as-modelers-see-many-uninsured" data-href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-27/harvey-s-cost-reaches-catastrophe-as-modelers-see-many-uninsured" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">billions of dollars worth of damage</a>, left <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/846909/Hurricane-Harvey-path-2017-update-flood-leaves-people-homeless" data-href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/846909/Hurricane-Harvey-path-2017-update-flood-leaves-people-homeless" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">thousands homeless</a> and up to 20 inches of water behind, battering the unlucky with wind traveling at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey" data-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">up to 45 mph</a> as a spiteful afterthought.</p><p name="0240" id="0240" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">While it is tempting to write Harvey off as a once in a lifetime creak of nature disaster, flood insurance is increasingly becoming <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/congress-flood-insurance/535731/" data-href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/congress-flood-insurance/535731/" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a political issue</a> and climate researchers are predicting that floods and sea level rise will eventually <a href="https://sealevel.nasa.gov/news/58/big-coastal-cities-sink-faster-than-seas-rise" data-href="https://sealevel.nasa.gov/news/58/big-coastal-cities-sink-faster-than-seas-rise" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">submerge 316 coastal cities</a>, with up to <a href="https://sealevel.nasa.gov/news/58/big-coastal-cities-sink-faster-than-seas-rise" data-href="https://sealevel.nasa.gov/news/58/big-coastal-cities-sink-faster-than-seas-rise" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1000 US cities</a> being partially underwater at sometime over next one hundred years.</p><p name="ca68" id="ca68" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">Its clear that before our cities are submerged, we will see regular coastal and inland flooding, meaning we have to prepare for these flood scenarios.</p><p name="45c2" id="45c2" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">If the projections are even remotely accurate, technical infrastructure which is uniquely vulnerable to flooding, datacenters powering critical financial institutions, government and medical services are at risk, as well as the PC’s and servers owned and operated by millions of small businesses.</p><p name="206b" id="206b" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">When Hurricane Sandy hit the US in 2012, it put a <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/hurricane-sandy-doubled-failures-in-us-internet-infrastructure/" data-href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/hurricane-sandy-doubled-failures-in-us-internet-infrastructure/" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">number of key data centers underwater</a> and <a href="https://blogs.cornell.edu/info2040/2012/10/30/the-effect-of-hurricane-sandy-on-internet-connectivity/" data-href="https://blogs.cornell.edu/info2040/2012/10/30/the-effect-of-hurricane-sandy-on-internet-connectivity/" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">threatened to interrupt nationwide internet</a> service.</p><p name="97d6" id="97d6" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">Critical IT infrastructure, server and networking equipment was damaged by flooding in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington DC and even though they knew this was coming and were testing generators and backup equipment before the storm hit, it didn’t really help much.</p><p name="9b87" id="9b87" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">Generators began running out of fuel after a week and data centers had to begin shutting down services and helping their customers to migrate their businesses and workloads to other locations unaffected by flooding.</p><p name="ca2e" id="ca2e" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">Diesel pumps fuelling generators became submerged, which stopped fuel being pumped into emergency generators and data centers that operate water coolant systems to cool their server racks ran out of water.</p><p name="2eff" id="2eff" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">HO1 IBX, an important Houston data center, is still running and delivering services at the moment in the middle of Hurricane Harvey, but a spokesperson said in <a href="http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2017/08/28/four-providers-houston-data-centers-online-access-roads-flooded/" data-href="http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2017/08/28/four-providers-houston-data-centers-online-access-roads-flooded/" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a statement</a> “The IBX remains open and staffed, however, the streets surrounding us have been closed due to flooding, and the site is not accessible.” They are currently working to make sure that they have disaster recovery plans in place should the flooding prevent fuel deliveries they need to power backup generators if the power cuts.</p><p name="9572" id="9572" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">Lets hope they stocked up on food so the poor sysadmins do not starve.</p><p name="b2de" id="b2de" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">For small businesses the situation is even more dire, thousands of businesses have been cut off from their employees and because of this, thousands of business are unable to service their own customers affected by the crisis.</p><p name="e7bb" id="e7bb" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">It doesn&#39;t matter if those services are telephone answering or medical supply delivery, their downtime worsens an already bad disaster situation and makes things measurably worse for everyone affected in this scenario.</p><p name="8aa4" id="8aa4" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">If you are in the area affected by Hurricane Harvey I don’t need to tell you this, one look at the media tells you that everything has ground to a halt.</p><p name="b1c3" id="b1c3" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">Your staff can’t get to work, there is no power or internet, your office has been mildly flooded and none of the computers work, any one of these scenarios can destroy a business that has not properly prepared for disaster.</p><p name="4c02" id="4c02" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p"><strong class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">How To Disaster Proof Your Business</strong></p><ol class="postList"><li name="f565" id="f565" class="graf graf--li graf-after--p">Get Everything Into The Cloud — Your desktops need to be cloud hosted desktops, so that your employees can work from home and access their applications and data over an internet connection, 4G works great.</li><li name="4ac7" id="4ac7" class="graf graf--li graf-after--li">Make Sure You Have Plans — Your whole team needs to know what to do should the worst case happen and they cannot get into work, they need to understand how to get the business running again in an emergency.</li><li name="9673" id="9673" class="graf graf--li graf-after--li">Choose Your Cloud Provider Wisely — Make sure that you choose a home for your businesses digital assets wisely, pick <a href="http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/content-tracks/design-build/iceland-rated-as-the-worlds-safest-location-for-a-data-center/96520.fullarticle" data-href="http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/content-tracks/design-build/iceland-rated-as-the-worlds-safest-location-for-a-data-center/96520.fullarticle" class="markup--anchor markup--li-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a datacenter in one of the safest places</a> imaginable and an provider who prepares for the worst with extensive disaster contingency planning and plenty of offsite redundant infrastructure, in case their primary data center site fails.</li><li name="8d5b" id="8d5b" class="graf graf--li graf-after--li">Make Sure Your Suppliers Are Prepared — Your business cannot function if your key suppliers are out of action, so make sure that the suppliers you choose have themselves prepared for worst case scenarios.</li><li name="927a" id="927a" class="graf graf--li graf-after--li">Get Disaster Insurance — Your insurance will typically <a href="https://www.money-zine.com/financial-planning/buying-insurance/disaster-insurance/" data-href="https://www.money-zine.com/financial-planning/buying-insurance/disaster-insurance/" class="markup--anchor markup--li-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">not protect you</a> against floods, earthquakes and other ‘acts of god’, so be sure to have <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/do-you-need-disaster-insurance-1300223803274" data-href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/do-you-need-disaster-insurance-1300223803274" class="markup--anchor markup--li-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">disaster insurance</a> in place if your business is vulnerable to flooding, which can occur in nearly all 50 states according to FEMA.</li><li name="e64f" id="e64f" class="graf graf--li graf-after--li">Retain External IT Support — If you are like most businesses, you will not have extra staff on hand in case of emergencies, so in the event of a disaster it is wise to have already retained an external IT support team who can augment your existing team and help your customers.</li><li name="2ae7" id="2ae7" class="graf graf--li graf-after--li">Hire An Emergency Call Center — While your team is scrambling to put your business back together, make sure that your phones are being answered and that important calls are getting through to key people.</li><li name="26f0" id="26f0" class="graf graf--li graf-after--li">Keep Your Fingers Crossed — All you can do is prepare for the worst, hope for the best and remember a meteorite could strike at any time.</li></ol><p name="2a3a" id="2a3a" class="graf graf--p graf-after--li">Good luck out there to anyone affected by Harvey and if <strong class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">you</strong> want to help out in a small way, please donate to <a href="https://www.hands.org/texas-hurricane-response/" data-href="https://www.hands.org/texas-hurricane-response/" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">All Hands Texas Hurricane Response</a>.</p><p name="cabf" id="cabf" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">If you think I missed any #ProTips then let me know in the comments and I will update my article crediting your suggestion!</p><p name="7e4c" id="7e4c" class="graf 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