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Summer and fall are the time of year when most of us start thinking about tornados, floods, and hurricanes- all natural disasters that can cause millions of dollars in damage and can threaten property and life. Even smaller events like severe thunderstorms, snowstorms, and hail can cause large amounts of damage.

People who live in areas that are often hit by large storms prepare by stocking food and water in their homes, buying plywood to board up windows, and make other preparations to safeguard themselves and their houses from the wrath of Mother Nature.

Business owners have more concerns about natural disasters that they need to deal with and prepare for. A natural disaster can impact the running of a business and can result in financial ruin if not prepared for. Both physical damage to the business property or inaccessibility due to downed trees or debris can affect the operation of the business. Here are some issues to consider when putting together a natural disaster plan for your business:

Have a plan for your employees. How well are you prepared for your employees to take shelter in your offices for extended periods of time? Quickly-occurring events like thunderstorms and tornados often do not give employees enough time to safely get home before the onset of the event. Storm-damage after the fact can also necessitate employees remaining in place before emergency crews can safely clear travel routes. Be sure to have extra five-gallon jugs of bottled water on hand to accommodate an extended stay. Also, snack foods can tide people over when having to stay in the office for long periods of time.

Once your employees’ safety has been considered, it’s time to turn your attention to the most important asset your business owns and one that is often overlooked in disaster planning: your data. No business can run effectively without data. Most data today is kept on computers and includes payroll records, billing records, inventory counts, and banking information. Consider how you would protect the data housed on your company’s computers if they were soaked with flood water, for example. Or if scorched by fire.

The best way to protect your data from all kinds of damage, including that from a natural disaster, is to regularly back up the data and keep it offsite. This can be done with a tape drive, a memory stick or even a compact disk for smaller businesses. A popular option today is to back up the data online to a data warehousing service. This allows the data to be accessed from any computer anywhere with the correct security access. That can get you back up and running quickly- even if you have to run your business temporarily from your home. Online backups also ensure that they do indeed get done regularly as they are often automated. When doing a manual backup to a physical media, the back up can be forgotten in the office and left there which renders it useless in a natural disaster situation.

If you don’t have regular back ups, however, your data may still not be lost. Professional data recovery companies like Intellirecovery.com can often extract and restore data from damaged hard drives.

Being prepared for a natural disaster in a business requires simple common sense and a plan to protect those assets critical to the continuation and success of the business.