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As an Enterprise Application development team member, I deal with information all the time. The reason I am usually called in to work on a project is because communication has broken down in some area, or information wasn’t gathered. I recently went through a terrible wind storm, which knocked out power to most of the city for a couple of days. The first thing you need in an emergency situation is information. How long is the power out? How big is the outage? When those questions are answered, other questions remain. Are schools and my client open? What about my office? These seem like easy questions, but with more reliance on wireless landlines and cell phones, battery power is limited. Since this was the weekend, there is an additional difficulty getting answers.

A situation like this also gives you information. My colleagues have written in the past about the value of continuity planning. This information is true for your family. My wife and I belong to an organization that supports the city fire department. We have been trained in some aspects of first response, so we have a plan. At a minimum, have some cash, a battery powered radio, and gasoline (or a fully gassed car). After a disaster is bad time to plan, but learn from your mistakes. Use your knowledge gained from application development; review the information gathered, fix the deficiencies, and make a plan for when the next time something strikes.