Well… all the warnings were taken seriously, and thank goodness Hurricane Kyle decided to pass over our area last night without much damage.  Five years ago this morning, I remember being awake about 7am and wandering about the yard and neighbourhood, in a total daze. Our home and yard took a lot of damage compared to most on our street. It was a total shock, one we were in no way prepared to deal with.

Hurricane Juan had hit the Halifax-Dartmouth area very hard, the problem back then no one was really taking the warnings very seriously.  Hurricanes don’t often hit the Canadian Maritimes as they do many other areas of the world and no one was paying any attention to the warnings, except my neighbour Jane – she was always attentive to these things.

Five years, to the day, we all listened this time, and were ready. I had my water, propane, butane stove, lots of food to use and a plan of what to do with the food in my freezer (Last time we had no power for one week).

This time, having my own business, I also had plans in place with regards to my office – backups done and ready and a set up so I can go elsewhere and access my computer and files, if needed.

I have been perusing some other sites with ideas for disaster plans with regards to home offices and  found that Jeff Zbar at Chief Home Officer has some great ideas on how to be prepared for disaster.

For people in areas that are more susceptible to natural disasters; you should also consider having a support system of people that can help you with work for your clients, if the need arises. It seems so many people do not learn the lesson until disaster hits first.  Plan and prepare and you can make sure that your business will get through the disasters when they hit.

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