The recent impact of Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast was devastating, to say the least. Unprecedented damage in New York City caused the country’s busiest center of commerce to come to a standstill, and parts of the New Jersey coast will never be the same again.
With damage estimated at $60 billion, Sandy is the second costliest hurricane on record in the United States. Countless businesses lost revenue while waiting for power to return or floods to subside.
But many others were prepared, thanks to the IT professionals who made sure they had the right technology in place to weather any storm.
Google has a fantastic program that prepares the world for major events involving Mother Nature, and it has set up a crisis map for people on the East Coast preparing for Hurricane Sandy.
Have a look:
This is an extremely helpful tool, which includes weather service alerts, as well as notifications of areas that are being evacuated.
If you think you can afford downtime, ask the small-business owners who faced Hurricane Isaac in the U.S. Southeast. Many of them had to close their doors as the Category 1 hurricane left more than 900,000 people and businesses without power for more than a week across Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. Last year, natural disasters caused nearly $24 million in damages in the U.S.
We’re just now learning what level the devastation that Hurricane Sandy caused on the East Coast, specifically in New York City and New Jersey, and people are starting to send the wagons around to raise money to assist those in need.
Google just officially announced this Monday’s event has been cancelled. It will obviously be rescheduled, but they are taking a wait and see approach. We certainly aren’t surprised, and although this is disappointing, we hope Hurricane Sandy’s impact is as minimal as possible for all areas involved.
We are canceling our Monday morning event in New York due to Hurricane Sandy.
We’ve given The VAR Guy the day off as we deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Far too serious for a tongue-and-cheek blog entry, Hurricane Sandy is blamed for at least 26 deaths in New York alone, and the overall total is roughly 50 deaths across nine states. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called extreme weather vs.
The fallout from Hurricane Sandy is still affecting startups left and right. New York’s Fab.com sent a memo to customers today saying that it is temporarily halting shipments of packages because its New Jersey-based warehouses are currently without power.
The company’s headquarters in New York’s West Village also remain without power and are closed.
There may be an app for almost everything, but there still isn’t one for controlling Mother Nature.
Google this morning officially canceled the Android event that was scheduled to occur on Monday, October 29 in New York City due to Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to hit the city on Sunday evening.
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