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Data Safety In a Time of Natural Disasters

Posted by timothy on from the I-prepare-for-unsurvivable dept.

CowboyRobot writes "The National Weather Service has begun testing the way it labels natural disasters. It's hoping that the new warnings, which include words like 'catastrophic,' 'complete devastation likely,' and 'unsurvivable,' will make people more likely to take action to save their lives. But what about their digital lives? Recommendations include: Keep all electronics out of basements and off the floor; Unplug your hardware; Buy a surge protector; Enclose anything valuable in plastic. If the National Weather Service issued a 'complete devastation' warning today, would your data be ready?"

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  1. Clouds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cloud storage. Imagine how much data you can store in a hurricane!

    1. Re:Clouds by schizz69 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Throw a few billion micro SD cards at it. I'm sure they will have great uptime.

    2. Re:Clouds by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The advantage of the cloud is that it lets you make assumptions that won't be tested until you are unable to restore your backups? Actually, that sounds about right...

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  2. Here's a thought... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ... try not building your house in an area prone to hurricanes. Or, if you're going to do that, try not living in a house constructed along the same basic design as a plywood packing crate.

    Most of the houses in the US would simply not be passed as fit for human habitation in the UK, because of their shoddy thin-crappy-wood-over-thin-crappy-frame construction.