> > Has anyone heard how many disaster declarations there have > > been due to Hurricane Katrina? > > Saw on TV late last night that "President" Bush declared Louisiana a federal > disaster area. That's the only one I know of.
Staying out of politics and being entirely practical - don't you think that five century-level storms in less than two years merit some attention? It's time that politics was taken out of this, for the good of the human race (and to ensure its survival). The USA emits around a quarter of the world's greenhouse gases, but it will very soon be overtaken by China followed - not far behind - by India. This is something we're all going to have to deal with. It has implications for disaster recovery - it's no good having your backup centre two blocks away - it may have to be on a different continent. The way Internet bandwidth is going - not a problem. But then you have the grossly disparate Ts&Cs of (e.g.) software providers. Put your backup to a US facility in Europe and the software can cost more than a third more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
