I work for a large financial services organization, with operations in NYC,
but not headquartered in New York.
The status of our New york offices is still unclear to me. They were near,
but not in the WTC.
Given that no discussion was made of any loss of life in our organization I
would like to think that means our offices were completely evacuated before
the collapse, and we have been lucky enough to escaped without losing any of
our colleagues.
We spent the day shifting employees from our New York Offices to other
states and preparing for the possibility that any sizable buildings will be
off-limits tomorrow. So in answer to your question, yes the DR preparedness
of some organizations is sufficient to tolerate a disaster of this
magnitude.
But why? We are prepared for trading that won't occur. In the 1950's there
was a sizable Hurricane which ripped through Worcester, Massachusetts.
Social Scientists studied the aftermath and found that there were, as I
recall, three rings of reactions. In the strike zone people reacted to the
disaster and immediately came to the aid of those who needed aid. Far away
people organized aid and rescue efforts. In the middle however, people
concentrated on the minor effects they had incurred. They took care of
things like sweeping the pebbles back into their driveways and contemplating
what could have happened.
So, my computers are up. My DR sites are ready. We can continue to
operate, but I am left with the feeling that I spent the day sweeping
pebbles back in my driveway.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Benjamin Scott
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 3:52 PM
To: NT 2000 Discussions
Subject: Disaster recovery (was: Terrorist Attacks)
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Ed Esgro wrote:
> I just hope there Veritas license was valid and have a disaster recovery
> in place, because you can't get much more disastrous then this.
Disaster recovery planning guides usually make mention of things like
"major disasters" and even "terrorist attack".
I wonder how many of the businesses in the WTC were really ready to handle
a disaster of this magnitude?
I wonder how many of the organizations with people subscribed to this list
could sustain a disaster like this?
(And no, I'm not trying to be callous, or ignore the huge human loss this
event is, and yes, people come first. But eventually, business will be
attended to. Right now, I'm not in a position to help either, but I am
curious.)
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