The following account comes from another listserv. The individual asked that their name and agency be kept anonymous. The account covers the recent flooding in Washington DC <snip> The building where I work was flooded during the torrential rains the week of June 25th. The first day we were told the building would be closed for a day and to stay home. The second day we were told it would be closed for the week. By the third day, I was sent to a meeting offsite to talk about business resumption where we were told the building would be closed for a month. From then on, our disaster recovery program kicked into place and we relocated all critical systems and people offsite. This is the end of the third week and now we are being told that the building will be closed for the next six months at least to repair the structural damage done to the building from the floodwater (100 year flood). We were lucky that we were able to go back into the building to recover critical files and computer equipment. I guess we can look at this as a test for if there was a real disaster where we couldn't go back and retrieve anything. We had the major publishing systems up and running by the end of the 4th day and by this coming Monday all 2500+ people from the building will have been relocated. During the interim, many people were working from home or sharing workspaces, conference rooms, break rooms, etc. It's been an experience... <snip> Peter A. Kurilecz Richmond, Va [log in to unmask] ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>