Continuity of Operations (COOP) - This Could Happen to You!
The following articles could be of a current or historical nature. All information is shared to educate and inform users of events that "Could Happen to You". Disasters strike in many ways. The goal is to be prepared when it does strike. Are you ready?
Blackouts
Chemical Spills
- Toxic Cloud Passes, Residents Allowed Home
- Chemical spill prompts road closure in South Carolina
- 18 Treated After Chemical Spill At School
- Toxic Chemical Spill in Utah Causes a Death and 6 Injuries
Emergency Response
- Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security
- Plant Explosion - Management Delays Activation of Emergency Response Team
Fire
- Flames at Eisenhower Executive Office building in Washington DC
- 1951 disaster destroyed much State of Michigan State property, including some archival records
Flood
- New York Deploys Disaster Specialists to Gulf Coast
- Gustav Triggers COOP
- Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Says Department on Alert for Gustav
- Flood - Brevard County Report Tornado Touchdown (08/24/08)
- Floodaters hit 500 year high in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Flood-battered village Heals
- Milford State Service Center closed as a result of flooding
Hackers & PC Attacks
- London Hospitals Back Online After PC Virus Infection
- Virtualization Complicates Disaster Recovery
- The Cyber Security Quagmire
- Is Comcast Hacking?
- China suspected in hacking attempt on Oak Ridge National Lab
- Tean Arrested for Hacking into High School Computer
- Lakeland Hacking Attempt Fails
HVAC
Hurricanes
- Making Hurricane Response More Effective
- Katrini: The Storm We Always Feared
- Hurricane Katrina: Complete Coverage
- Climate of 2005- Summary of Hurricane Rita
- Hurricane Preparedness Week
- 2007 Hurricane Season
Lightning
Pandemic
- Bird Flu Situation in Indonesia Critical
- Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO
Snow Storm
- Fatal Storm Spreads Ice, Snow Across Northeast
- Governor Rendell Declares Disaster Emergency Statewide in Pennsylvania
