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I helped a co-worker dry out and piece together her records after she dropped her water sampling data in the moat at Fort Monroe and then was so frustrated after someone else helped her retrieve them that she balled them up, which ripped them all.
I also explained to a co-worker before Isabel that the advice he was repeating to get our computers three feet off the floor when we were on the second floor of a building on a tall foundation made no sense, because we were more likely to have water damage caused by rain coming in from a roof breach and told all more co-workers how to secure their stations to minimum damage. I also explained to people in other buildings who had documents stored in basements and first floors that flooded how to keep their books and other records from getting mildewy after Hurricane Isabel.
Good Morning Everyone
Our Agency would like to do a Records Continuity Exercise. I am writing to ask if any of you have experienced an actual records disaster and/or participated in a hard copy or physical records recovery. By sharing a real event our hope is that the participants will get more personally invested in records recovery planning. We will be using a water damage scenario. If you have any experience or information to share we would love to have it.
Thank you
Kathy
Kathy Siddall, MPA
Program Development & Implementation Manager
Department of Health Professions
9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300
Henrico, VA 23233
(804) 367-4559 Office
(804) 263-1348 BlackBerry