With all the news reports of floods, tornadoes and fires it brings to mind a friend who has a tax and bookkeeping business outside New Orleans. After hurricane Katrina he asked what type of back up plan do you have for your business or your personal things. The next day after the hurricane he went to check on his business. The entire building was gone. Nothing left but a concrete slab. What kind of a back up plan do you have when the desks, computers, file cabinets and all the paper is gone. Over the years I have had several clients that had fires that started next door but spread to their business. Among the fire, smoke and water damages they were out of business for months.
Best approach is to make a back up of all your computer work and store it off site. A bank safe deposit box would be ideal but it can also be at you accountants office. If you do daily, weekly or monthly back up you can install the back up and only be missing a small amount of information.
Most businesses have computers setting on the floor under the desks. Not a good place to try to protect against water damage.
Another person commented the hardest thing was the loss of all the family pictures. Items that can be scanned to a CD or a flash drive should be. Everyone knows what needs to be done this is just a reminder that there is never a good time to do it.
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