Every year, the Department of Homeland Security recognizes September as National Preparedness Month to promote disaster planning. This year, the need to prepare for such events takes on extra urgency. Storms batter the East Coast at the same time fires rage on the West Coast. And all this is happening during the worst pandemic in a century.
“This is the year of dual disasters,” said Kate Fulkert, business continuity and disaster recovery manager at Vertiv.