Where will you be when the lights go out? 

Photo by Tom Peracchio, Salem Nuclear Power Plant, New Jersey, as viewed from Augustine Beach, Delaware.

Emergency preparedness is something that both on a personal level, and a professional level, involves ongoing planning and evaluation of ideas.  Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

We live in a negative world.  Sadly search terms like survival and disaster are more popular than emergency preparedness. 

In this series we will discuss how to prepare yourself technologically for any emergency, and what gadgets and tools are available for use during an emergency.

Whether it is power issues caused by heavy wind and rain from a coastal storm, or a complete evacuation caused by an act of terrorism or other man made issue, a little bit of planning goes a long way in providing peace of mind.  

Thoughts on Emergency Preparedness

This series covers emergency preparedness from a technology perspective. Don't forget to create a checklist as well for all your personal needs in time of emergency for things such as canned food, water, first aid kits, personal hygiene and sanitation products

Oliver Wendell Holmes is given credit for the thought, "Man's mind once stretched never goes back to it's original dimension." That thought is ever so true when it comes to technology. We all know technology has changed how we do things, but until we stop and think about it, do we realize just how much it has?

Are you old enough to remember when the office manager was the person who made sure you had enough of paper for the typewriter, and file folders to file the completed paperwork? In many cases are you now working for a company that has an information manager that makes sure you have enough hard drive space to store your files. No matter what you do, information is the heart and soul of your business.

The key is to start thinking information flow not a  paper trail.  Information is all those scraps of paper you have reminding you to do things, all those notes cards, file folders full of paper, telling you all about your customers and products.  Paperless does not always equate to more efficient, but stretching your mind to look at getting organized in ways you never have before.

The author Stan Lee teaches us the moral in the Spiderman series, "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility."

While I have not been able to find any modern origin to that phrase, variations on the phrase “To whom much is given, much is expected” have been used often throughout history. 

Some folks believe it is based on the biblical quote of Jesus of Nazareth. In the Gospel According to Luke, Luke records Jesus as saying, "For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more."  (Luke 12:48).