In my latest issue of Disaster Recovery Journal [1] (DRJ) magazine, I noticed that the the magazine, in conjunction with researchers at Pepperdine University conducted a survey of disaster recovery professionals (mainly computer types) about pandemic preparedness. 49% of the respondents said that they had “not determined the potential impact on business related domestic and international travel of a pandemic.” and 42% said that they had “not yet started to identify essential employees and other critical inputs.” The statistics from several DRJ surveys, including the Pepperdine survey are available online. [2] OBTW, although subscriptions are free, I don’t recommend subscribing to Disaster Recovery Journal unless you are involved in the Information Technology (IT) [3] field. (Nearly all of the articles and advertisements in the magazine are IT related.)
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For those of you with fast Internet connections, Rich at KT Ordnance [4] sent us a link to this video clip: Glenn Beck interviews Benjamin Netanyahu [5]. He predicts a “second holocaust”, instigated by Iran.
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From the Washington Post: Congressman Rangel (D.-NY) will seek to reinstate a military draft in the U.S. [6] How would the system work? See: “What Happens in a Draft” at the Selective Service web site. [7]