While most Americans spent summer reveling in longer days and (hopefully) better weather, data center teams were preparing for hurricane season. With volatile weather blanketing the country over the summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) calculated a 65% chance of seeing an above-normal number of storms this season with a projected 14 to 21 named storms, six to 10 hurricanes, and three to six major hurricanes.
There's no such thing as being too prepared. Forget plans A and B — what about plans C, D, and E? Waiting too long to enact emergency preparedness plans can have disastrous consequences. Two days prior to a Category 3 hurricane making landfall is not the time to discover that someone failed to stock up on batteries, let alone secure the data.