Not dead yet

Posted on | January 3, 2012 | 4 Comments

Happy New Year! Remember me? Were you beginning to think you were never going to hear from me again? So was I.

No doubt you remember back in June 2006 I got flooded out of my house/office and was out of touch for a little while. I managed to battle my way back from that, beating the odds.

According to Labor Department estimates, 40% of businesses never reopen after a disaster and, of those that do manage to get their businesses going again, 25% close within two years.

Well, thanks to the double-whammy of Tropical Storms Irene and Lee, the upper Susquehanna River escaped its banks once again and took up temporary residence in the back yard. My family and I got to spend another four enchanting days and nights living on cots in the Middle School gym. And it has taken me a lot longer to get back to doing business this time.

I wonder what the Labor Department would estimate for businesses that get hit with two disasters within a five-year period?

Once again, I am determined to beat the odds — although I’m pretty sure it’ll be a lot harder to do this time. I’m going to start with getting back to blogging here and I hope to start publishing The MicroEnterprise Journal again very soon. I’ve still got some business infrastructure stuff to put to rights, too.

I’ll keep you posted. Assuming I manage to pull this off, it’ll make for an interesting story one of these days when I can look back on it all and smile nostalgically.

And, by the way, if you don’t have some kind of disaster plan in place, you might want to think about my story and take appropriate steps.

Wish me luck.

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