NHL hockey team, the Minnesota Wild were left unprepared after a fire destroyed a good part of the players’ equipment.  Their goalie was left to new pads and a charred glove.  Players remarked how the unfamiliar requipment really affected their play, as they had travelled to Ottawa for a game they lost 4-1.  In another case of it can happen to anyone, it gives a great case study on how a lack of preparation can affect anybody.  The NHL refused to suspend the game.  The trainers had to go back to Minnesota to get more equipment and tried they best but react as they would, the players didn’t play up to par and lost, rattled and in barely broken-in equipment.  Business Continuity/Player Continuity– a failure to plan, a failure on the ice.  Was it such a big deal?!  It was only a game, right?  The players would tend to disagree and the fans in Ottawa thank you.

Many people have been telling me that H1N1 is nothing to worry about.  A consumer reports survey only had about 1/3 of people polled who intended to get themselves vaccinated and about the same for their children. I fully intend to get the vaccine first for my children and next for myself.  I am in disbelief at the distrust in the vaccine in the general population. I just hope the tide turns soon and people wise up.

When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared swine flu the first pandemic in more than 40 years, companies, employers, and state and local agencies were forced to look internally and analyze their course of action in the wake of an emergency.

Emergency planning expert Kevin Nixon tells CIO magazine that BCP should be in the middle of these plans.

See the full article here: http://www.cio.com/article/494883/WHO_Declares_Swine_Flu_a_Pandemic_Now_What_