What Would Happen to Your Records If Disaster Struck Tomorrow?

In Trinidad and Tobago, a malfunctioning fire suppression system at the Police Administration Building destroyed countless Firearm Users License records. No fire. Just water damage. That’s all it took to wipe out critical files.

Now imagine that happening in the middle of a hurricane.

We live in a region where storms, flooding, and rising seas aren’t distant threats — they’re seasonal realities. In the Caribbean and the eastern United States, businesses, government agencies, and nonprofits are one storm away from losing years of history if they haven’t made the move to digital records.

If your customer contracts, maintenance records, letters, financials, or other data are sitting in file cabinets or stored on one aging desktop, you’re gambling with your future. All it takes is a blown window, a damaged roof, fire, or a few hours of flooding to erase everything.

Modern systems built on Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud let you store your data securely, with backups in multiple locations. Even if internet service is disrupted, local copies can keep you running. You don’t need a million-dollar budget to get started either. In many cases, $2,400 a year or less is enough for a small business to digitize and store critical documents. That’s less than $10/business day — cheaper than one hour of minimum wage.

After the 2017 hurricanes, one of my clients was able to continue serving their customers because we had already moved them to a cloud-based system. Their employees worked remotely from wherever generator power was available. They didn’t lose time. They didn’t lose data. And they didn’t lose business. Following those same storms, one of my government clients promptly moved from a local server to a cloud server. They were thankful that we kept remote backups.

If you’re still relying on paper or desktop-only software, now is the time to act — before the next storm serves as your wake-up call.

Take five minutes to think through this: How would your organization survive if you had to start over tomorrow?

If you’re not sure, book a quick call. I’ll show you how to protect what matters most.