by Maurice Ramirez | Oct 31, 2008 | Recover
You Built It, and They Didn’t Come Part 1 – Getting Voted Back onto the Island By: Dr. Maurice A. Ramirez Updated: 04Oct2022 After years of education and budget planning, the company finally realized that instituting a business continuity plan, ensuring...
by Maurice Ramirez | Sep 1, 2008 | Recover
One of the strongest hurricanes in the past 15 years was taking deadly aim at one of the most vulnerable places in the United States. The storm was hurricane Gustav; the place, New Orleans, Louisiana. Two years almost to the day since hurricane Katrina had decimated...
by Maurice Ramirez | Feb 26, 2008 | Recover
A monument is a living structure that will last through the ages. Monuments on the scale of the Pyramids of Giza, Mt. Rushmore, and the Taj Mahal stand as living testaments, immovable in their size, scope, and emotion. Monuments are also part of the culture and...
by Maurice Ramirez | Oct 18, 2007 | Mitigate, Recover
Living in Florida, I am used to the spring and summertime ritual of hurricane preparedness. Long before I became an expert in the field of disaster planning, preparation, education, response and recovery, I was expert in my own family’s hurricane preparation.  ...
by Maurice Ramirez | Jun 29, 2007 | Recover
A recent article in the USA Today stated that there was a 47% rise in deaths in the Gulf Coast states within the impact area of Hurricane Katrina as a result of the loss of healthcare professionals in those areas. Healthcare professionals displaced by Hurricane...
by Maurice Ramirez | Jun 11, 2007 | Lessons Learned, Recover
Every businessman knows that the key to turning customers into raving fans is to give exceptional customer service, to provide not only for the customer’s needs but for their every want and desire even before they know that they have a want or desire. What...
