The other day, a White House special committee released information predicting the potential far-reaching impact of the H1N1 Swine Flu and urged businesses to prepare for a potential pandemic.

The next day I received a call from a customer wanting to understand what the impact would be on his company’s website in a pandemic. I have to admit that I was a little thrown off by the question. It wasn’t something I expected to be asked about and wasn’t immediately prepared to respond either.

Upon further reflection after the call, though, I had the opportunity to review our standard Disaster Recovery Plan and service offerings and was able to bring the unique question into standard operating elements. That is probably best advice I can give.

If you’re responsible for such planning in your organization check see what happens according to your current planning. See how they relate to the potential effects of an outbreak.

There are plenty of resources online from one extreme to another. The article linked above offers some good starters and the World Health Organization has a complete Pandemic Preparedness guide available for download.

What are your pandemic plans? Are you thinking about it? What are your thoughts? Comment here and let me know!

-- Mike