It is National Preparedness Month (NPM), and this year's theme focuses on being disaster-ready: “Be disaster aware, take action to prepare.”
According to The Ready campaign, which spearheads NPM, the U.S. experienced 24 earthquakes, 392 severe storms, and 132 significant floods between 1980 and 2010. Since 1980, there have been seven major terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, according to CNN. Technological and accidental hazards, including nuclear power plant failures, hazardous material incidents, and blackouts, can happen without warning and disrupt a business.
Natural or man-made disasters like these can spell the end for up to 40% of business affected by them, says the Insurance Information Institute.
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