My Experience with Mercy Medical Center’s Online Disaster Recovery Efforts

June 19, 2008

By Angie Brunow, Senior Project Manager

The Midwest flooding has been devastating to many individuals and businesses who call this area home. Mercy Medical Center, one of Geonetric’s’ clients, was no exception.

As the rising flood waters began to approach the hospital, Mercy Medical Center used every possible channel, including their Web site, to communicate with the public about the impact of the local crisis on their operations. That is until early Thursday morning when Mercy’s server – and their self-hosted Web site – lost power. Mercy contacted Geonetric and we immediately stepped in to lend a helping hand.

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