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Articles
Administrating SQL Server -
"Almost" Disasters - Sometimes, a "disaster" can sneak up on an organization unrecognized. This article offers tips to avoid this pitfall.
Disaster Prevention and Response 
Disaster Recovery Strategies for Microsoft Exchange 5.5
Does Your Plan Measure Up? - Confidence in one's business continuity plan can come only from thorough testing practices. A four-step process offers a manageable, cost-effective approach to plan evaluation.
Getting Started: Disaster Recovery Planning Without Destroying Your Budget
Having business impact plan can aid in disaster recovery
University Leaders and Federal Lawmaker to Discuss the Progressive Development of Disaster Resistant Universities Initiative
Fire at U of M
University of Houston flooding disaster Info http://www.uh.edu/news/news.html and http://www.uh.edu/uhcnonline/
Disaster Recovery: Nasdaq, CIO Magazine, October 2nd, 2001
Weathering the Storm CONTINGENCY PLANNING - CIO Magazine Oct. 15, 2000 - Kodak has been developing a business continuity program for more than a decade. Now it's time to move on that knowledge.
What goes into a successful LAN plan
New'What If' Planning, CIO Magazine, June 1, 2002 Experience has shown that asking 'What if?' is the best way to guard against 'Why me?'
New Special Report: 9/11Businesses Rebuild, ZDNet, September 10, 2002
New We Have Seen the Enemy, University Business, September 2002 One year later, colleges and universities are using the impetus of the September 11 tragedy to jumpstart disaster response plans that are actually geared toward 'more likely' domestic scenarios

Books

Disaster Center -  lists many books on Disaster Recovery

Education

Emergency Management Educational Programs at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels

Hazard Maps and Regional Disaster History

FEMA Hazard Maps - Allows the view of hazards by zip code for tornados, floods, wind storms, etc.
FEMA Michigan Disaster History

Journals

Disaster Recovery Journal (free subscription)
Contingency Planning and Management Journal (free subscription)

MSU Resources

 
MSU Disaster Mitigation Planning Assistance
MSU Extension Office Emergency Preparedness
MSU Libraries Disaster Recovery Manual
MSU Guidelines to Recover from Major Property Loss
MSU Risk Management & Insurance
 

Sample Plans 

The CPM Perfect Plan 2000
Disaster Recovery Journal Sample Plan  
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery World Sample
Business Continuity Planning Model by DRJ International
Emergency Preparedness Canada - Business Resumption Planning - A Guide
FEMA Emergency Management Guide
Los Angeles Community College Disaster Recovery Plan
MIT Sample Plan
The Social Security Administration's Business Continuity & Contingency Plan
State of Washington Department of Information Services
University of Toronto 
University of Texas at Arlington

Web Sites

Automated Disaster Recovery in a Computer Room
Contingency Planning and Management Journal  
Disaster Recovery Journal  
MSU - Disaster Mitigation Planning Assistance
MSU - Extension Office Emergency Preparedness
FEMA

Software

University Continuation Software Business Continuation Plan Software for a College or University