It’s every IT manager’s worst nightmare: the call from the CEO to evacuate the data center because of a hurricane or other emergency. That’s what happened to John Chaffe, IT director of New Orleans-based Tidewater Marine, the morning before Hurricane Katrina hit, and he ended up driving critical servers to shared office space in Houston.

It is ironic posting this story today, especially after the recent hurricane Gustav c. 2008. You can read more over at Baseline magazine.