This post is a comment to the article written in the Economist, Making it Through the Storm.
An interesting phenomenon has arisen amongst the constant environmental disasters across the world. The consequences of the costly misfortunate events across seas has proven the outsourcing of operations a little more risky as of late. Also, storms such as Hurricane Sandy have highlighted the now apparent inability of businesses to withstand unforeseen environmental factors. It will be interesting to see how business operations will change as time and time again the economy seems to be the biggest victim of natural disasters.
Sandbags set in front of Goldman Sachs in Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy
Web References: http://www.economist.com/news/business/21565975-hurricane-sandy-was-another-test-how-well-businesses-can-keep-going-when-disaster