With hurricane season underway and Hurricane Alex (as of 30 June) headed north toward the southern tip of Texas, hopefully you have your emergency management plan in place, your vital/essential records identified and protected, and those records backed up and stored off-site (recommended at least 30 miles from the originals).

Should you get hit by Alex or any future storms and your records get damaged, what can you do?  Well, most of you are probably not experienced in the necessary salvaging and recovery techniques for paper, film, fiche or electronic records.  Therefore, you may want to refer to experts in this field.  While we cannot make any recommendations or referrals on vendors, we can provide you with some useful information.  Below are some experts in the field of general disaster recovery for records (found on the Internet):

{The State and Local Records Management Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in no way endorses or recommends any of the above vendors.  This list is for informational purposes only.}