Only after experiencing a natural disaster do you find how prepared you were. One of the areas most missed with animal shelters is dealing with the paperwork when the animal shelter loses electricity. When the shelter’s database goes down, you lose access to animal records: intake dates, owner information, vaccinations, and histories.
Many databases allow for a single computer (preferably a laptop) that can replicate the database for such purposes. Most animal shelters cannot operate with just a single laptop, so it is essential that an animal shelter create a paper backup system to deal with animal intakes during a period of power loss.
Data backup is a big issue in areas that flood. With today’s option of Cloud services, you can send your data off to the Cloud in addition to your usual storage of data offsite.