RSS News feed for Business: Re-entering Your Flooded Business on CorridorRecovery.org. en-us http://www.corridorrecovery.org Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -6 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:41:14 -6 Corridor Recovery Line Writer webmaster@corridorrecovery.org(Webmaster) http://www.corridorrecovery.org/details.asp?ID=35 http://www.corridorrecovery.org/details.asp?ID=35 Eight Steps that Businesses Should Take to Recover from the Flood Step 1. Take Care of Yourself First Protect yourself and your employees from stress, fatigue, and health hazards that follow a flood. Step 2. Give Your Home First Aid Once it is safe to go back in, protect your office and contents from further damage. Step 3. Get Organized Some things are not worth repairing and some things may be too complicated or expensive for you to do by yourself. Contact local Chamber of Commerce for advice on who can provide you services to determine cost benefit of repairs. Step 4. Dry Out Your Office Floodwaters damage materials, leave mud, silt and unknown contaminants, and promote the growth of mildew. You need to dry your home to reduce these hazards and the damage they cause. Step 5. Restored Utilities The rest of your work will be much easier if the City and private utility companies have electricity, clean water, and sewage disposal back up. Step 6. Clean Up The walls, floors, desks, shelves, contents and any other flooded parts of your office should be thoroughly washed and disinfected. Step 7. Check on Financial Assistance Voluntary agencies, businesses, insurance, and government disaster programs can help you through recovery. Step 8. Rebuild and Floodproof Take your time to rebuild correctly and make improvements that will protect your building from damage by the next flood. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:05:00 -6 http://www.corridorrecovery.org/details.asp?ID=51 http://www.corridorrecovery.org/details.asp?ID=51 June 17, 20081:00 :00 PM Cedar Rapids, IA - Effective this evening, the City of Cedar Rapids, in cooperation with the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce, will be delivering dumpsters to the downtown area. These dumpsters will be for downtown business flood-related debris removal only. Further efforts to locate additional dumpsters at specific locations for the remaining flood-affected areas are taking place and information will be released as available. The downtown debris removal will take place in three phases. FIRST PHASE:Beginning tomorrow, please dispose of garbage only in the placed dumpsters. SECOND PHASE:The disposal of electronics. THIRD PHASE:The third, and final phase, will then be all scrap metal. If you have debris that will be included in the second or third phase, please place this along building fronts until the proper phase has begun. Hopefully, the second and third phase (which may be combined) will begin next week. Additional press releases will be issued with appropriate information and updates. Parking will be affected. Please do not park in the areas designated for collection dumpsters. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:46:00 -6