For Hugh Smallwood, it was record snowfall around the nation's capital that made him think of hurricanes. For Grant Sheheen, it was seeing the Cumberland River overrun Nashville after record rains pummeled Tennessee.

Smallwood is chief technology officer of Ongoing Operations LLC, a disaster recovery and business continuity CUSO in Hagerstown, Md., while Sheheen, a former credit union CEO in Miami, is now a consultant and executive director of the National Coalition of Firefighters Credit Unions.

"This past winter was a great experience," Smallwood said. "The best way to demonstrate to someone the importance of disaster recovery is to be on the edge of disaster without having to completely experience it."

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