Comcast Is Better Prepared in Wake of Sandy's Wrath

Oct. 29, 2013 dawned cool and sunny, the kind of fall day savored by Northeasterners. A year earlier, those living in the greater New York metro area were engulfed by Superstorm Sandy, a natural disaster that killed 130 people and caused $65 billion in damages along the entire East Coast. Comcast conducted an extensive post-mortem that has yielded a 33-step blueprint that is now codified across the company as an “Incident Management Plan." While Comcast was in contact with power and local phone companies during Sandy and her aftermath, it has now established a more extensive coordinated contact network with members of OEM, municipal governments, local police and fire officials.