Natural Disasters, like Hurricane's Katrina and Rita, reek havoc not only the specific geographical areas but the rest of us as well.Though traffic for your site might be at the same levels as before the Hurricane's devastation; that hasn't translated recently into direct sales. Take for instance the month of September. One would have thought after the first two weeks, September numbers would have blown away same store sales the year prior. But, business dropped off the map the last two weeks of the month which speaks volumes for the repercussion forces of mother nature. The Hurricanes kept trade show display customers at bay.Traffic to sites remained high but the sales did not. That was in direct correlation to Katrina and Rita. One would speculate in the next couple weeks the forces of both storms would dissipate and customers would appear again in the form of orders. But, until that time we are all in a wait and wonder situation.

Natural Disasters, like Hurricane's Katrina and Rita, reek havoc not only the specific geographical areas but the rest of us as well.

Though traffic for your site might be at the same levels as before the Hurricane's devastation; that hasn't translated recently into direct sales. Take for instance the month of September. One would have thought after the first two weeks, September numbers would have blown away same store sales the year prior. But, business dropped off the map the last two weeks of the month which speaks volumes for the repercussion forces of mother nature. The Hurricanes kept trade show display customers at bay.
Traffic to sites remained high but the sales did not. That was in direct correlation to Katrina and Rita. One would speculate in the next couple weeks the forces of both storms would dissipate and customers would appear again in the form of orders. But, until that time we are all in a wait and wonder situation.