Subject: NEWS PEG: Why Hurricane Fiona is prompting companies to get creative to protect property

Natural Disaster Preparedness Tip: Why to plan ahead and digitize photographs now.
 

Friend, this story is shared to help many plan ahead to protect their irreplaceable family photos from natural disasters.

 
 

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Hurricane Fiona is prompting companies to rush in to get creative to protect property (and irreplaceable family photo heirloom).


Natural Disaster Preparedness Tip: Why plan ahead and digitize your photographs now.


Hurricane Fiona left Puerto Rico without power and one million residents without running water in the Dominican Republic.


Hurricane Fiona ravaged Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Beyond the property damage and loss of life, another tragedy was caused by unpreparedness. I'm writing to offer some insights into the disaster response and recovery efforts that have been overlooked. The lesson is to plan before the next natural disaster.


 
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As a California-based photo archivist, we closely monitor the effects of hurricane Fiona, along with all natural disasters.


The latest hurricane marks the beginning of a wild season of storm surges and wildfires. Each time this occurs, it sparks renewed interest in preserving family nostalgia. We also reevaluate our core mission to safeguard irreplaceable family photos. ScanMyPhotos is studying meteorology and climate change to formulate a strategy and call to action as part of our mission.


A major benefit of digitizing your photos is ensuring their longevity.


During natural disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires, and floods, the importance of digitally capturing these memories cannot be overstated. Looking back on these photo memories in the future, you will not want them lost due to power outages or water damage from flooding. By digitizing now, you are ensuring that your family photos will live on forever!


The time is now to plan ahead for all natural disasters. This is why we added a first-time-ever 70% discount to encourage everyone to digitize their photos with the promo code: VIPAccess.


ScanMyPhotos.com has a unique role as our passion is to help prepare people to preserve their decades of photo albums, 35mm slides, home movies, film negatives, and other pre-digital media. We have already preserved one billion pictures.


These natural disasters always leave behind an incredible amount of damage that needs to be rebuilt—and if you haven't prepared beforehand by digitizing your photos and other media, you're at risk of losing all those precious memories forever! We've seen this before with Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy, and Hurricane Harvey. And we're seeing it again with Hurricane Fiona.


At ScanMyPhotos, our mission is to safeguard irreplaceable family photos from natural disasters like hurricanes. There is an easy way for people to digitally archive their cherished memories so they won't be lost or damaged during these times of crisis when people are too busy trying to survive to worry about preserving their past.


 
 
 

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Friend, this might seem obvious, but we often forget to ensure the safety of our valuables in the shuffle of everyday life.


Now’s the time to take an extra moment (or two) to ensure you’re storing your valuables safely. If it’s money, jewelry, or other irreplaceable items, store them in a place that can withstand fires, floods, or earthquakes. This could be a fireproof and water-resistant home safe, or you could set up a safety deposit box at a local bank.


 
 

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8 Tips for Restoring Water Damaged Photos


  1. Don’t let the photos dry out! As your photographs dry, they will stick to each other and any other materials they may be in contact with. You’ll find it impossible to pull them apart without causing potentially irreparable damage.

  2. Get to work as soon as possible. Your photographs shouldn’t stay wet for more than two or three days. Now is a good time to recommend having a friend (or photo restoration expert) scan the images before you try pulling anything apart or before doing anything that will further damage the photos.

  3. Prepare space to work. While you’re working on your photos, store them in a container full of cold, clean tap water; the colder, the better. Don’t add chlorine to the water, but change the water every day. The chlorine in tap water is enough to prevent the growth of fungi and other biological threats.

  4. Water is part of the restoration process. Rinse your photos in a container of cold, clear running water. Don’t run the water directly onto the photos because that could damage the chemical emulsion, causing permanent damage. Keep rinsing them until the run-off water is clear.

  5. Take your time with this archival project. Carefully remove your photographs or negatives from the water, taking the smallest quantity possible. Pull them out of their wrappers and gently separate them. DO NOT FORCE THEM APART. Separate as many as possible before returning them to the cold water and starting on another batch. Repeat the separate-soak cycle as many times as necessary. However, sometimes you may be unable to separate materials without forcing the issue. In those cases, you will probably have to accept the corresponding damage.

  6. Now, add water. Once your photographs are separated, store them in water until you can wash them individually, using cold, clean running water. Use cotton balls, a soft cotton cloth, or a soft foam rubber brush to remove foreign objects if needed. Rinse your photographs or negatives one more time after cleaning is complete.

  7. The drying process. Hang-dry prints and negatives from a clothesline. Make sure they will not be exposed to dust. As an option, special solutions are available that facilitate uniform, spot-free drying when applied to negatives and slides.

  8. Use weights to flatten the pictures. If your prints curl while drying, wet the paper side (NOT the emulsion picture side) with a moist sponge, place each one between two pieces of acid-free paper or photo blotters, and leave them under a flat, heavy object for a day or two.

 

Friend, for more info and insights, as a photo archivist for more than three decades, please keep me in mind as an expert resource.


Mitch Goldstone, CEO, ScanMyPhotos.com

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