{"id":12550,"date":"2011-11-11T22:30:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T03:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=12550"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:31:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:31:44","slug":"thailand-floods-resulting-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/12550-thailand-floods-resulting-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand Floods &#038; The Resulting Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s face it: <a title=\"Thailand Floods Affecting Hard Drive Availability &amp; Prices \u2013 UPDATE\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/12390-thailand-floods-affecting-hard-drive-availability-prices-update\" target=\"_blank\">the recent flooding situation in Thailand and the imminent hard drive shortage<\/a> has many of us concerned, as approximately 40-50% of the world&#8217;s hard disk drives are manufactured in the affected areas. With production halted, suppliers and customers alike are worried about the impact this may have on hard drive availability, not to mention the looming price increases on currently available units.<\/p>\n<p>While damage assessments from these major memory component manufacturers in Thailand are trickling in,\u00a0several plants still remain submerged from the floods and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nikonrumors.com\/2011\/11\/11\/thailand-flood-update.aspx\/\" target=\"_blank\">photos capture the still &#8220;soggy&#8221; situation for Nikon&#8217;s factories<\/a>,\u00a0as crews work fervently to pump out the excess water from the area with generators. Aerial footage also demonstrates the severity of the situation and the long clean-up ahead:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Simple Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week we discussed\u00a0<a title=\"OWC Options Address Hard Drive Shortage\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/12449-owc-options-address-hard-drive-shortage\" target=\"_blank\">how to make the most of what you have by utilizing older, possibly forgotten, hard disk drive solutions<\/a> to store your files\u00a0<em>now\u00a0<strong>and<\/strong> in the future <\/em>if you need to do so<em>.<\/em> If you&#8217;re using the Newer Technology Voyager or USB Universal Drive Adapter, a\u00a0cool accessory like <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/item\/NewerTech\/HDSTORA35\/\">NewerTech&#8217;s StoraDrive<\/a> is a simple way for keeping those drives organized for such future uses. After all, in light of recent events, you can never be too prepared&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s face it: the recent flooding situation in Thailand and the imminent hard drive shortage has many of us concerned, as approximately 40-50% of the world&#8217;s hard disk drives are manufactured in the affected areas. 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