Warehousing & Distribution: Under the Microscope
July 28, 2020
By Michael D. White, author and freelance writer
In late October 1991, Hurricane Grace formed near Bermuda and moved toward the coast of the southeastern United States. Grace continued to move north, where it encountered a massive low pressure system moving south from Canada.
The devastating, epic clash of Atlantic weather systems, later dubbed ‘The Perfect Storm,’ caused 40-to-80-foot waves while some reports put the waves at more than a terrifying 100 feet in height.
Suffice it to say that, over the past several months, the COVID-19 p...
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