Less than a week after the remnants of Debby soaked the D.C. area, causing Annapolis, Maryland, to experience its eighth biggest flooding event on record, businesses are trying to bounce back.
Employees of downtown Annapolis businesses, including restaurants and bars, tell WTOP that while the damage was not as bad as a flood the city experienced in January, Debby’s impact did cost some businesses a lot of money. January’s flood was considered the city’s third worst flood ever.
“We lost one cooler and one freezer,” Sam Truffer of Pip’s Dock Street Dogs said of Debby’s impact. “We got lucky that we didn’t lose everything like we did in January.”
Officials in Annapolis estimates that the storm cost 19 businesses and nonprofits over $162,000 in lost revenue and equipment damage.
Erin Kinnane said Dock Street Bar & Grill told WTOP that she credits her staff for helping out during cleanup so they could reopen.
“Even while we were cleaning up, people were still coming in for a beer,” Kinnane said. “I had a kayak come up and ask if he could be served. I had to tell him no!”
See more reactions from Annapolis in our video.
