Tropical Storm Isaias was the latest disaster to hit Delaware County businesses as evidenced by the storm-driven flood waters that penetrated the Fresh Grocer Supermarket on 69^th Street in Upper Darby, writes Miles Bryan/Keystone Crossroads fpr witf/prg/

Water rose over six feet in the parking lot, four feet in the building.  Millions in equipment and inventory was destroyed. The store is closed indefinitely.

For local business owners, one thing has followed another–first the the pandemic, then property damage from rioters during the George Floyd killing, now floods.

“I just feel it’s the craziest time in my life,” said Pat Burns , who owns the Fresh Grocer and six other local grocery stores. ”Between COVID, keeping people safe, looting in my shopping centers and stores, now floods? I am waiting for the locusts to come out of the ground next.”

Soo and James Lee have run Best Dry Cleaners at a strip mall in Upper Darby for two decades.  They don’t think they’ll be open much longer.

The storm damaged customer clothes and dry cleaning equipment.

Johnny Singh was working alone trying to clean up his gas station/car wash/cigarette outlet. He doesn’t have flood insurance.

Read more about the plight of businesses here.

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