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Hurricane Isabel dumped 2 feet of water in the dining room of The Fish Market, a restaurant in the historic Old Town area of Alexandria, Va.
"We lost computers, chairs, T-shirts, all the inventory downstairs. The reservation book went, so we didn't know who was coming or when," said Glenda Giovannoni, one of the restaurant's principals.
Having a flood force a temporary closure along with costly repairs could deliver a fatal blow to many restaurants.
But within a couple of days, passers-by could read a placard declaring, "The Fish Market Will Open Tuesday! Nice Try Isabel!"
A key to its recovery was a $250,000 federal emergency disaster assistance loan.
The Fish Market was just one of 8,200 recipients of a total of $234 million in low-interest loans made by...
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