Small businesses hurt by Helene's flooding left in an uncertain limbo without SBA funding

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Small businesses hurt by Helene's flooding left in an uncertain limbo without SBA funding

The extent of the damage to Ralph Wilson’s businesses didn’t hit home until after floodwaters brought by Hurricane Helene to Damascus had begun to recede. He had been stuck outside of his home, which had doubled as a bed and breakfast, during the storm. “I learned, I think the next day, that the doors had blown off my diner and water rushed in and just tossed all the equipment. It was just beyond belief,” he said. Wilson owns four businesses in …