BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Flood waters from the June 8 downpour has one Birmingham business owner full of frustration.
Gus Head Hunters is a unisex barber shop in Birmingham and owner Gus Bibb said when he walked into work Wednesday morning, he thought he was at the lake. Bibb said there was two to three inches of flood waters coming out of his shop’s front doors.
Bibb said he spent the entire day cleaning and the flooded floors are bad for business. He said the water got underneath the wood paneling, so he had to pull up the floor, dry it out, and then put the floor back.
Bibb said the building has been flooding for the last two years and he has spent around ten thousand dollars in flood repairs.
He said he thinks it’s all because the abandoned shop next door has a caved in roof, causing the water to pool up and come into to his shop from the floors and walls.
“It’s really frustrating when you are constantly trying to earn a…
