A&M Auto Repair 'Loses Everything' in Flood

Elizabeth Nuckols’ father has worked at for 26 years. In the flooding during Sept. 8-10, the shop on Route 1 was under 10 feet of water and lost everything.

“All their equipment to service the vehicles, it’s hundred of thousands of dollars lost,” said Nuckols at the board of county supervisors meeting on Tuesday. “I have a list of everything to replace but some things are so old they can’t be replaced.”

Nuckols said that her family was not aware of the extent of the damage during the flooding, until her father came to work on Friday morning to find everything destroyed.

“We lost three vehicles,” said Nuckols. “We have boats over there and one of the boats was carried to the front of the business.”

Nuckols said that a neighbor witnessed the flooding from across the highway at Denny’s and saw only the top of a Winnebago peeking out from the flood waters.

“My mom’s very first truck, we lost, it was submerged, mud is in the vents,” said Nuckols.

The shop is in the midst of cleaning up the debris and throwing out equipment that can no longer be used, but they are desperate for volunteers. 

Nuckols said that if anyone can help clean up the shop, they would be there Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. working to get rid of the mess. 

If the Small Business Administration declares Prince William County an emergency, low-interest loans will be made available for businesses. FEMA administrators were scheduled to visit the county Thursday.