CORTEZ – Bob Slicker had expected some storm impact to his Cortez Road restaurant Slicker’s Eatery from Hurricane Helene. Still, nothing could have prepared him for the sight that greeted him early Friday morning as the building was flooded with more than three feet of water.
“I told my team Thursday, I could just feel it,” Slicker said. “It was like nothing I’d ever felt before and I’ve been living on the water since the 80s. I just knew. It wasn’t a good feeling at all.”
He advised his staff Thursday to go home and stay safe. He returned to the restaurant in the middle of the night after the storm had subsided…