LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The ice has finally begun to melt here in the Natural State, but now more people have been noticing some leaky pipes.
Homeowners and businesses are finding minor floods and they're working quickly to fix pipes that froze during the last few days.
"This weather did not help us at all," said Ginny Wright, Manager of H.B.'s Bar-B-Q.
H.B.'s Bar-B-Q has been dealing with the winter storm's aftermath, and Wright said it's been a tough week, to say the least.
"The pipe in the back, in the pit room, it still froze up. So it caused my ice machine not to work. And then my tea. I have a water pipe that goes out to the outside. It froze up. And you can see the mess it made in there," Wright described.
Wright said she and her husband constantly checked on the restaurant while it was closed all week to try and prevent this from happening.
H.B.'s has been closed since Monday and Wright doesn't plan to open again until next Monday, January 22.
"We haven't been able to work because of the roads and it's so icy and then the owner does not want anybody to slip and fall in the parking lot," she said.
Plus, she needs some more time to fix the pipes.
"It's just been a rough week," she added.
While she and her husband clean up and make repairs, the crew at Metro Disaster Specialists has been staying busy helping people in the same situation.
They said their phones haven't stopped ringing.
"We've gotten roughly a little over 60 calls in the past 48 hours," said Britt Stewart, CEO of Metro Disaster Specialists.
Stewart said his crews have been working around the clock to help those with water damage.
"We've experienced a lot of pipes, freezing sprinkler lines, bursting commercial buildings, schools, colleges, condos, different residences," he explained.
Now it's crunch time to dry those places out.
"We extract the water, demo any wet materials, take moisture readings, dry out with air movers, dehumidification, that sort of thing," he added.
He expects to stay busy for the next few days.
Meanwhile, Wright hopes she can say the same thing come next week.
"We just need the business for sure. After this week, we do," Wright said.