Hurricane Damaged Vehicle Salvage Business Booming

But some area residents are saying not in my backyard

Mobile, Ala. -- (From WPMI) Casualties of Hurricane Katrina have been the tens of thousands of cars, trucks and other vehicles destroyed by the storm's flood waters. Now, those vehicles are being salvaged for auction by businesses popping up almost overnight in backyards and existing businesses expanding into empty lots.

Such businesses become a problem when there are no zoning regulations to keep the operation from setting up shop next door to private homes.

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Topics: News, Gulf Coast, Mobile Alabama, Hurricane, Katrina

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