A Las Vegas business owner is feeling the impact of the deadly flooding in Texas as he watches the place that shaped him get washed away.
Brian Buechner, owner of Big B’s Texas BBQ, is preparing to open a new location on Sahara and Cimarron, but his heart remains in Texas where devastating floods have torn through the communities where he grew up.
“It’s just an unbelievable tragedy, and there’s not words for it,” Buechner said.
While tables are arriving and equipment is being installed at his soon-to-open restaurant, Buechner can’t help but think about his hometown just south of San Antonio.
As a child, Buechner spent summers on the Guadalupe River and exploring the Texas Hill Country. He says knowing the places where he built a lifetime of memories were torn apart by the flood is unbearable.
“Thousands of people daily floating that river… 30–40 campgrounds on it… it’s one of the only rivers where you can do that,” Buechner said. “We spent a lot of time in the Hill Country area hunting, fishing… Rudy’s BBQ was a treat for us.”…