I’m a business owner, and I tell ya, recently the crazy weather that we’ve been getting here, has really affected my business and my finances. The region I’m in has been experiencing some pretty insane weather lately, and it’s really affecting our way of life here.  After a huge storm, and tornadoes last month, our entire town lost power, including my ice cream shop, where all of my ice cream melted and food started to go bad because the fridges were out. It was a total nightmare. I had no money to pay for all the damages and replace all of the 60 tubs of melted ice cream and food. I took out a merchant cash advance to help me purchase everything that I had lost as well as help to cover some damages to the exterior. (more…)