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Since 1882 • We re still here	April	29,2006
Echo staff photos by Dwayne Bremer
Clermont Harbor resident Dane St. Pe stands in front of what is left of Garcia's Grocery. Like most of Clermont Harbor, only scattered rubble remains. St Pe plans to erect a memorial near this site for all of the survivors and victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Clermont Harbor now a ghost town
BY DWAYNE BREMER Staff Writer
The only thing remaining at Garcia's Grocery is a set of old steps, some scattered rubbish, and memories of what *teed to be.
Standing in front of the former site, one could get an eerie feeling about the surroundings.
Scanning from left to right, up Ioor St. to Bordages St., and down to the beach, it is readily apparent what Hurricane Katrina did to this proud community.
There is nothing left south of the tracks in Clermont Harbor.
With only a handful of FEMA trailers dotting the area, optimism
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is bleak. As the Corps of Engineers have been cleaning lots, the impact is only amplified. Properties once full of vibrant homes have been reduced empty lots strewed with concrete slabs, twisted metal, uprooted trees, and shattered lives.
"This was the bullseye," Don Buisson said. "We could not hlive been hit any harder."
Buisson, a home owner at 5094 Bordages St., said he has not found one single item from his home since the storm. The only thing that remains is his concrete slab. Standing in front of his home there is a clear view of the now-placid Gulf waters four blocks away, which took away
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