When she was told to evacuate her home that May Monday, in 2020, Anna Merillat never anticipated the events that would unfold. Neither did her parents.
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Sanford marks first anniversary of flood, ‘one of the worst things I have lived through and also the best’
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Maybe there isn’t one.
“When I look back on it, I see, probably, the worst, one of the worst, things I have lived through and also the best, if that can make any sense at all,” said the Sanford resident and small business owner. “I just feel, I don’t know, like that. Whatever that name of that feeling is that I can’t quantify.”
When floodwaters swept through Merillat’s hometown of Sanford last May, some of the places she cared about most her house, her parents’ house and her new business, Three Diamonds Bridal Boutique were all damaged.
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December 15, 2020
In May, a 500-year flood swept through Gladwin and Midland counties displacing 11,000 people. Now, two local groups in are bringing the spirit of Christmas to those who lost their homes in the floods.
“We’re doing what we can to hopefully make the holidays a little bit brighter for families,” says Mickey Guisewite, founder and executive director of the Bottomless Toy Chest.
Although Dave Kish lost nearly everything in May’s catastrophic floods, he’s still trying to make it a great Christmas for his 11-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter.