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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.
A House in a Box: Long-Term Disaster Groups Assemble Furniture for Midland Co. Flood Survivors
February 23, 2021
More than 11,000 people in Gladwin and Midland Counties were displaced last year due to a historic flood.
Now, with the help of United Way of Midland County and long-term flood recovery groups, flood survivors are finally able to put back the pieces.
“Flood survivors are just now becoming to reach a point where they’re ready for these items,” says Bre Sklar, disaster volunteer manages at United Way of Midland County.
On Tuesday, volunteers with the Long-Term Disaster Recovery Group, United Way of Midland County and the Disaster Services Corporation supplied 50 flood survivors a ‘Home in a Box’ to help them rebuild their lives.
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