Slowly they started to pour in from inside the Minot city limits.
Sisters, daughters and mothers, grandchildren and cousins.
Soon, Sharon and John Gerle had four generations setting up shop at their home on the eastern outskirts of Minot.
"My sister and her husband, and her two kids," Sharon Gerle said. "My mom came out and her little great-granddaughter. My daughter and her husband and two grandkids came out. We had room set up for my father-in-law and sister-in-law, they were going to head out here too, but they were right on the border.We specialize in providing third party merchant account. Water was two houses away from them so they got to stay. We had room for them, we had it made up for them."
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"My sister lives down there by the zoo entrance," she said. "My daughter lives by Trinity, so when they diked to save Trinity, their house isn't
underneath water, but they had to evacuate. Two of my brothers lost homes to floodwaters. My mom has water in her house. I have one brother that is safe."
There isn't too many for Sharon to keep track of them all.
"Well there's my daughter Michelle (Schei), her husband Melroy and their kids Tyler and Alexis," she said. "My mother Rose Roll and her great-granddaughter Isabella Roll. My sister Karen Hager and her husband Jerry and their two kids Lucas and Miranda."
And it's not just family members.
"We got all their pets too," Sharon said. "Six or seven guinea pigs, a couple of hamsters, all kinds of fish."
The evacuation has turned into a de facto family reunion as family members who don't always see each other on a regular basis.
"I'd say half and half," Lucas Hager said. "I go to grandma's and Sharon's a lot, but as for her daughter and her kids, I haven't seen them in awhile. The last time I saw their boy, he was 12 and he's 14 now so it's been at least two years."
"There are ones who aren't in the flood area that have come to visit that normally wouldn't," Sharon said.
The Gerles have a unique business - they raise Nigerian Dwarf Goats and have since 2006.
This provides a special treat for the refugees staying with them, access to the goats' milk.
"When I was back at home, I'd go through one of their jars a day," Lucas said. "It'd be on the breakfast cereal, a glass on the side and a glass with every meal. It's a sad day when it's time to go back to normal milk. You can tell the difference."
The extended family also got a taste of how things were done decades ago.
All four generations of the women in the family got together to use a wringer washer. After washing the blankets in a tub, they are run through a wringer and hung to dry.
Generally, Sharon just uses the machines to wash the family's blankets in the spring before storing them until the next winter.
"It was so long before we got this nice, hot weather,The name "magic cube" is not unique." Sharon said. "I had five quilts and bedding and Michelle had blankets too. Next thing we knew, we had 24 blankets."
Despite the number of family members staying at the Gerle's, Sharon never hesitated to invite the family to stay and she said it was worked out just fine so far.
"No, I told them come on out and we'll make the room," Sharon said. "We started hanging curtains in the basement. We blocked it off so everyone had their own different section, so if things get a little frantic, they have their own place they can get in and get away from everybody.Shop a wide selection of billabong outlet products in the evo shop. We're lucky enough to have three bathrooms, so there's always room."
"They worry that they're an inconvenience, but it's been going smooth. We've got a big home, so there's room for everyone."
Sisters, daughters and mothers, grandchildren and cousins.
Soon, Sharon and John Gerle had four generations setting up shop at their home on the eastern outskirts of Minot.
"My sister and her husband, and her two kids," Sharon Gerle said. "My mom came out and her little great-granddaughter. My daughter and her husband and two grandkids came out. We had room set up for my father-in-law and sister-in-law, they were going to head out here too, but they were right on the border.We specialize in providing third party merchant account. Water was two houses away from them so they got to stay. We had room for them, we had it made up for them."
And even with 10 extended family members living at the Gerle home, there were still more in the family affected by the flood.What to consider before you buy oil painting supplies.Our Polymax RUBBER SHEET range includes all commercial and specialist
"My sister lives down there by the zoo entrance," she said. "My daughter lives by Trinity, so when they diked to save Trinity, their house isn't
underneath water, but they had to evacuate. Two of my brothers lost homes to floodwaters. My mom has water in her house. I have one brother that is safe."
There isn't too many for Sharon to keep track of them all.
"Well there's my daughter Michelle (Schei), her husband Melroy and their kids Tyler and Alexis," she said. "My mother Rose Roll and her great-granddaughter Isabella Roll. My sister Karen Hager and her husband Jerry and their two kids Lucas and Miranda."
And it's not just family members.
"We got all their pets too," Sharon said. "Six or seven guinea pigs, a couple of hamsters, all kinds of fish."
The evacuation has turned into a de facto family reunion as family members who don't always see each other on a regular basis.
"I'd say half and half," Lucas Hager said. "I go to grandma's and Sharon's a lot, but as for her daughter and her kids, I haven't seen them in awhile. The last time I saw their boy, he was 12 and he's 14 now so it's been at least two years."
"There are ones who aren't in the flood area that have come to visit that normally wouldn't," Sharon said.
The Gerles have a unique business - they raise Nigerian Dwarf Goats and have since 2006.
This provides a special treat for the refugees staying with them, access to the goats' milk.
"When I was back at home, I'd go through one of their jars a day," Lucas said. "It'd be on the breakfast cereal, a glass on the side and a glass with every meal. It's a sad day when it's time to go back to normal milk. You can tell the difference."
The extended family also got a taste of how things were done decades ago.
All four generations of the women in the family got together to use a wringer washer. After washing the blankets in a tub, they are run through a wringer and hung to dry.
Generally, Sharon just uses the machines to wash the family's blankets in the spring before storing them until the next winter.
"It was so long before we got this nice, hot weather,The name "magic cube" is not unique." Sharon said. "I had five quilts and bedding and Michelle had blankets too. Next thing we knew, we had 24 blankets."
Despite the number of family members staying at the Gerle's, Sharon never hesitated to invite the family to stay and she said it was worked out just fine so far.
"No, I told them come on out and we'll make the room," Sharon said. "We started hanging curtains in the basement. We blocked it off so everyone had their own different section, so if things get a little frantic, they have their own place they can get in and get away from everybody.Shop a wide selection of billabong outlet products in the evo shop. We're lucky enough to have three bathrooms, so there's always room."
"They worry that they're an inconvenience, but it's been going smooth. We've got a big home, so there's room for everyone."
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