Kermit Sauer Family Film of the Blizzard of 1966 in Valley City North Dakota
Monday, July 19th, 2010
The Blizzard of 1966 By Rachel Kay Sauer The weekend before the storm, my husband Kermit and the kids, Randy (age 5) and Connie (16 months) built a snowman on the east side of our trailer house. We traveled on road construction during the summer and parked by my parents (Harvey & Helen Kennedy) farm home in the winter. The farm is located at the intersection of 10th St and 12 Avenue SE on Granger Hill, south of the I-94 overpass. We had warning of a storm coming, so we were stocked up on bottle gas, fuel oil, and food. When the storm hit, my aunt Rose Artis and her son Harvey (Joe) from Sanborn were stranded at my folks home. We were doing fine, playing cards with Rose and Dad and waiting out the storm. Friday, evening, Connie began fussing and running a fever. Our trailer was 8 wide and 42 long, so there wasnt much living room. Kermit decided to go out to a storage building and get our folding lawn chair rocker for me to rock Connie. While he was gone, Connie went into convulsions and her eyes rolled to the top of her head. I thought she was going to die! Luckily, the phone was still working and I was able to contact our doctor. He contacted the hospital and the ambulance, and they contacted the highway department. When Kermit came back, he walked out to the over pass and came back saying it was blocked nearly to the top. Ted Curtis, ambulance owner, kept in touch with us. Several doctors lived near the hospital, so help was there if we could get there. One option was to …
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