From the chaos of what is now his family’s life, football player Dustin Adams has found a sliver of clarity.

"I’m focused on football," said Adams, an offensive lineman who made an oral commitment to play for the Warriors in 2012. "That’s the only normalcy I get around here nowadays."

The house where his family lived the past 10 years was virtually destroyed recently when the overflowing Souris River flooded parts of Minot, N.D. Adams said that more than 4,000 homes "took in water" when "the dikes that were built a long time ago were over-topped. A lot of houses flooded. Most of them are going to be gone."

Adams said residents will not be allowed to check out their property for another month. But he was told the waters had reached the roof of his family’s one-story house.

"They have to pump water back over the dikes," Adams said. "It’s going to take some time."

Adams said his family was among the estimated 90 percent of Minot homeowners without flood insurance. It had been 42 years since the Souris overflowed onto Minot.

"It was one of those things where people were led to believe this could never happen again," Adams said. "Once it happens, you can’t buy last-minute insurance."

He said it appears a plan for the government to buy the damaged properties will not be implemented.

"There isn’t that kind of money sitting around Washington, I suppose," Adams said.

He said his family is on the waiting list for temporary homes that are being constructed. Adams’ immediate family — his stepfather, mother and younger brother — are staying at his girlfriend’s house.

"We might be here for a while," Adams said.

His stepfather works in a hospital. His mother works in a bank. Their jobs were not affected.

Adams said several middle schools were heavily damaged. But he said his high school is intact.

"Our football season will go on as normal," said Adams, who will be a senior. "Hopefully, that is one thing that will stay normal in this whole thing."