I know that January thaw is a Maine tradition, but this is ridiculous. We've had 55 degree days, the brook "went out" with a great crash at 3:30 on Monday afternoon cutting a gash through the snow and unfortunately across the lower field. The current across our road was not strong enough to bend a Volvo's path, so I drove to the annual budget meeting with a bow wave just cresting the front fender. I worried about returning three hours later, but the water was no higher.
Your field this morning was a peridot pavement -- mine was a white and black disaster scene, lumps of dirt and piles of wood, snowbanks cut by flood waters which had by mid-morning today retreated to their usual haunts. Temple Stream is clogged by ice jams in multiple places, with ten foot tall ice cakes standing on end in some places and a slurry of mud, ice, and water slowly chugging along in others. Pray for one of two outcomes: enough warm weather to melt the ice, or a long period of cold so that the current can cut its way through the jam. All the winter floods I've known have happened with a third outcome: more rain, more melting, and --
Anyone have some nice property for sale in a guaranteed Liaden climate? I'm tired of living on Surebleak!

Kathy