Again it was time to get the ice away from the back door of the house to the garage. As luck would have it the 27 degree temps actually allowed for some melting with intermittent sun. St. James has many many basements flooded with the 1.75 inches of rain on Saturday the 9th of March. The frozen banks of snow do not allow for the water to have a place to go. Just east of us is a small home with no built up foundation or basement and the city has been working all day to trench across Stauffer Ave to the south as they have several inches of water in their main living area. Our 12′ x 16′ garage porch will need a good freshening up after the water goes down but it’s just a porch – it’s not serious. At the most we purchase a new piece of carpet and call it a great spring – when spring does decide to come. Last year at this time it was shirt sleeve temps.