Have to leave work today at 11 for a medical procedure, so I decided to come to the office a little early this morning to get some things done. It's kind of a peaceful change riding before traffic really starts to get heavy. 31F this morning with a light breeze. Still plenty of ice on the ground, but a little less than yesterday.

The river is still above flood stage blocking most of my regular route to work. Sounds like it will remain impassable for another couple of weeks. The city issued an emergency declaration for flooding. The snow pack to our north is projected to melt this week which will dump the equivalent of 4"-8" of rain water into our already overfull river system. On top of that, they're predicting more rain this weekend, which will drive the river to new record flood levels. The mayor is closing a lot of the parks along the river for safety reasons, and they're advising homeowners in low areas to prepare to evacuate. It's a horrible mess.

The flooding of the frozen river has carried huge chunks of ice to places that don't normally have huge chunks of ice. I took this photo on the way home from work last night. This piece has been sitting and melting for 5 days. It was easily 3x as big when it first started blocking the road. Last Thursday the bathroom on the upper left of this photo was completely underwater with just the peak of the roof sticking out.