This has been a really rainy day. The snow is gone like magic from the trees, but there are still mounds of snow on the ground and on roofs. Our roof has had water running off and freezing into icicles - even the unheated garage roof has icicles, thanks to all the rain. The air was cold enough to make ice during the night, but today things were melting rapidly. It's still above freezing (35.5F), and I think the rain has stopped. Tomorrow is going to be colder but no rain - just some snow late in the day. It's going to be really cold all next week, and no precipitation in the forecast. Things are going to be really crusty/crunchy!! Time to get out the inner tubes and toboggans! There is still a lot of snow on the ground, and I expect there will be a very hard crust that will be great for tubing.
     Our friends in Anchorage report they had no big damage from the earthquake at their house - just items knocked off shelves. Their aquarium splashed onto a computer router and that knocked out their computer messaging for a while. Michael used some special stuff to dry it out, and it still works, but he said it still really isn't happy. He said they didn't lose electricity and everything else works, too. Other parts of the city were not as fortunate. We are just grateful they are all ok.