<a href="http://bucktowngarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_84601.jpeg"><img alt="IMG_8460" src="http://bucktowngarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_84601-300x200.jpeg" align="left" /></a>The ice slab on 2/19 is shown to the left. This slab is about a foot thick which might be a big problem. I spent all day boiling pots of water to make a drain.

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<a href="http://bucktowngarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_8497.jpeg"><img alt="IMG_8497" src="http://bucktowngarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_8497-200x300.jpeg" width="200" height="300" align="left" /></a>To the left is a 5 gallon Menards bucket frozen in the ice.  I boiled a lot of pots of water and melted the ice around the bucket.  The hot water found its own way to the downspout and now this hole can act as a drain for the ice slab when it melts.  You can see the little canyon made by the hot water.  Hopefully as more water drains through this hole it gets bigger.