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| WATER MAIN BREAK ON 6TH ST. |
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| ALMANAC READERS AT THE ICE CAVES
Thursday, 8:30 AM. 17 degrees F, wind variable from the south, light to moderate. The sky is overcast, with freezing fog, and it is snowing, becoming heavy as I write. I shoveled several inches of snow this morning and it looks like there will be much more. The humidity is 91% and the barometer has fallen to 29.60". I and fellow Tree Board member Grandin were going to hike out to the Ice Caves today but that doesn't look like a good idea at present.
The arctic winter is taking its toll on Bayfield infrastructure, as water mains break and sewers freeze in the extreme cold. A water main break occurred on 6th St. yesterday, and the City has requested residents to leave a faucet running, a stream about the thickness of a pencil, to keep water moving in water mains and sewer pipes to prevent freezing. A lot of repair and construction has been done to Bayfield sewer and water lines in recent years but a lot of the city's infrastructure remains ancient and subject to failure. All this while Lake Superior may actually freeze over for the first time in decades.
The Ice Caves remain a tourist magnet. Blog reader Pat W. and family came up from Madison two weekends ago. They braved hazardous roads and extreme cold. The temperature on their hike was two degrees below zero and the wind was a steady 35 miles per hour and they had never been so cold, but all ended well and they were glad they did it.
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