Well, here’s what it looked like today:
I can’t really tell how thick the layer of ice is, because of that snow layer on top. The snow layer is only at one end of it though, obviously because I left it uncovered.
I took this picture through the open end, showing the ice beyond it — bare, not snow-covered. It looks….. thick. Thick enough for frogs to safely ice skate on, if they did that. The empty plastic jug I put in there to absorb the pressure of the ice freezing? It doesn’t look squished at all, at least from this angle. So now I’m really worried that instead of the ice squishing the jug, it is slowly breaking the glass. To top it off (literally), tonight there’s supposed to be an “ice storm” which will leave a 3/4-inch layer of ice over everything. This is freaky weather and no one is prepared for it — that’s my big fat excuse for letting this happen. Now that there’s a solid layer of ice across the top, the ice below it will continue to freeze and having nowhere to expand to, will burst the tank open.
I can’t stand it. I’m going out there. It’s ten to nine. Why didn’t I do this earlier? I thought of it, but… it was too cold. Now it’s colder. I don’t care. I’m going out there with hot water and melt it carefully from the center out. Then I’ll remove the ice. That way, at least the ice forming will have to start all over.
It’s 21 degrees and dark. Am I flipping crazy?
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