My driveway is flooding. It's a frigid South Dakota winter, it should be too cold for my driveway to be flooding already! True, I expected it to happen in the spring when everything melts, but...
We have a small creek about 10 feet from our driveway. It froze months ago, but there's still water flowing, and it has to go somewhere. So it flows overtop of the already frozen bit. More freezes. I've been watching the creek swell with great interest for several weeks now. As of last night there was a slushy spot at the side of the driveway. This morning it was noticeably larger. I'm just waiting for the morning when I have to call in to work and say "Hey Doris? I, um, can't get in to work. My driveway's flooded....Yes, I do know that it's far below freezing, but you see, the way it works is..."