Crap Storm 01.18.11

Woke up with about 2-3" of light snow on the ground Tues AM. Soon it turned to freezing rain, then a light rain. Mother Nature VS Icefarmer. The dilemma: take the snow off and let the freezing rain/rain build on the ice surface creating a airy bad layer or leave the snow and hope the rain forms a crust on the snow surface insulating our ice that could easily be removed. The forecast said the light rain would end by the evening. Note: Heavy rain is a no brainer, you have to get the snow/slush off the rink. So, being that it was a light rain, I let the rink be. Unfortunately, the rain continued well into the evening. The rain saturated many areas of the snow creating a slush, then froze solid. Ouch. Mother Nature is one cruel biatch. No offense MN.