April rain
A lot of the rain that came last night missed my home north of the Twin Cities, but on the way in to work today it looked like the St. Paul area got socked. The gas station across the street has a large puddle that turns the station island into an island. Which reminds me that gas stations and other fuel-filling locations are called 'potential stormwater hot spots' (PSHs--another acronym) in Chapter 13 of the Minnesota Stormwater Manual. That means the water could be easily contaminated and if allowed to infiltrate freely (through a rain garden, e.g.) the pollutants could reach ground water.