March winter weather

Icicles hang from an awning at Cup 'N' Cork at Main and Themis streets on Sunday, March 2, 2014 in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Icicles cover a bench on Main Street near Themis Street on Sunday, March 2, 2014 in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Trent Wiggins scrapes ice off his car while the engine runs the defroster Sunday, March 2, 2014 on Main Street in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

A coating of ice covers a bench, the sidewalk and most of Themis Street near Water Street on Sunday, March 2, 2014 in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Winter weather canceled business Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Pastimes Antiques in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

An ice-covered reader board is seen Sunday, March 2, 2014 at the Mississippi River Tales floodwall mural along Water Street in Cape Girardeau. The board tells about The Big Freeze of 1918-1919. Because the Mississippi River was wider and slower than today, it was more inclined to freeze over in periods of cold weather. It was covered over with ice for several weeks during that time. (Fred Lynch)

A Missouri Department of Transportation tow plow clears the northbound lane of Interstate 55 just south of the Highway 74 overpass Sunday, March 2, 2014 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

A Cape Girardeau Public Works truck spreads salt on an icy cul-de-sac Sunday morning, March 2, 2014. The city had earlier pre-treated most streets for the winter storm. (Fred Lynch)