January-February 2019 • Nebraskaland 21
Photos and story by Chris Helzer
An
Ice Storm
Feast
I
woke up on the morning of January 17
with a clear plan of attack. The biggest ice
storm in a decade had ended the previous
evening, and the forecast had correctly
predicted clear skies and calm winds for the
post-storm sunrise. Road crews had worked
through the night, allowing me to slowly
and carefully make my way across Aurora
to a series of restored prairies along Lincoln
Creek. It was going to be an epic morning for
photography.
Indiangrass seeds droop under the weight of their icy coating.
