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...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE ICY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS COULD WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK...MAKING WALKING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

The power of the Internet
William A. Shaffer grew up in Troy, Ill. His father was involved in coal mining, and William himself grew up to be a part-time professional photographer and did work for newspapers in the Troy area. In the early 1970s he was passing through Lincoln and spied this old coal mine. The structures intrigued Shaffer as a photographer and interested him as the son of a miner, so he snapped these shots. Last week, 40 years later, he came across the pictures, went searching on the Internet for Lincoln newspapers and found Lincoln Daily News. When he emailed the photos to us, he said he wasn’t sure what kind of reception he would get from a local paper, but he wanted to try to share them with our community. He also said that through the years, these have been some of his favorite shots. Thank you, William, for sharing them with LDN and now with our readers.

Photos by William A. Shaffer  (Click on images for larger versions.)

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