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Nebraska Wesleyan students Lucas Steuter, from left, Riley Cleaver, Jacob Wertz and Zane Rosenberg try to stay together as they fly down a hill on their sleds at Holmes Lake on Jan. 9, 2024. A white Christmas is virtually out of the question Thursday with Lincoln expected to reach the 60 degrees.
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Drivers cautiously navigate Capitol Parkway as snow blankets the city on Monday.
A snowplow works to clear ice from Capitol Parkway as snow continues to blanket the city on Monday.
Jesse Hansz clears a sidewalk of ice and snow near South 24th and J streets on Monday in Lincoln. Lincoln notched about 1.9 inches on Monday, adding to the nearly 4 inches that fell Saturday.
Jesse Hansz, left, clears a sidewalk of ice and snow on Monday in Lincoln.
A bicyclist rides along a road near Capitol Parkway on Monday.
Snow fills the brim of a scarecrow's hat Monday.
Drivers cautiously navigate Capitol Parkway as snow blankets the city Monday.
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O Street along Wyuka Cemetery.Â
Downed tree limbs top a car in the middle of A Street at 18th. The car is in the middle of the street.
A car stuck on Van Dorn Street next to Lincoln Southeast High School.
In a file photo, Diane and Donnie Cramer walk up 22nd Street on their way to Super C Convenience Store at 21st and J.Â
Mark Hendricks tries to pull down a hanging branch so he can park in his driveway at 3501 Mohawk.Â
The sound of a tree falling on a house is "like a sigh," Carolyn Whitmarsh said. Whitmarsh lives at 3608 Mohawk. "It's like losing a member of the family, " she said about her felled Hackberry.Â
In a file photo, a car drives around a fallen tree on Pioneer Boulevard just east of 48th Street.Â
Pat Ridenour knocks snow off tree branches in her front yard at 35th and B Streets.Â
Crews work to clean up fallen debris from trees lining Wyuka Cemetery along O Street near 40th.
Near 23rd and D, Frank Swenson and daughter Amanda, age 11, walk down D Street as a tree limb falls.
In a file photo, a man walks out of his home on Oct. 26, 1997, to find downed tree limbs covering the front yard.
A family dodges trees near 35th and A streets as they survey storm damage on Oct. 26, 1997.
Patric Knaff, then age 14, shovels snow on Washington Street between Eighth and Ninth.
The storm's wet snow made trouble for snow blowers and shovelers alike. Here a homeowner struggles to clear a path at a home on East Pershing Road.
Lincoln Electric System line crewmen Tom Kriemert (left) and Dale Schmader work on a damaged power line at 27th Street and Sheridan Boulevard on Oct 27. Some areas of the city were still without power days after the storm.Â
Downed trees, impassable roads and power outages marked October 1997's snowstorm. Neighborhoods like this one near A and 33rd streets spent months cleaning up and treating damaged trees.Â
Gary Yuen cleans off his car on Grimsby Lane on the Sunday after the storm. The wet snow made brushing vehicles clean a heavy job.Â
The pressure of the weekend's heavy snow deflated the tennis domes at Woods Park. This view shows 33rd Street at the top of the photograph.
Terry Budig (left) and grandchildren, Emily, 8, Jake, 6, and Jeff, 12, shovel snow at 3553 Mohawk. The storm brought neighbors and families closer together in many cases.
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Zach Hammack
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