The Rancher Who Drove Through the Storm

In February 2019, a polar vortex dropped temperatures across the Texas Panhandle to twenty below zero. Cattle rancher Jake Herrmann of Amarillo woke at 3 a. m. to winds howling at forty miles per hour. He knew his herd had scattered. Most ranchers would have waited for daylight. Jake loaded his truck with hay bales, vaccine kits, and blankets, then drove into the whiteout.…