
Summer Snow Storm
In the heat of a July afternoon, the nation’s weather service is stunned when a forecast calls for snow. Chief Botts, a stickler for accuracy, discovers the mistake too late, and the streets of America awaken under an impossible flurry. At the center of the chaos is Johnny Sloman, a beleaguered forecaster nursing a hangover and a broken engagement. As he watches the snow fall, he must confront both the professional embarrassment and the personal fallout of his recent split.
The office becomes a micro‑cosm of rivalry and humor, with the charismatic Harry Bettis turning the fiasco into a running joke while eyeing a promotion that Johnny desperately needs. Their banter and the meddling secretaries add a light‑hearted counterpoint to the absurd weather emergency. As Johnny scrambles to correct the record, the story balances bureaucratic satire with a man’s search for redemption. Listeners will find themselves laughing at the absurdity while rooting for a man who just wants a second chance.
Language
en
Duration
~27 minutes (25K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
Oct 19, 2008
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1928–2008
A prolific storyteller who moved effortlessly between hard-boiled mysteries, science fiction, and imaginative historical fiction, Stephen Marlowe created the globe-trotting detective Chester Drum and reimagined the lives of literary and historical figures.
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