02360cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500250014626400510017130000470022233600260026933700260029533800360032149000480035750000310040550800960043652012560053253400740178865300200186265300180188265300310190083000480193185600430197968827UtSlPG20260610134606.0mcr n260607r20221948utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMerwin, Sam, Jr.,d1910-199610aClimate—disordered 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2022  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Startling Stories, March 1948  aRelease date is 2022-08-24  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Climate—disordered" by Carter Sprague is a satirical science fiction story published in the mid-20th century. The narrative centers on a public relations expert, Wiley Cordes, who devises a scheme to manipulate weather patterns to create snowstorms over a rival resort city, Burden Bay. The underlying topic explores themes of competition, ethics, and the lengths to which individuals may go for success in the business world.  In the story, Wiley Cordes is hired by the Chamber of Commerce in Wheedonville by the Sea to increase its tourist trade, which has suffered due to a series of unfortunate events impacting the town. Utilizing his expertise in promotion, he decides to artificially induce snow in Burden Bay to divert attention and vacationers to Wheedonville. For a time, his plan succeeds, and the town enjoys a thriving tourist season at the expense of Burden Bay. However, Cordes's success is short-lived; eventually, his tactics backfire when the rival town adopts his weather manipulation idea for themselves, leaving Cordes and Wheedonville out in the cold, both literally and figuratively. The story offers a humorous yet cautionary look at ambition and rivalry in the resort industry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited States: Better Publications, Inc., 1948  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aSeaside resorts -- Fiction 0aProduced from Startling Stories, March 194840uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68827