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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Climate--disordered - -Author: Carter Sprague - -Release Date: August 24, 2022 [eBook #68827] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CLIMATE--DISORDERED *** - - - - - - Climate--Disordered - - By CARTER SPRAGUE - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Startling Stories, March 1948. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -The President of the Chamber of Commerce of Wheedonville by the Sea -was stately and rather terrifying in his measured wrath. Nor was his -peroration against the dapper young-old man who sat at the foot of the -long mahogany conference table lessened by the knowledge that he had -the full support of the rest of that august body. - -But Wiley Cordes, on whom all this anger was focussed, appeared -singularly uncowed by the disfavor in which he basked. As a seasoned -resort promotion expert he was not unacquainted with municipal ire. So -many unforeseen factors could send resort trade swarming to the wrong -resort--as had happened in this case. - -Having talked himself into the fat job of putting Wheedonville on the -map as the sea-side town where vacationers would have the amusement -world at their feet, he had been forced to sit by and watch the bulk of -the available tourist vacation trade pass to Burden Bay, sixty miles -to the south. It was too bad, of course, but a fellow could only do so -much. - -"... and despite your definite assurance--in fact your promise--that -retail trade in Wheedonville by the Sea would pick up a minimum of -twenty-five per cent, in the year you entered the employment of this -Chamber, it has decreased by more than thirty per cent. In this -same period the retail trade in Burden Bay has risen by almost forty -per cent. I and the Chamber whose spokesman I am would appreciate an -explanation." - -Gathering the skirts of his morning coat carefully to avoid unsightly -wrinkles, the President sat down. The silence which followed his -sonorous harangue could have been scooped up with a spatula. Eight -pairs of eyes remained fixed with suspicion upon the object of his -address. - -With a sigh, Wiley Cordes got to his feet. Hands in pockets he leaned -against the table, jingling the change and keys his fingers found. He -was going to have to make this good or be out of a very soft, high -paying job. Fortunately, he had an idea. - -"When I undertook to lift your resort trade here in Wheedonville by the -Sea above that of Burden Bay," he began with an air of good humor that -drew no response from the grave men listening to him, "I could not, of -course, foresee that Mrs. Quinlan in our rival metropolis was going to -give birth to quintuplets." - -He paused, let it sink in. "Nor could I look into a crystal ball and -learn that Wheedonville by the Sea was going to be cursed with five -straight weeks of fog and rain at the height of the season. And it is -hardly my fault that the Burden Coastal Oil Refineries should bring in -five gushers." - -"Granted, Cordes," said the President, speaking without arising. "But -we cannot continue indefinitely against such buffets of fortune--not -and pay twenty-five thousand dollars a year for protection against ill -luck--without receiving an iota of protection." - -"Your sentiments touch me deeply," said Cordes. "And I should not have -been worthy of your more than generous salary if I had not studied the -problem thoroughly and come to this meeting with a plan which should -speedily put an end to the difficulties under which all of us have been -laboring." - -Cordes paused to let this sink in. He knew, as do all talented pitch -men, when he had his audience hooked. The expression in the eight pairs -of eyes upon him was still uniform--but it flashed a uniformity of hope. - -"Gentlemen," he went on, "the summer season draws rapidly to its close. -It has not been successful. But Wheedonville by the Sea and Burden Bay -have both built their reputations as resort cities, much like that of -Atlantic City, upon the warmth of climate and water in fall and spring. -I propose to make Wheedonville by the Sea the only mild-weather resort -in this entire section of coastline." - -"And just how do you propose to do this?" asked one of the members, -his interest aroused above his incredulity. In simple words Wiley -Cordes told them. At first there were a few protests upon humanitarian -grounds. But they were not enduring. After all the Chamber of Commerce -was a collection of hard-headed businessmen. Furthermore they were -hard-pressed businessmen. Their ultimate approval was unanimous, as was -their vow to mutual secrecy. There was little else they could do. - - * * * * * - -Cold weather was a factor in Cordes' scheme. But cold weather descends -in occasional unseasonable snaps upon the balmiest of resort climate. -Even in Florida and Texas there has been snow during recent years. For -once the luck ran for Cordes and his quasi-desperate employers. - -Early upon a morning in late September, less than a week after the -showdown meeting, a plane took off, not from the Wheedonville Municipal -Airport but from a private field that lurked less prosperously and -publicly in the resort city's villa-studded suburbs. - -The plane, a converted Mitchell B-25 AAF bomber, was piloted by -Wiley Cordes himself--aviation was among his numerous personal -accomplishments. There were bombs in the bomb bay--but bombs of a type -not yet seen in war. Millions of pellets of dry ice were so stowed away -that they could be sowed high in the atmosphere by continued pressure -upon a release trigger in the cockpit. - -The cloud formations were just right--with heavy layers above the -target area and little wind. The temperature, in the high thirties -at ground level, was below zero two miles up. After getting a sight -through the cloud strata, Wiley Cordes began to sow his snow. - -Back and forth he flew for the better part of an hour, bombarding the -clouds with ice pellets to make snow. He had timed his flight with care -so that no other plane would be aloft when he reached the sky above the -rival Burden Bay resort--no others took off once the snow storm began. -Incoming planes were routed to Wheedonville by the Sea. - -Wiley Cordes listened to the reports on his radio as he flew back to -the secluded airport outside of Wheedonville. From the tenor of the -announcers it was clearly evident that no one suspected the snowstorm -had been deliberately induced by the hand of man. After taxiing his -ex-bomber into the hangar, he got out of flying togs and drove to the -Wheedonville City Club, where the members of the Chamber of Commerce -were waiting. - -If the mood of their previous meeting had been glum, today joy was -unconfined. Old whiskey was brought out, and a special banquet served -by close-mouthed club attendants. The radio was left on, and each -report of the inexplicable snowstorm which had brought a halt to the -Burden Bay autumn season was the occasion for a toast. - -"The man who really deserves our thanks," said the President, lifting -his glass to Wiley Cordes. A chorus of "Hear, hear" greeted his salute. -Wiley, entering into the spirit of the occasion, waxed enthusiastic -when he was given the floor after cigars were passed. - -"It is my belief," he went on, "that by repeatedly inducing snow -to fall over our neighbor city I can ultimately reduce its mean -temperature by the very emanation of cold from the snow covered ground -to a point where it will remain colder than normal throughout the fall, -winter and spring. - -"Furthermore," he added, his well-preserved face alight with optimism, -"I see no reason why we should limit ourselves to snowstorms. The same -dry ice treatment, given to the right cloud formation above Burden Bay -when opportunity offers, should produce a certain percentage of rainy -weekends and holidays. I can truthfully say that our worries are over." - -"Keep it up, and you'll find a welcome surprise in your pay envelope, -Wiley," said the President, beaming. The arrival of the afternoon -papers from Burden Bay was the signal to cease all speech making for a -good gloat. - -The journalists of Wheedonville by the Sea's ancient rival, beneath -a commendable effort to gloss over the disaster, were really crying -catastrophe. Coming without warning, the baby blizzard--for it had -amounted almost to that--had literally caught them with their plants -down. - -Damage, it was hinted in stories hastily killed for later editions, -would almost certainly run high into millions. Hotel reservations for -the usually equable autumn months were already being canceled. As if to -prove it never snowed but it poured, the Oil Refinery chose that day -to announce the failure of a sixth gusher and resultant passing of a -dividend. - -Three days later, when clouds again moved in on the coastline, Wiley -Cordes took to the air with another load of dry ice pellets. And once -again he did his dirty work undetected and with disastrous results for -Burden Bay. - -On his third trip, because of a low current of warm air of whose -existence he was not informed, Wiley came in with a rain storm that -washed away most of the snow. But his fourth, fifth and sixth one-plane -raids more than made up for this lapse. - - * * * * * - -Wiley Cordes and Wheedonville by the Sea were riding high. Hotels were -packed and concessions were booming. The public relations expert found -his salary raised an added hundred dollars a week. There was laughter -at a Chamber meeting over a Burden Bay picture release showing a couple -of pretty girls in ski clothes backed by a slide made of the defunct -oil gushers. - -"I'll get the chorus of Mike Todd's new musical down here next weekend -and put them on water skis in bathing suits," promised the laughing -Wiley Cordes. Of course he knew it could not last forever. But he saw -no reason for the run of good fortune to come to an early end. He had -planned and executed his scheme too well. - -So he was not pleased to discover another plane above the clouds on his -next trip over Burden Bay. Still, it was something that had to happen. -He merely cruised on innocently and was relieved when the other ship--a -big four-motored flying boxcar--disappeared through the clouds. Then he -swung back and did his stuff. - -[Illustration: There was another plane above the clouds over Burden -Bay.] - -He saw the plane on three more occasions as he placed snowstorms -accurately over hapless Burden Bay and its presence began to worry him. -But the pilot gave no indication that he knew what Wiley was up to and -the discreet young public relations counsellor decided not to mention -it to the men who were backing his scheme. - -As a result of this step and of his own pre-occupation with promoting -the balmy atmosphere of Wheedonville by the Sea, he was really caught -off-guard when disaster finally struck. As fall merged into winter the -reservations totals for Wheedonville hotels fell off far more sharply -than it should have--especially with Burden Bay out of the picture. - -It was the President of the Chamber of Commerce who broke the news to -Wiley Cordes, after summoning him to his office in early December. -There he simply tossed a telegram at his high powered promoter. No -words were needed to explain his mood--it was evident enough from the -jut of his beetling gray brows and the bayonet-angle of his Corona -Corona. - -"Read this," he said laconically. "Read it and pack." - -Startled, Wiley complied, felt himself go gray and sick and shaky as he -scanned the contents of the wire. - -It read: - - TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHEEDONVILLE BY THE SEA THANK YOU STOP - ESPECIAL THANKS TO WILEY CORDES FOR TRIPLING OUR OFF-SEASON RESORT - TRADE STOP HIS SNOWMAKING FLIGHTS NO LONGER NEEDED STOP WE HAVE - ADOPTED IDEA OURSELVES STOP ONCE AGAIN THANKS FROM THE ONLY SKI - RESORT ON THE COAST STOP COME AND TRY OUR NEW RUNS AT OUR EXPENSE - AS SMALL RETURN FOR YOUR FAVOR STOP BURDEN BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CLIMATE--DISORDERED *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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Nor was his -peroration against the dapper young-old man who sat at the foot of the -long mahogany conference table lessened by the knowledge that he had -the full support of the rest of that august body.</p> - -<p>But Wiley Cordes, on whom all this anger was focussed, appeared -singularly uncowed by the disfavor in which he basked. As a seasoned -resort promotion expert he was not unacquainted with municipal ire. So -many unforeseen factors could send resort trade swarming to the wrong -resort—as had happened in this case.</p> - -<p>Having talked himself into the fat job of putting Wheedonville on the -map as the sea-side town where vacationers would have the amusement -world at their feet, he had been forced to sit by and watch the bulk of -the available tourist vacation trade pass to Burden Bay, sixty miles -to the south. It was too bad, of course, but a fellow could only do so -much.</p> - -<p>"... and despite your definite assurance—in fact your promise—that -retail trade in Wheedonville by the Sea would pick up a minimum of -twenty-five per cent, in the year you entered the employment of this -Chamber, it has decreased by more than thirty per cent. In this -same period the retail trade in Burden Bay has risen by almost forty -per cent. I and the Chamber whose spokesman I am would appreciate an -explanation."</p> - -<p>Gathering the skirts of his morning coat carefully to avoid unsightly -wrinkles, the President sat down. The silence which followed his -sonorous harangue could have been scooped up with a spatula. Eight -pairs of eyes remained fixed with suspicion upon the object of his -address.</p> - -<p>With a sigh, Wiley Cordes got to his feet. Hands in pockets he leaned -against the table, jingling the change and keys his fingers found. He -was going to have to make this good or be out of a very soft, high -paying job. Fortunately, he had an idea.</p> - -<p>"When I undertook to lift your resort trade here in Wheedonville by the -Sea above that of Burden Bay," he began with an air of good humor that -drew no response from the grave men listening to him, "I could not, of -course, foresee that Mrs. Quinlan in our rival metropolis was going to -give birth to quintuplets."</p> - -<p>He paused, let it sink in. "Nor could I look into a crystal ball and -learn that Wheedonville by the Sea was going to be cursed with five -straight weeks of fog and rain at the height of the season. And it is -hardly my fault that the Burden Coastal Oil Refineries should bring in -five gushers."</p> - -<p>"Granted, Cordes," said the President, speaking without arising. "But -we cannot continue indefinitely against such buffets of fortune—not -and pay twenty-five thousand dollars a year for protection against ill -luck—without receiving an iota of protection."</p> - -<p>"Your sentiments touch me deeply," said Cordes. "And I should not have -been worthy of your more than generous salary if I had not studied the -problem thoroughly and come to this meeting with a plan which should -speedily put an end to the difficulties under which all of us have been -laboring."</p> - -<p>Cordes paused to let this sink in. He knew, as do all talented pitch -men, when he had his audience hooked. The expression in the eight pairs -of eyes upon him was still uniform—but it flashed a uniformity of hope.</p> - -<p>"Gentlemen," he went on, "the summer season draws rapidly to its close. -It has not been successful. But Wheedonville by the Sea and Burden Bay -have both built their reputations as resort cities, much like that of -Atlantic City, upon the warmth of climate and water in fall and spring. -I propose to make Wheedonville by the Sea the only mild-weather resort -in this entire section of coastline."</p> - -<p>"And just how do you propose to do this?" asked one of the members, -his interest aroused above his incredulity. In simple words Wiley -Cordes told them. At first there were a few protests upon humanitarian -grounds. But they were not enduring. After all the Chamber of Commerce -was a collection of hard-headed businessmen. Furthermore they were -hard-pressed businessmen. Their ultimate approval was unanimous, as was -their vow to mutual secrecy. There was little else they could do.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Cold weather was a factor in Cordes' scheme. But cold weather descends -in occasional unseasonable snaps upon the balmiest of resort climate. -Even in Florida and Texas there has been snow during recent years. For -once the luck ran for Cordes and his quasi-desperate employers.</p> - -<p>Early upon a morning in late September, less than a week after the -showdown meeting, a plane took off, not from the Wheedonville Municipal -Airport but from a private field that lurked less prosperously and -publicly in the resort city's villa-studded suburbs.</p> - -<p>The plane, a converted Mitchell B-25 AAF bomber, was piloted by -Wiley Cordes himself—aviation was among his numerous personal -accomplishments. There were bombs in the bomb bay—but bombs of a type -not yet seen in war. Millions of pellets of dry ice were so stowed away -that they could be sowed high in the atmosphere by continued pressure -upon a release trigger in the cockpit.</p> - -<p>The cloud formations were just right—with heavy layers above the -target area and little wind. The temperature, in the high thirties -at ground level, was below zero two miles up. After getting a sight -through the cloud strata, Wiley Cordes began to sow his snow.</p> - -<p>Back and forth he flew for the better part of an hour, bombarding the -clouds with ice pellets to make snow. He had timed his flight with care -so that no other plane would be aloft when he reached the sky above the -rival Burden Bay resort—no others took off once the snow storm began. -Incoming planes were routed to Wheedonville by the Sea.</p> - -<p>Wiley Cordes listened to the reports on his radio as he flew back to -the secluded airport outside of Wheedonville. From the tenor of the -announcers it was clearly evident that no one suspected the snowstorm -had been deliberately induced by the hand of man. After taxiing his -ex-bomber into the hangar, he got out of flying togs and drove to the -Wheedonville City Club, where the members of the Chamber of Commerce -were waiting.</p> - -<p>If the mood of their previous meeting had been glum, today joy was -unconfined. Old whiskey was brought out, and a special banquet served -by close-mouthed club attendants. The radio was left on, and each -report of the inexplicable snowstorm which had brought a halt to the -Burden Bay autumn season was the occasion for a toast.</p> - -<p>"The man who really deserves our thanks," said the President, lifting -his glass to Wiley Cordes. A chorus of "Hear, hear" greeted his salute. -Wiley, entering into the spirit of the occasion, waxed enthusiastic -when he was given the floor after cigars were passed.</p> - -<p>"It is my belief," he went on, "that by repeatedly inducing snow -to fall over our neighbor city I can ultimately reduce its mean -temperature by the very emanation of cold from the snow covered ground -to a point where it will remain colder than normal throughout the fall, -winter and spring.</p> - -<p>"Furthermore," he added, his well-preserved face alight with optimism, -"I see no reason why we should limit ourselves to snowstorms. The same -dry ice treatment, given to the right cloud formation above Burden Bay -when opportunity offers, should produce a certain percentage of rainy -weekends and holidays. I can truthfully say that our worries are over."</p> - -<p>"Keep it up, and you'll find a welcome surprise in your pay envelope, -Wiley," said the President, beaming. The arrival of the afternoon -papers from Burden Bay was the signal to cease all speech making for a -good gloat.</p> - -<p>The journalists of Wheedonville by the Sea's ancient rival, beneath -a commendable effort to gloss over the disaster, were really crying -catastrophe. Coming without warning, the baby blizzard—for it had -amounted almost to that—had literally caught them with their plants -down.</p> - -<p>Damage, it was hinted in stories hastily killed for later editions, -would almost certainly run high into millions. Hotel reservations for -the usually equable autumn months were already being canceled. As if to -prove it never snowed but it poured, the Oil Refinery chose that day -to announce the failure of a sixth gusher and resultant passing of a -dividend.</p> - -<p>Three days later, when clouds again moved in on the coastline, Wiley -Cordes took to the air with another load of dry ice pellets. And once -again he did his dirty work undetected and with disastrous results for -Burden Bay.</p> - -<p>On his third trip, because of a low current of warm air of whose -existence he was not informed, Wiley came in with a rain storm that -washed away most of the snow. But his fourth, fifth and sixth one-plane -raids more than made up for this lapse.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Wiley Cordes and Wheedonville by the Sea were riding high. Hotels were -packed and concessions were booming. The public relations expert found -his salary raised an added hundred dollars a week. There was laughter -at a Chamber meeting over a Burden Bay picture release showing a couple -of pretty girls in ski clothes backed by a slide made of the defunct -oil gushers.</p> - -<p>"I'll get the chorus of Mike Todd's new musical down here next weekend -and put them on water skis in bathing suits," promised the laughing -Wiley Cordes. Of course he knew it could not last forever. But he saw -no reason for the run of good fortune to come to an early end. He had -planned and executed his scheme too well.</p> - -<p>So he was not pleased to discover another plane above the clouds on his -next trip over Burden Bay. Still, it was something that had to happen. -He merely cruised on innocently and was relieved when the other ship—a -big four-motored flying boxcar—disappeared through the clouds. Then he -swung back and did his stuff.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> - <div class="caption"> - <p>There was another plane above the clouds over Burden Bay.</p> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>He saw the plane on three more occasions as he placed snowstorms -accurately over hapless Burden Bay and its presence began to worry him. -But the pilot gave no indication that he knew what Wiley was up to and -the discreet young public relations counsellor decided not to mention -it to the men who were backing his scheme.</p> - -<p>As a result of this step and of his own pre-occupation with promoting -the balmy atmosphere of Wheedonville by the Sea, he was really caught -off-guard when disaster finally struck. As fall merged into winter the -reservations totals for Wheedonville hotels fell off far more sharply -than it should have—especially with Burden Bay out of the picture.</p> - -<p>It was the President of the Chamber of Commerce who broke the news to -Wiley Cordes, after summoning him to his office in early December. -There he simply tossed a telegram at his high powered promoter. No -words were needed to explain his mood—it was evident enough from the -jut of his beetling gray brows and the bayonet-angle of his Corona -Corona.</p> - -<p>"Read this," he said laconically. "Read it and pack."</p> - -<p>Startled, Wiley complied, felt himself go gray and sick and shaky as he -scanned the contents of the wire.</p> - -<p>It read:</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> -<p>TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHEEDONVILLE BY THE SEA THANK YOU STOP ESPECIAL -THANKS TO WILEY CORDES FOR TRIPLING OUR OFF-SEASON RESORT TRADE STOP -HIS SNOWMAKING FLIGHTS NO LONGER NEEDED STOP WE HAVE ADOPTED IDEA -OURSELVES STOP ONCE AGAIN THANKS FROM THE ONLY SKI RESORT ON THE COAST -STOP COME AND TRY OUR NEW RUNS AT OUR EXPENSE AS SMALL RETURN FOR YOUR -FAVOR STOP BURDEN BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.</p></div> - -<div style='display:block; margin-top:4em'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CLIMATE--DISORDERED ***</div> -<div style='text-align:left'> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will -be renamed. -</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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