The great Los Angeles blizzard: A novel

The great Los Angeles blizzard: A novel by Racina, Thom. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780399120336.

While the rest of America struggled to survive the Big Freeze of 1977, Angelinos flocked to the beaches, enjoying temperatures that ranged from the 80s to the 90s. But now, several years later, Los Angeles is facing the ultimate disaster. Refusing to accept the predictions of a farsighted meteorologist, city officials and citizens alike watch with delighted wonderment the first flakes of snow. But the dazzling flurries, swept by Arctic gales, build to drifts that begin to choke the life of the woefully unprepared city. Relentlessly battered by a devastating storm, the citys freeways become impassable. Looters roam the streets. First, telephone service falters; then electricity and gas supplies abruptly cease. Thom Racina skillfully weaves the human story element—tragic and comic—together with the overwhelming drama of the snow that will not stop. The Great Los Angeles Blizzard is a novel so realistic you have to remind yourself it hasnt happened—yet.