He spent years in a cave studying New England snowstorms. His birthday and Christmas presents were all weather books. The Ludlum series was his favorite until of course the KU book was released. At night his elf mother sang him nursery rhymes. Here is one.
Wee Willie Schwartz runs through the town,
Upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown;
Rapping at the window, crying through the lock,
“Look out the window the blizzards starting to rock.”