title: The Cool Story Behind Snow (Science of Fun Stuff)
author: Joe Rao
description: Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New Yorks Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for <i>Natural History</i> magazine, the <i>Farmers Almanac</i>, Space.com, as well as many other publications. He is also anon-camera meteorologist for News 12 Westchester, New York. In 2015 he was voted Best Local Television Personality by the readers of Westchester Magazine. Joe was also nominated for an Emmy in 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2016 for On-Camera Achievement. Joe, his wife Renate, and their two children Joseph and Maria, reside in Putnam County, New York.
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  THE ABOMINABLE  
  SNOWMAN OF PASADENA
  
    
  
  Goosebumps - 38
  
  R.L. Stine
  
  (An Undead Scan v1.5)
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  All my life, I’ve wanted to see snow.
  
  My name is Jordan Blake. My life has been twelve years of sun, sand, and
  chlorine. I’d never felt cold, ever—unless you count air-conditioned
  supermarkets. And I don’t. It doesn’t snow in the supermarket.
  
  I’d never felt cold, that is, until the adventure.
  
  Some people think I’m a lucky guy to live in Pasadena, California, where it’s
  always sunny and warm. It’s okay, I guess. But if you’ve never seen snow, it
  seems like something out of a science-fiction movie.
  
  Fluffy white frozen water that falls out of the sky? It piles up on the
  ground, and you can make forts and snowmen and snowballs out of it? You have
  to admit it sounds weird.
  
  One day, my wish came true. I got to see snow at last. And it turned out to be
  weirder than I thought.
  
  Way weirder.
  
  “Pay attention, kids. This is going to be cool.”
  
  Dad’s face glowed under the 