Susan 'Stormi' Chambless

' Susan Gayle Weiser Chambless', also known as "Stormi" was an American poet associated with the Hippie movement, was born May 17, 1947, birthplace, Inyokern, California, passed away at the age of 54 on August 11, 2001. She was the daughter of Peter Byng Weiser and Marion Weiser, and ex-wife of Floyd Donald Chambless. Involved in many Poetry readings and Poetry festivals, such as one listed online for April 20, 1978: "POETRY FESTiVAL. Thursday, April 20, 1978. Charles Winter Wood ..... James L. Bruton. Susan Chambless. Joseph Bullard. Dorothy Clifford..."

Poet of the Hippies
She is remembered most for declaring an end to the Summer of Love in 1967. According to poet Susan 'Stormi' Chambless, the hippies buried an effigy of a hippie in the Panhandle to demonstrate the end of his/her reign. Haight-Ashbury could not accommodate the influx of crowds (mostly naive youngsters) with no place to live.