When a lake effect snowstorm forces a close-knit group of college students to spend a night in a dorm lounge, one friend shares a theory - everyone has a distinct moment in their life that transforms them into adults. The youthful idealists dismiss the concept, but 15 years later the memory challenges one to travel across the country, renew relationships and test the premise. His encounters may shock, enlighten and cause you to ask What was your moment?'' Reading The Lake Effect'' won't change your life but will remind you what did.