Most of us hadn’t heard of such a thing as a polar vortex before this week, and it didn’t make anyone smarter when CNN told us that the United States of America had been sucked into one. NBC’s Al Roker decided to drag out the 1959 edition of the American Meteorology Society Glossary of Meteorology to set everyone straight.
For all the doubters who say the media "created" the Polar Vortex: From the 1959 AMS Glossary of Meteorology http://t.co/x2Nyw0jx3j—
Al Roker (@alroker) January 07, 2014
@alroker meteorologist for the winnnn!—
Greg Docekal (@RollTide712) January 07, 2014
@alroker #shakethehatersoff—
Chester Lampkin (@chester_lampkin) January 07, 2014
@alroker Way to go, Al—
Alfred Sandy (@AlfredSandy) January 07, 2014
@alroker The old 55 year-old weather conspiracy again, eh?!?—
YourMilwaukeeDining (@YourMKEDining) January 07, 2014
If the polar vertex has been around that long, maybe it’s a bit premature to link this one to global warming.
