Originally Posted by
alan s
First it was Global Warming. Now it's Climate Change. Next thing it's going to be Global Cooling. Don't forget about the named winter storms. The marketing folks have to get your attention somehow. It's just a branding strategy to get more viewers and greater advertising revenue. Call it what you like, but the Polar Vortex is just cold air.
Actually, what is happening is that a monster typhoon, Nuri, is hitting the Aleutians and will disrupt the Jet Stream with the result that a flood of cold air will spill down from Canada and invade the Midwest and East Coast. This is not a common occurrence