Polar Vortex brings near record cold temps this winter

karrie

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It,s normally called a trough or arctic low but vortex sounds way cooler on the news.

PS they happen every winter.


Hubby said it this morning in his best B movie announcer voice, Polar.... Vortex. It did sound WAY cooler.
 

petros

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Calling an Arctic low or Arctic trough a Polar Vortex and blaming it on global warming is f*cking pathetic.

Some of us in Canada get them 10 times a winter and are nothing new.
 

EagleSmack

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Calling an Arctic low or Arctic trough a Polar Vortex and blaming it on global warming is f*cking pathetic.

Some of us in Canada get them 10 times a winter and are nothing new.

Petros... what else could they do? The congregation is looking up to their Pastors looking for answers to this dreaded, frigid, record breaking winter.
 

mentalfloss

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Calling an Arctic low or Arctic trough a Polar Vortex and blaming it on global warming is f*cking pathetic.

Some of us in Canada get them 10 times a winter and are nothing new.

This latest chill is partly caused by the polar vortex but I never said it was definitely caused by global warming, nor do I care about Suzuki, Gore or political activists who want to enforce immediate policy changes.

Just goes to show some of you guys are living in black and white and refuse to discuss the actual science on the matter.
 

EagleSmack

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This latest chill is partly caused by the polar vortex but I never said it was definitely caused by global warming, nor do I care about Suzuki, Gore or political activists who want to enforce immediate policy changes.

Just goes to show some of you guys are living in black and white and refuse to discuss the actual science on the matter.

You just happen to pick six articles blaming this polar vortex on Global Warming.

Gotcha

 

mentalfloss

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You just happen to pick six articles blaming this polar vortex on Global Warming.

Gotcha


Actually everyone of those say the vortex 'may' contribute. In fact many of them state that most scientists are still skeptical of the theory.

 

darkbeaver

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This latest chill is partly caused by the polar vortex but I never said it was definitely caused by global warming, nor do I care about Suzuki, Gore or political activists who want to enforce immediate policy changes.

Just goes to show some of you guys are living in black and white and refuse to discuss the actual science on the matter.

Ah ha! finally the root of the matter "actual science" there are two! Mission and independent. If you were intent on lowering the global population to manageable numbers would you warn that population of the nature of said catastrophic change or would you steer them 180 degrees away and thereby improve the efficiency of the project?
MIA MIA MIA MIA MIA I am investing heavily in mittens and long underwear.

Most scientists are enslaved to the machine. You can't trust them unless you pay them.
 

Locutus

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You do the polar vortex
and you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about.