The Vortex Update

True to form as predicted, the Rush of Wind on the radio claimed the polar vortex was something liberals made up for this week.  Today Show meteorologist Al Roker tweeted a copy of the 1959 definition, a clear example of ultra liberal time travel, or an Obamabot rewriting history.

Andy Borowitz at the New Yorker headlined: 

Polar Vortex Causes Hundreds of Injuries as People Making Snide Remarks About Climate Change Are Punched in Face

However, there were some new words added to my vocabulary as a result of the vortex weather, like freezing fog and frost quakes.  Frost quakes were reported not only in Ontario but in Maine, Wisconsin and Ohio. Hint: not a breakfast cereal. 

Meanwhile, the polar vortex-delivered Arctic-like weather killed at least a score of people, cost the U.S. $5 billion in lost revenue, and was responsible for the lowest temperatures so far this century for a number of U.S. cities.  All 50 states experienced freezing temps at some point this week.