Surprise. The Polar Vortex is basically a round circulation of air at the north and south poles. It stays pretty round until something disrupts it. Right now, some ACTUAL scientists believe electromagnetic anomalies, or rather souped up EM behaviors, are the reason the north polar vortex is currently misshapen. Stay with me now; I’m engaging my nerd science urge, which rules my life all the time. But I have to keep it in check because most people’s eyes glaze over if you mention science. If you’re still here: MY PEOPLE!!!

So what. Well, if the circulation of air, moving pretty fast, breaks format, all of the other weather around it is affected. If the circle breaks towards the south, sort of droops down, all of the surrounding weather, including Canadian cold as crap weather, gets pushed down. It’s like it was shoved. THAT’S what’s happening to us right now in NC. It’s what happened to TX a couple of years ago. It’s not a mere ‘Alberta Clipper’. It’s the effects of the disorganized polar vortex making all of us miserable. It is NOT global warming. Huge eye roll.

The polar vortex is STILL AT THE POLE, it’s just misshapen. Now don’t start talking about global warming, to be said with a loud whiney voice. It’s not that. If you believe the ACTUAL scientists, it’s happening because of a blast of electromagnetic radiation from the SUN. This could last right into Spring. Won’t this be fun. All I worry about is 1) electricity bill; 2) my cats getting too cold; and 3) roof collapsing. Not in that order; cats come first. If we get three feet of snow, the roof thing could actually become reality.

I’m writing this riveting blog about weather because I recently said, “We don’t have a polar vortex in the Southeast!” And well, that person just didn’t believe me. But no, the vortex is right where it’s supposed to be; it’s just been zapped. Good news: it will reform into that nice tight circle. When it’s good and ready.

Now about the sun. (Are you still here?) One day, the sun is going to explode and engulf Earth. You know that, right? Relax, it’s going to be millions of years from now. Meanwhile it’s a huge ball of gas, really HOT gas, and it is not perfectly round nor perfectly predictable. Occasionally it has a tantrum and when it does, we feel the effects of it, and isn’t it amazing that it’s not by feeling hot? LOL. No, it’s ice, snow, disrupted electronic devices, wonky internet…stuff like that. And that’s what’s happening now.

So stay warm, try to keep out the cold as much as possible, protect your pets, FEED THE BIRDS (and give them water in the form of water, which takes some work). If it does snow a lot, take a walk in it, because it’s good for the soul.