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Meteorologists, please stop the fearmongering (2019)
On Wednesday morning, Jan. 30, ever present on the Weather Channel’s screen to the right of meteorologist Jim Cantore reporting from Super Bowl headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, were the words “Frozen America: Life-threatening cold grips the U.S.” “It’s going to be dangerous out there,” fellow meteorologist Stephanie Abrams said, showing the cold air mass over a map of the U.S. with the headline below her, “79% of Americans below freezing this a..
On Wednesday morning, Jan. 30, ever present on the Weather Channel’s screen to the right of meteorologist Jim Cantore reporting from Super Bowl headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, were the words “Frozen America: Life-threatening cold grips the U.S.” According to the National Weather Service, the polar vortex is always there; it’s a “large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both of the Earth’s poles.” It weakens in the summer and strengthens in the winter. We searched the New York State Historic Newspapers website from 1813 until 2007 and found only 13 instances of the term polar vortex used (one was in a crossword puzzle, so we didn’t count it).
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