Al Roker proves 'polar vortex' isn't a modern media creation

Most of us hadn’t heard of such a thing as a polar vortex before this week, and it didn’t make anyone smarter when CNN told us that the United States of America had been sucked into one. NBC’s Al Roker decided to drag out the 1959 edition of the American Meteorology Society Glossary of Meteorology to set everyone straight.

For all the doubters who say the media "created" the Polar Vortex: From the 1959 AMS Glossary of Meteorology pic.twitter.com/x2Nyw0jx3j

— Al Roker (@alroker) January 7, 2014

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@alroker #shakethehatersoff

— Chester Lampkin WUSA 9 (@chesterlampkin) January 7, 2014

@alroker Way to go, Al

— Alfred Sandy (@AlfredSandy) January 7, 2014

@alroker The old 55 year-old weather conspiracy again, eh?!?

— YourMilwaukeeDining (@YourMKEDining) January 7, 2014

If the polar vertex has been around that long, maybe it’s a bit premature to link this one to global warming.