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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
We had cold snaps but they were different. I don't recall polar vortices penetrating as far south growing up, it was never a thing in the news like it is expected to come now every year just like summer smoke season.
Changes in temperature differences can make the polar vortex expand to more southern latitudes. While this phenomenon occurs naturally, climate change is expected to impact the frequency and severity of polar vortex events.
https://www.eesi.org/briefings/view/...ortex%20events. |
Honestly, growing up I had no idea whether parts of the mid-west or south were getting super cold temperatures. I just think that's part of being a kid (or whatever).
One thing about the span of media (and not just social media, but more national and global coverage overall) is that we hear all the bad news stories more frequently. When the coverage is all local, there are just less bad news stories that are extreme, so it seems infrequent. But on a national and global scale you see/hear these things all the time and things seem so much worse. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but it can definitely feel worse just because of recency bias.