I just arrived back home from a few days in Destin, Florida – while not hot there is was great  64-71 degrees – nice enough to be on the beach.

 Then reality set in on Sunday night that we had to head back to Illinois.  We turned on the weather channel in the condo we were occupying – and the news hit………….

POLAR VORTEX ---- WINTER STORM ASTRO ON THE WAY!!!! 

When did we start naming winter storms??  This is just a snow event – not an icy tornado, or a snow hurricane. But my God they made it sound horrific –talking about the vortex and the polar air invasion. Seriously you nitwits??  It’s called winter.  We’ve been having it for ages. Ok, so it’s a little early – the winter solstice is not until December 21 but for fucksake – I live in the Midwest we can go from summer to winter in a 24 hour period. In May. Or October. This is not an alarming event.

Well, it might be to Al Gore – you know global warming and all – this doesn’t bode well for that theory. 

So there you have it – winter is here a little early, but remember we have entire channels dedicated to winter – so we have to make it exciting, alarming and exhilarating. Let it be known that I am going to call this event SNOWNADO. I am also going to announce that I just coined that term. It sounds so scary! We have sensationalized the weather so much that I don’t think people actually even pay attention when it could be life threatening. We are too busy with stupid crap like this. 

So THE POLAR VORTEX IS DESCENDING ON US……………………..TAKE COVER!!!

Or go about your normal business and when someone mention the polar vortex to you simply say “It’s called winter you stupid mother fucker”. 

Love,

The Gym Bytch