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Nothing scary or mysterious
about circumpolar vortex
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TODAY IN HISTORY
On this date:
In 1813, British troops burned Buffalo, New York, during the
War of 1812.
In 1860,10 days after South Carolina seceded from the Union,
the state militia seized the United States Arsenal in
Charleston.
In 1916, Grigory Rasputin, the so-called “Mad Monk” who
wielded considerable influence with Czar Nicholas II, was
killed by a group of Russian noblemen in St. Petersburg.
In 1922, Vladimir Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which lasted nearly seven
decades before dissolving in December 1991.
In 1936, the United Auto Workers union staged its first “sit-
down” strike at the General Motors Fisher Body Plant No. 1 in
Flint, Michigan. (The strike lasted until Feb. 11,1937.)
In 1940, California’s first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway
connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened
by Gov. Culbert L. Olson.
In 1965, Ferdinand Marcos was inaugurated for his first term
as president of the Philippines.
In 1979, Broadway composer Richard Rodgers died in New
York at age 77.
BIRTHDAYS
Actor RussTamblyn is 84.
Baseball Hall of Famer
Sandy Koufax is 83. Folk
singer Noel Paul Stookey
is 81. TV director Janies
Buitows is 78. Actor Fred
Ward is 76. Singer-mu
sician Michael Nesmith is
76. Actress ConcettaTomei
is 73. Singer Patti Smith is
72. Rock singer-musician
Jeff Lynne is 71. TV per
sonality Meredith Vieira
is 65. Actress Sheryl Lee
Ralph is 63. Actress Patri
cia Kalember is 62. Coun
try singer Suzy Bogguss
is 62. Former “Today”
show co-host Matt Lauer
is 61. Actress-comedian
Tracey Ullman is 59. Rock
musician Rob Hotchkiss
is 58. Radio-TV com
mentator Sean Hannity is
57. Sprinter Ben Johnson
is 57. Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo is 55.
WEATHER
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Temperature
High/low
61°48°
Normal high/low
49733°
Record high
72° in 1984
Record low
10° in 1925
Precipitation (in inches)
24 hrs. ending 5 p.m. yest.
Month to date
0.00
11.38
Normal month to date
4.37
Year to date
68.03
Normal year to date
52.87
Record for date
1.83 in 1935
Main Offender: Particulates
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Albany
74 64 c
77 66 c
Atlanta
59 56 r
70 61 c
Augusta
63 57 r
74 64 c
Brunswick
72 62 pc
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Chattanooga
54 50 r
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Dalton
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Macon
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Some reports sound like there’s a mon
ster coming to kill us all.
“Scientists warn of possible polar vor
tex,” the headline on a major news site
proclaimed on Dec. 20. Recently, the polar
vortex term has become popular for its
scary undertone. “It sounds like it could
be some sort of alien death-ray...” said the
National Oceanic and Atmo
spheric Administration’s scijinks.
gov website.
What does it all mean? In
essence, current weather out
looks suggest that we may get a
few strong winter storms. There
is nothing sensationally new in
that. The circumpolar vortex,
covered in every atmospheric
science book, was first described
in the 1850s, and explained in
detail by Carl-Gustaf Rossby in
1939.
A cap of cold air turns over the Arctic.
Where it meets warmer air, high-altitude
winds get very fast. That boundary is called
the jet stream. When the cold air expands,
the jet stream bounces southward, and
frigid air reaches the U.S. Southeast, along
with a frontal system that can bring frozen
precipitation. Bingo, the vortex has struck.
It shouldn’t make experienced Georgians
emigrate to Costa Rica. Just think back to
1985. On Jan. 19, Gainesville had a low of
33 and a high of 50 degrees. The next night,
“The Vortex” came, bringing a low of 8
degrees. The following night, it dropped to
minus 8 Fahrenheit, turning all my house
plumbing into solid ice. The afternoon
barely reached 12 degrees. Daytime tem
peratures went above 32 a couple of days
later, but it wasn’t until Jan. 31 that the
nightly freeze-ups stopped.
Christmas of 1983 was worse, with tem
peratures dropping below zero, and freez
ing rain making North Georgia
roads impassable. At the time,
such outbreaks were called
“Siberian Express.” Frigid air
from Northern Russia was over
running the Arctic, reaching
North America.
The steering force in all of
this was, and is, the jet stream. It
works like a train track high up
in the atmosphere, guiding the
winter storms. When it swings
southward, news stations like to
mention the newly fashionable term.
Frozen conditions are certainly com
ing. But it’s not the vortex itself that will
harm us. Car crashes, not freezing to death,
are the major cause of fatalities in winter
storms. The easiest way to guard against
the main effects of the vortex is to keep
tires in good condition, allow more travel
time, and drive defensively.
Rudi Kiefer, Ph.D., is a professor at Brenau
University, teaching physical and health
sciences on Brenau’s Georgia campuses and
in China. His column appears Sundays and at
gainesvilletimes.com.
AROUND TOWN
TODAY
Mark and Jody Jam. 2 - 6 p.m. Good ol’ Days
Bar and Grill, 419 Atlanta Road, Cumming.
Free.
Magical Nights of Lights. 5 - 10 p.m. Lanier
Islands, 7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, Buford.
770-945-8787. $43 - $260.
Pregnancy and infant loss support. 6-8 p.m.
Rock Goodbye Angel, 615 Oak St., Suite G,
Gainesville. 407-252-9884,
angela@RockGoodbyeAngel.com. Free.
MONDAY
New Year’s Eve Celebration. 4:49 a.m. Ramada
Gainesville, 400 EE Butler Parkway,
Gainesville.
New Year’s Noon Day Celebration! 11 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Gainesville Library, Gainesville.
Dance Through the Decades New Year’s Count
down! 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Sharon Forks
Library, 2820 Old Atlanta Road, Cumming.
Noon Year’s Eve Celebration. 11:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Hampton Park Library, 5345
Settingdown Road, Cumming.
Noon Year’s Eve Dance Party. 11:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Spout Springs Branch Library,
6488 Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch.
New Years Eve Dance Around the World! 1:15 to
2 p.m. Post Road Library, 5010 Post Road,
Cumming.
Magical Nights of Lights. 5 - 10 p.m. Lanier
Islands, 7000 Lanier Islands Parkway,
Buford. 770-945-8787. $43 - $260.
Kinect Family Fun Night. 5 - 7:30 p.m. North
Hall Tech Center, 4175 Nopone Road, Suite
B, Gainesville.
ADDA New Years Party. 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. ADDA
Sports Pub & Eatery, 3455 Peachtree
Parkway, Suwanee.
Dahlonega’s Old Fashioned Christmas. 5 p.m.
13 South Park St., Dahlonega.
706-892-9741. Free.
Cosmetics personal makeup lessons and make
overs. 7-10 p.m. Ulta Beauty, 3205
Woodward Crossing Blvd., Buford.
New Year’s Eve Square Dance. 7:30 p.m. to
12 a.m. First Presbyterian Church gym, 800
South Enota Drive, Gainesville.
678-956-0287, mcclureac@charter.net.
$15-$20.
Atlanta Pops Orchestra New Year’s 2018.8 p.m.
Cumming Playhouse, 101 School St.,
Cumming. $30 - $32.50.
Year End Tax Planning. Post Road Library,
5010 Post Road, Cumming.
TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
Handbuilding Basics with Mary Hull. 10 a.m. to
noon. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green
St. NE, Gainesville. 770-536-2575,
musesroost@gmail.com. $150 - $175.
Fiber Arts and Friends. 10 a.m. to noon. Post
Road Library, 5010 Post Road, Cumming.
Yoga for Beginners. 10-11:30 a.m. Blackshear
Place Branch Library, 2927 Atlanta Highway,
Gainesville.
Book Club. 10:30 -11:30 a.m. Spout Springs
Branch Library, 6488 Spout Springs Road,
Flowery Branch.
Computer Classes at the Gainesville Library.
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Hall County Library
System, Gainesville Branch, 127 Main St.
NW, Gainesville. 770-532-3311, ext. 114,
gkoecher@hallcountylibrary.org. Free.
A Colorful Storytime with Esteban, from ‘The Day
The Crayons Quit’. 10:30 a.m. to noon. Cum
ming Library, 585 Dahlonega St., Cumming.
Toddler Play. 10:30 -11 a.m. Spout Springs
Branch Library, 6488 Spout Springs Road,
Flowery Branch.
Giant Games Day! 1:15 to 3:15 p.m. Post Road
Library, 5010 Post Road, Cumming.
American Red Cross Blood Drive. 2 - 7 p.m.
Sharon Forks Library, 2820 Old Atlanta Road,
Cumming.
Paws to Read. 4 - 5:30 p.m. Cumming Library,
585 Dahlonega St., Cumming.
Literary Potluck Book Club. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Winder Public Library, 189 BellviewSt.,
Winder.
Nar Anon Family Support Group. 6-7 p.m.
Family Life Center, First Baptist Church, 751
Green St. NW, Gainesville. 770-540-4395,
kentmurphey@gmail.com. Free.
Teen Team Trivia. 6:30 - 8 p.m. Post Road
Library, 5010 Post Road, Cumming.
The Secret to Getting A’s in College. 6:30 - 7:30
p.m. Sharon Forks Library, 2820 Old Atlanta
Road, Cumming.
A Course in Miracles Text - Chapter 13.IX The
Cloud of Guilt. 7 p.m. ACIM Study Group, 875
Scales Road, Suwanee.
THURSDAY
Gainesville City Council work session. 9 a.m.
Administration Building board room, third
floor, 300 Henry Ward Way, Gainesville.
770-535-6865.
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Lake Levels
Lake data in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday
Lake
Full
Pool
Present
Level
24 hr
Change
Lake Lanier
1071.0
1072.97
+2.11
Allatoona Lake
840.0
827.86
+4.41
Burton Lake
1865.0
1862.55
+1.79
Clark’s Hill Lake
330.0
326.47
-0.06
Hartwell Lake
660.0
660.56
+1.25
Russell Lake
480.0
474.89
-0.28
West Point Lake
635.0
630.90
+2.27
Sun and Moon
Sunrise today 7:41 a.m.
Sunset tonight 5:35 p.m.
Moonrise today 1:29 a.m.
Moonset today 1:29 p.m.
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Polar Bear Plunge. 10:45 p.m. Lanier Canoe
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Baby Play Day. 10:15 -11:45 a.m. Sharon
Forks Library, 2820 Old Atlanta Road,
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HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
ARIES (March 21 -April 19).
If you grew up in an environ
ment that wasn’t conducive to
attaining wealth, don’t worry.
New teachers are coming into
your realm, and you’re now
ready to learn.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The
power of a smile can certainly
reverse the tone of an interac
tion, which you’ll prove today
as you let the tension out of
a potentially terse interaction
with the magic of your pearly
whites.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Those who are younger, espe
cially under 8 years old, have
something to teach you about
your own worthiness, because
they accept you for who you
are and want lots of your atten
tion for reasons outside of the
superficial.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Feeling good won’t be com
plicated. The single best thing
you can do for your mood is
exercise in fresh air. This will
set everything straight. You’ll
crave better nutrition and hy
dration. You’ll sleep better, too.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The
“helper’s high” is a measur
able state of brain chemistry,
so don’t doubt that you will be
boosted mentally and physi
cally by following through on
an impulse to give.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The
energy of joy cannot be felt un
less it’s moving, and the quick
est way to move it is to give.
So though you can certainly be
truly happy inside yourself, you
still need to connect to others
to keep the current strong.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23).
You’ve cultivated a safe space
around yourself, maybe
without even realizing it. So it
should come as no surprise
that people share with you,
sometimes things they don’t
even tell their nearest and
dearest.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
There are carefree impulses
you could follow — fun, color
ful, opinionated and outside
the social norms. You’re not
afraid to heed them, but what
would be the underlying rea
son? And at what cost? You’ll
give it a think.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). If people are made better
through sacrifice and charac
ters are made stronger through
hardship and hearts are made
kinder through heartbreak,
then the question “What’s in it
for me?” becomes much more
complicated.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
To avoid burnout, just remem
ber that you don’t have to try
unless you want to. You give
back to the world every day in
small ways just by being you.
When it’s time to make a push
to the next incarnation of you,
you’ll know.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
Because you’re ready to learn
something new, you give off a
welcoming energy that even
the birds and squirrels can feel,
not to mention people around
you who come closer in the
spirit of curiosity, seeking com
mon ground.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). If
you needed another reason to
make yourself happy, consider
that every person in the room
is contributing to the vibes
there. Your happiness will raise
the level of everyone else who
shares the space.
