This article discusses how climate change is affecting middle America, not just the coastlines. The Polar Vortex Is Just The Beginning — Here’s How Climate Change Is Hitting Middle America. “Too many people see climate change as a coastal issue,” said one expert.
It’s so brutally cold in the Midwest right now, with subzero temperatures lingering for days, that schools and businesses are closing, mail carriers aren’t delivering mail, transit workers are lighting fires to keep trains running, and people are dying.
The “polar vortex” is blasting cold air normally found around the North Pole into the middle of the country. These US-bound Arctic blasts have become more common in recent decades, and some scientists say global warming is to blame.