Vortex schmortex

I now know what the dinosaurs felt like!  Yeah, gee it's a little colder than usual... The snow is getting deeper... hmmm.

Maybe we can agglomerate enough snow mass to change the planet's CG and wobble this patch of ice around to the the equator!  I'll keep that warm notion in mind as I throw another log on the fire.

What IS this polar vortex thing?  Why did it take a sudden interest in Michigan?  Is this a Canadian plot?  Hmmmm? Can we light a big bonfire somewhere around Muskegon (see map below) and make it go away? Has anybody checked out Hudson's Bay.... strange stuff going on up there...

GAH, so today's "Lake Effect" Warning has changed to.... TADA -

Blizzard Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1002 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014

* SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL LEAD TO FREQUENT
   WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE.
   MANY ROADS HAVE BECOME DRIFTED OVER AND IMPASSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN
   KEWEENAW COUNTY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND NO TRAVEL
   IS ADVISED.

 * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN ABOUT 15 TO 30 MINUTES AT
   THESE LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES. 

So hoodie warm in Alaska... Mars like weather in Michigan?