User blog comment:Mr Nelg/'Roo in the Snow/@comment-130447-20150718163204/@comment-21519-20150718173324

In the Middle Atlantic, we're also due for a terrible heat wave, though up till now it's been mild.

I'm sure the phenomonon that Australia is experiencing is identical to the Arctic Vortex. The Antarctic is subordinate to the Arctic only in etymological terms.