[dleviwing]

(your PM) thanks for your comments on the vortex, but would there not be just waves of disturbance, which would all balance out as does the sea when the wind drops!

Michael;
If you take a closer look at cosmological vortices you will notice that they come about by the rotation of a central mass that is most commonly spherical. I would interpret the vortex as the interactions of a spinning sphere that bonds with its environmental surroundings and produces the spiral shape. This can also apply to the rotating subatomic particles.

BTW, what are you referring to as the humble Vortex?
Best regards;
Dave