Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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 Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: Rodent sees its shadow, 6 more weeks of winter |
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I think we should all have groundhog stew tonight. Damn rodent!
Groundhog predicts more winter weather Sat Feb 2, 12:09 PM ET
Brace yourself for more wintry weather. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Saturday, leading the groundhog to forecast six more weeks of winter.
The rodent was pulled from his stump by members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle, top-hat- and tuxedo-wearing businessmen who carry out the tradition.
Each Feb. 2, thousands of people descend on Punxsutawney, a town of about 6,100 people some 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, to celebrate what had essentially been a German superstition.
The tradition is that if a hibernating animal sees a shadow on Feb. 2 � the Christian holiday of Candlemas � winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says spring will come early.
That was the forecast from Gen. Beauregard Lee, Punxsutawney Phil's counterpart in Lilburn, Ga. Beau did not see his shadow Saturday morning at the Yellow River Game Ranch.
It was the third year in a row the two groundhogs' predictions differed. |
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