Bad News: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts 6 More Weeks of Winter
February 2nd, 2010
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — The groundhog has spoken. And it’s bad news.
Punxsutawney Phil has emerged to see his shadow before chilly revelers in Pennsylvania, meaning winter will last another six weeks.
German tradition holds that if a hibernating animal sees its 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.
The Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club annually announces Phil’s forecast at dawn on Gobbler’s Knob, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Phil’s announcement came before hundreds of onlookers who huddled as temperatures hovered in the teens.
The Groundhog Club says since 1887 Phil has predicted more winter weather by seeing his shadow nearly 100 times, but there are no records for nine years.
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Here in CT, we have a groundhog, Chuckles…SAW SHADOW!
But in NYC, they have Staten Island Chuck…NO SHADOW FROM HIM!
http://wcbstv.com/local/staten.island.chuck.2.1464128.html
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:38 am
Is that six more weeks of winter or AT LEAST six more weeks of winter?
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:42 am
Punxsutawney Phil doesn’t look too happy in that picture.
I wonder if Harry Reid saw his shadow, predicting 3 more years of Obama?
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:26 pm
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT PREDICTS HOW LONG bo WILL BE IN OFFICE