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Six more weeks of winter?
« on: February 02, 2010, 06:37:42 AM »
It's time for Punxsutawney Phil to come out.  I wonder what he will see (besides tons of cameras and lights and crowds of people)?

There's also one down in Georgia named Beauregard, I believe.
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Re: Six more weeks of winter?
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2010, 07:31:58 AM »
OK I had to Google Punxsutawney Phil  :grin:   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punxsutawney_Phil

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Re: Six more weeks of winter?
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2010, 07:32:21 AM »

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Re: Six more weeks of winter?
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2010, 07:48:42 AM »
Well, Phil saw his shadow, so six more weeks of winter.  :(
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Re: Six more weeks of winter?
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2010, 07:49:23 AM »
Don't forget Wiarton Willie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiarton_Willie

Canadian, eh?  I've learned something today!   =D>
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Re: Six more weeks of winter?
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2010, 08:05:37 AM »
Always good to learn looks like "Groundhog day" comes from your European cousins!!

"Groundhog Day is a US "holiday" (although nobody gets a day off!) which takes its tradition from the German Candlemas day. On 2nd February, Germans would watch the badger emerge from its sett to see whether the animal cast a shadow on the ground, which it would only do if it was a sunny day. If it did, the tradition went that there would be another six weeks of wintry weather. If it didn't - in other words if the weather was cloudy that day), then Spring had arrived early.

Having arrived in America, the tradition was carried on, using a groundhog (a small animal from the squirrel family, also known as a woodchuck) instead of a badger."

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Re: Six more weeks of winter?
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2010, 08:08:22 AM »
Shubenacadie Sam in Nova Scotia has predicted 6 more weeks http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gxUy7cl4UkBpd1_Jg7Wi8h9m_PoQ.

On the west coast, Whistler Ski Resort is hoping for the snow that should have been there during the first 6 weeks.  Winter Olympics need snow.

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Re: Six more weeks of winter?
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2010, 08:42:02 AM »

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Re: Six more weeks of winter?
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2010, 09:50:14 AM »
with 70 percent of the US covered with snow

of course we are going to have 6 more weeks. 

Our snow may not melt until April



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Re: Six more weeks of winter?
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2010, 09:51:03 AM »
...Or take the 6 weeks to cover the other 30%.
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Re: Six more weeks of winter?
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2010, 11:35:51 AM »
So its 6 to 5 in favour of early winter so far (about 5 more to report).

2010 Early Spring[27] Jimmy the Groundhog Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
2010 Early Spring[28] General Beauregard Lee Snellville, Georgia
2010 6 More Weeks of Winter[29] Malverne Mel Malverne, New York
2010 Early Spring[30] Staten Island Chuck Staten Island (New York City)
2010 Early Spring[31] Woodstock Willie Woodstock, Illinois
2010 6 more weeks of winter[32] Wiarton Willie Wiarton, Ontario
2010 6 more weeks of winter Punxsutawney Phil Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
2010 6 more weeks of winter Spanish Joe Spanish, Ontario
2010 Early spring[33] Dunkirk Dave Dunkirk, New York
2010 Early Spring[34] Buckeye Chuck Marion, Ohio
2010 6 more weeks of winter Shubenacadie Sam Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia


But Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam, and Phil are all in consensus on 6 more weeks... and they are the most well know around here.

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Re: Six more weeks of winter?
« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2010, 11:58:39 AM »
But Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam, and Phil are all in consensus on 6 more weeks... and they are the most well know around here.

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Re: Six more weeks of winter?
« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2010, 12:52:31 PM »
Considering that it hasn't gone below freezing once in January here, I'll take six more weeks of this!    :mrgreen:

 

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