Thursday, February 2, 2012

Did the groundhog see his shadow

  • Historic odds heavily favor a forecast for winter to last deep into March. Since the Groundhog's first prediction in 1887, Phil has seen his shadow 99 times and failed to spot it just 16 times.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Did the groundhog see his shadow on February 2, 2012? According to lore, Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog with the ability to predict if we will see an early spring or suffer thorugh another six weeks of winter weather.
  • (National Ledger)
  • Its an annual tradition in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania: when the groundhog speaks, we humans listen. His weather-predicting skills may only be accurate 39 percent of the time, but that hardly matters.
  • (Union-News & Sunday Republican)
  • Furry forecaster Punxsutawney Phil woke up this morning and saw his shadow, supposedly meaning and Chers I Got You Babe in the movie Groundhog Day.
  • (NPR News)
  • Jimmy the Groundhog didnt see his shadow in Sun Prairie Thursday morning. Or did he? The famous weather forecaster supposedly told Sun Prairie Mayor John Murray we are in store for an early spring because he couldnt see his shadow.
  • (madison)
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  • (Worldnews.com)
  • Nibbles didn't see her shadow during today's festivities at the Western North Carolina Nature's Center.
  • (Asheville Citizen-Times)

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