ArmyOfFive4God Report post Posted February 2 He did NOT see his shadow! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annarchy Report post Posted February 2 Happy Groundhog Day to you too. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midnightmom Report post Posted February 2 CNN) — Thousands of people gathered Saturday at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to watch a famous groundhog deliver his highly anticipated forecast. Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow around 7:30 a.m. ET and did not see his shadow, predicting an early spring for us all. "Faithful followers, there is no shadow of me and a beautiful spring it shall be," a member of Phil's Inner Circle read from the groundhog's prediction scroll to the cheers and applause from the crowd. As the legend goes, if Phil sees his shadow, he considers it an "omen" of six more weeks of bad weather and heads back into his hole. If it's cloudy and he doesn't, you can put away that winter coat sooner than expected. But of course, his predictions aren't always correct. The groundhog doesn't have the best track record In the past decade, Phil has predicted a longer winter seven times and an early spring three times. He was only right about 40% of the time, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which says the groundhog shows "no predictive skill." A.J. Dereume, one of the groundhog's handlers, insists Phil's predictions have a 100% accuracy rate -- they just get lost in translation. 2 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The WE2's Report post Posted February 3 Even the Old Farmer's Almanac has not been able to get these past couple of years right 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
