Punxsutawney Phil Sees His Shadow. No Early Spring for us then.
Posted by Kirk M on 02 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Environment, Just Thinkin, Life at home
Yes folks, Punxsutawney Phil was yanked out of cozy burrow in his tree stump, saw his shadow and jumped back in, slamming the door behind him so it looks like six more weeks of winter are upon us. Up here in the Northeast Kingdom we kind of take that for granted anyway but I’m sure that those folks in the Midwest and around the Great Lakes are more than ready for a break. Sorry for the bad news.
In the meantime I understand that ‘ol Phil is packing to go south for the rest of the cold weather especially after the ice storm that came through yesterday and I can’t say as I blame him being yanked out of a deep sleep like that.
So keep the shovels oiled up (cooking spray works good for this) so the snow doesn’t stick to ‘em, stock up on the ice melt (that environmentally safe stuff) and keep your snow boots handy ’cause here we go again.
Spring is always worth waitin’ for!
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on 02 Feb 2008 at 1:24 pm 1.Weather in Punxsutawney, PA-An Early Spring? | Just Thinkin' said …
[...] Please see the new Punxsutawney Phil 2008 update here. [...]
on 06 Feb 2008 at 4:21 pm 2.Stefanie said …
Groundhogs are lucky that they’re so cute. If they weren’t, I suspect a lot of us here in the midwest would be going groundhog hunting after this prediction
on 06 Feb 2008 at 5:39 pm 3.KirkM said …
Hi Stefanie,
Don’t blame groundhog, he’s just the messenger.
I can’t blame you for feeling that way though.