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jmyrlefuller:
http://www.fullervision.net/groundhog.html

All in all, the vast majority of groundhogs (including the notoriously shadow-happy Punxsutawney Phil) have not seen their shadow this morning. Ostensibly, this is supposed to be a harbinger of early spring, but if the rodents' track record is any indication, it's more likely that we have more winter coming.

* Punxsutawney Phil: no shadow
* Dunkirk Dave (western NY): no shadow
* Three downstate NY groundhogs (Staten Island Chuck, Malverne Mel, Holtsville Hal): no shadow
* Shubenacadie Sam (Nova Scotia): shadow seen
* Fred the Marmot of Val-d'Espoir, Quebec: shadow seen
* Buckeye Chuck (Ohio): No shadow
* Woody (Howell, Michigan): No shadow
* Wiarton Willie (Ontario): No shadow

Sanguine:
I didn't realize there was more than one winter forecasting groundhog. 

jmyrlefuller:

--- Quote from: Sanguine on February 02, 2019, 02:58:42 pm ---I didn't realize there was more than one winter forecasting groundhog.

--- End quote ---
Most are silly knockoffs, but in central Pennsylvania, there are several... and although Punxsutawney's believed to be the first, there are a few that go back almost as far. The Germans brought the tradition over from their native country when they came here.

jmyrlefuller:
More are coming in.

Most of the ones in the midwest (Jimmy in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin; Woodstock Willie in Illinois) are not seeing their shadows. The South seems to be a clean sweep: all the ones I've found saw their shadows.

240B:
Santa's helpers.

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