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HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY
As a weather prognosticator...
Don't bet on the rodent. Because there is still six weeks of winter left before the spring equinox. |
I'm sure Mother Nature has some surprises in store with regards to the weather
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Her is sunny, so...:dead::dead::dead: Winter is still to come!
PS: apparently they forecast rain next week and that's carnival. |
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Indeed! The question really begs: 'how much wood could the woodchuck chuck if the woodchuck (another name for groundhog) could chuck wood?' Punxsutawney Phil: According to the Stormfax.com site, as of 2016 Punxsutawney Phil has made 120 predictions, with an early spring (no shadow) predicted 18 times (15.0%). The site states (without evidence or corroborative references) that as of 2015 the predictions have proved correct 39% of the time. This is significantly worse than chance (p = 0.008), and - if the accuracy figure is correct - suggests the traditional interpretation of Punxsutawney Phil's predictions should be reversed.
In March 2013, a Butler County, Ohio prosecutor named Michael Gmoser made international headlines after issuing an indictment against the groundhog by e-mail calling for the death penalty for "misrepresentation of early spring, an Unclassified Felony, and against the peace and dignity of the State Of Ohio." On that day, temperatures within the region approached a record low for the high temperature of the day, with snow having fallen, and temperatures predicted to remain below seasonal averages for at least the next several days. No such indictment was made against Ohio prediction groundhog Buckeye Chuck, who also failed to see his shadow. The prosecutor later stated that he would consider a pardon because Phil's handler (Bill Deeley, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle ) was taking the blame for the mistake, "because he failed to correctly interpret Phil's 'groundhog-ese'." Deeley noted that the indictment had "generated more publicity than a $10,000 ad campaign. On February 11th 2015, the Merrimack Police Department in New Hampshire issued an arrest warrant for Punxsutawney Phil for having failed to disclose the extreme amounts of snow that would ensue after Groundhog Day.[wiki] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...r%27s_Knob.JPG |
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My Allstate insurance mayhem guy says winter and wind storms happen . Be prepared.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G8JZwh5ZHY :03: |
DON"T DRIVE ANGRY!:haha:
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The good people of Punxatawney, Pennsylvania
Only invented Groundhog day as an excuse to party, drink beer and legitimize polka music.
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My dear sir, nothing could ever legitimize polka music....
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However, our local Polka personality, Jan Lewan is in prison for securities fraud. So we don't have to worry about him and his polka band polluting any festivities with polka:up: |
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I think you sig says it all re: polka...
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