Friday, February 03, 2006
Happy Groundhog Day…
I hope that you had a Happy Groundhog Day yesterday. I never quite sure how to celebrate this “holiday”… How did you celebrate? With activities for the kids, gifts or maybe a special meal. I thought about making a pork meatloaf because it is “ground hog” but thought that might be a bit traumatic for the children.
I don’t know if Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow when he came out of his burrow at Gobbler’s Knob or not. Phil is the official Groundhog Day personality and according to his handler Bill Deeley, a local funeral director, weighs 15 pounds and thrives on dog food and ice cream in his climate-controlled home at the Punxsutawney Library.
Up on Gobbler's Knob, Phil is placed in a heated burrow underneath a simulated tree stump on stage before being pulled out at 7:25 a.m. to make his prediction.
So how accurate is Phil’s forecasting abilities? Well, The groundhog's seasonal forecasting accuracy is somewhat low. Phil's winter prognostications have been correct only 39% of the time. But I have it figured out… If Phil sees his shadow we will have six more weeks of winter… If he doesn’t, winter will end around March 15th…
I hope that you had a Happy Groundhog Day yesterday. I never quite sure how to celebrate this “holiday”… How did you celebrate? With activities for the kids, gifts or maybe a special meal. I thought about making a pork meatloaf because it is “ground hog” but thought that might be a bit traumatic for the children.
I don’t know if Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow when he came out of his burrow at Gobbler’s Knob or not. Phil is the official Groundhog Day personality and according to his handler Bill Deeley, a local funeral director, weighs 15 pounds and thrives on dog food and ice cream in his climate-controlled home at the Punxsutawney Library.
Up on Gobbler's Knob, Phil is placed in a heated burrow underneath a simulated tree stump on stage before being pulled out at 7:25 a.m. to make his prediction.
So how accurate is Phil’s forecasting abilities? Well, The groundhog's seasonal forecasting accuracy is somewhat low. Phil's winter prognostications have been correct only 39% of the time. But I have it figured out… If Phil sees his shadow we will have six more weeks of winter… If he doesn’t, winter will end around March 15th…
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 5:31 PM 
