February 2nd, 2009 is groundhog day, and thus Punxsutawney Phil comes out to see, or not see, his shadow. If he sees his shadow, it means that winter will continue for six more weeks. In the end, Phil ended up seeing his shadow, thus signaling more weeks to the current winter. In Phil's long record, he has seen his shadow 97 times and hasn't seen it 15 times. Even though I don't mind winter too much, I think we need a blinder groundhog.
In other groundhog day related news, another groundhog in New York seemed unhappy to be wakened from hibernation. "Chuck" went and nicked at Mayor Bloomberg during the annual celebration. The bite drew blood from the Mayor, but he did not get rabies.
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It's good to hear that the mayor is okay! Does anyone know if this is just a superstition or if the whole "six extra weeks of winter" thing really does happen?
I think that regardless of the tradition, Chicago always seems to get the six more weeks of winter. I agree, we need a blinder groundhog. :)
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