Ground Hog Day 2012 Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow. 6 More Weeks of Winter

[PassingFair]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/groundhog-day-2012-punxsutawney-phil-sees-shadow-6-more-weeks-of-winter/2012/02/02/gIQA9Hb7jQ_blog.html

You call this winter?

56 this week in Michigan!

[Solly Mack]

1. I didn't see mine.

But it's cloudy here. (and not cold)

Still, just 6 more weeks.

[cstanleytech]

29. Maybe its hiding under your bed? Or perhaps it just decided it needed a vacation and its

down in the Bahamas relaxing.

[Solly Mack]

41. LOL :o)

Probably off creating mischief somewhere.

[tblue]

39. That's cuz you're not a groundhog.

At least I don't think you're a groundhog.

[Solly Mack]

40. I am

By birth

[OmahaBlueDog]

2. Maybe Phil knows something we don't

OTOH, maybe Phil just wants to sleep-in.

[Joe Bacon]

17. Phil saw six more weeks of Newt!

Scared the crap out of him!!!!!!!

[lastlib]

36. that'd send me back to my burrow--fast!!

[Sedona]

3. What winter?

50's and 60's at 4500 ft elevation in Northern Arizona. At LEAST ten degrees warmer than normal and 20-30 degrees warmer than last year when we had record cold.

[madokie]

6. We haven't had shit for a winter yet

last two winters we had some late doozies of snow/ice storms and this summer we were over 110 degrees for a couple weeks running, hot all summer long and it started early. This winter has been pleasant as we could hope for.

[Rozlee]

8. Only one freeze for us in this part

of the Texas Hill Country. I've even heard a few people saying that they've seen a smattering of Blue Bonnets blooming in the Rio Grande Valley already. Strange winter.

[rug]

4. If my cat doesn't see a can of cat fodd when he wakes up, he goes back to sleep for six hours.

[cyberpj]

43. Lucky you.

Mine would jump on me and nuzzle, paw or meow me into submission until the can of food appeared! LOL

[Brickbat]

5. I still haven't gotten a winter yet, and I'd like one, please. We've had a total of maybe four

inches of snow. In northern Minnesota. Fortunately, March is our snowiest month. Maybe we'll make it up then.

[2pooped2pop]

7. I don't know

I'm starting to lose faith in this groundhog thing. Maybe we shouldn't put our future into the hands of something and wait with baited breath for it to stick it's head out of it's hole to tell us the future.

So what I am saying is...

I wish Trump would stay in his hole.

[lastlib]

37. that's a terrible insult to groundhogs. No self-respecting groundhog would have hair like that.

[Possumpoint]

9. 6 More Weeks?

Seventy degrees on Tuesday and Wednesday, calling for mid 50's today. I'll take 6 more weeks of this.

[lastlib]

38. if he sees his shadow it means six more weeks of winter....

...If he doesn't, it's only 42 days.

[Bruce Wayne]

10. Not if global climate change has anything to say about it!

Maybe Punxsutawney Phil just dodged back down the hole cause he was afraid of what we're doing to the planet. Or maybe it was because "Killer Croc" Jones is in Punxsutawney (he's been known to eat a few rodents).

Anyway, it's mid-40s and overcast in Gotham right now. I can't go into details, but personally I just love this weather. Thank you, global warming!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Not sure this is global warming ...

... or just a "La Nina" freak winter.

I'm enjoying the same mid-40s in Michigan, but not putting the snowblower up for sale just yet.

[Bruce Wayne]

13. It could also be the work of the Weather Wizard, the Flash's arch-nemesis.

Not a dude to fuck with, I assure you. I once threw a batarang A friend of mine once threw something at him and the Wiz threw a blizzard into my friend's jockstrap. Not a pleasant experience, I assure you. Or, um, or so my friend tells me.

Hang on, the phones ringin'. I gotta run...

<== a real shithead

[PassingFair]

15. Had a "weather-nut" tell me that it is a combination of "La Nina" and warm air from...

the Gulf.

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=42.52804184&lon=-82.88756561&zoom=8&pin=Saint%20Clair%20Shores%2c%20MI


If you hit "animate" (a blue button on the right) you can see the trends....

[TahitiNut]

11. Eastern Europe got our winter.

It's been outsourced.

[PassingFair]

14. Yeah, my sister in-law is in northern Italy....

She took a transfer and is supposed to be house-hunting this week.

Joke! She can't even get to the hotel she was supposed to be stay at!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

23. So did Japan

My Facebook friends who live in Japan are busy posting pictures of unusual snowfalls.

[chemp]

16. New England has has 4 days of winter so far...

It's been brutal up here!

[barbtries]

18. here in NC

that must mean 6 more weeks of balmy weather. not one snowflake here in the triangle this winter.

[onehandle]

19. 67 here outside of Philly yesterday. 'Perfectly normal.' nt

[PassingFair]

20. Wow!

Break out the BBQ's....

[onehandle]

25. I ran the AC for a couple of hours when I got home. It was 75 degrees in the living room.

Normally, I would have opened the windows, but the humidity level was pretty high.

[geomon666]

21. "Okay campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cold out there today."

sigh

[onehandle]

26. And repeat, every morning, FOREVER!

At least until you bed Andie MacDowell.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

22. I'm sure Punxsutawney Phil's predictions are valid only for Punxsutawney

Any groundhogs that poke their heads out of the ground in Minneapolis will see dense fog.

[jpak]

24. What winter?

[tridim]

27. I'll take 6 more weeks of non-winter-winter

It is indistinguishable from spring.

[Renew Deal]

28. If it's 6 more weeks of what we've had, it should be pretty nice

This winter doesn't resemble winter. It's more like a nice November.

[gopiscrap]

30. He always sees his shadow

I don't ever remember a year when he didn't? Does anybody?

[Javaman]

31. One day, 30 years from now people will be asking...

what's winter?

[Princess Turandot]

32. Staten Island Chuck did not. Given that he bit Mayor Bloomberg in 2009, I trust him more..

Bloomberg had tried to ease him out of his hutch and into the sunlight. Chuck was not amused.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/02/staten-island-chuck-2012-_n_1249581.html

[Glaisne]

33. It has been perpetual fall and spring here.

Six more weeks of winter? We've hardly had any weeks of winter around here. It's been perpetual fall and spring.

[Marrah_G]

34. I haven't seen the first 6 weeks

[Chisox08]

35. How can we get six more weeks of winter when winter hasn't even started yet?

I'm from Chicago where is the snow?

[secondvariety]

42. What winter?

It's 80 degrees and humid here in Florida. Going to be a crappy spring/summer.

[HuckleB]

44. Why is this LBN?

[muriel_volestrangler]

45. "This is one time where DU really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel

predicting the weather."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/quotes?qt0278189