Today is Ground Hog Day with Punxsutawney Phil.
He saw his shadow so there is going to be 6 more weeks of winter back east. (Pennsylvania)
Here in Chandler we are way above normal temps.
In 2013, Phil issued a forecast for an early spring, but extremely bitter cold and snow gripped the eastern U.S. into March that year. A prosecuting attorney in Butler County in Ohio, went as far as to seek the death penalty for Phil for “misrepresentation of early spring” before a Pennsylvania law firm came to Phil’s defense, claiming the Ohio attorney had no jurisdiction to prosecute the groundhog.
Since the groundhog’s first prediction in 1887, Phil has seen his shadow 102 times (including this year) and not seen it on just 17 occasions. There are nine missing years in the record, but Phil has issued a forecast without exception. Phil’s official Web site says he has “of course” issued a correct forecast 100 percent of the time. The National Climatic Data Center says Phil’s forecasts have shown “no predictive skill” in recent years. AccuWeather finds the rodent has an 80 percent accuracy rate.
I’m thinking he is better than most news casters!
Hope you all make it thru the winter. Living here in Arizona, winters are great. Summer is when we suffer.
Here are all the Golf Course Lots for Sale in the Chandler.
Call or e-mail me if you’d like to see any of these homes.
Dave Bracklow 480-390-4310 dave@davebracklow.com
If you move to the Phoenix Metro I’ll shovel the snow out of your drive, when it snows.
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