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HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY 
Okay Phil you are one lucky little groundhog!
The weather has interfered with my planned assassination of you!
I will be occupied plowing out my driveway!
You are very lucky I just read this on the news: (C&P)
No shadow for groundhog Phil: Winter to end?
By Jason Samenow
On the 125th anniversary of Groundhog's Day in Punxsutawney, Pa., groundhog Phil failed to see his shadow this morning at 7:25 a.m. amidst overcast skies, light rain showers, and temperatures in the mid-30s.
According to folklore, no shadow for Phil means "there will be an early spring" whereas had he seen his shadow, it would have signified six more weeks of winter.
Since the Groundhog's first prediction in 1887, Phil has seen his shadow 98 times and hasn't seen it 15 times. There are some missing years in the record, but Phil has issued a forecast without exception.
NOAA's National Climatic Data Center posted an analysis of the Groundhog's predictions and concluded "no predictive skill for the groundhog during the most recent years"...
I was ready
You better hope you are right or I am coming for you!
Rumor has it that you are not scared and surveillance photos have even revealed you are ready for a fight!!
Bring it on!!
Okay Phil you are one lucky little groundhog!
The weather has interfered with my planned assassination of you!
I will be occupied plowing out my driveway!
You are very lucky I just read this on the news: (C&P)
No shadow for groundhog Phil: Winter to end?
By Jason Samenow
On the 125th anniversary of Groundhog's Day in Punxsutawney, Pa., groundhog Phil failed to see his shadow this morning at 7:25 a.m. amidst overcast skies, light rain showers, and temperatures in the mid-30s.
According to folklore, no shadow for Phil means "there will be an early spring" whereas had he seen his shadow, it would have signified six more weeks of winter.
Since the Groundhog's first prediction in 1887, Phil has seen his shadow 98 times and hasn't seen it 15 times. There are some missing years in the record, but Phil has issued a forecast without exception.
NOAA's National Climatic Data Center posted an analysis of the Groundhog's predictions and concluded "no predictive skill for the groundhog during the most recent years"...
I was ready
You better hope you are right or I am coming for you!
Rumor has it that you are not scared and surveillance photos have even revealed you are ready for a fight!!
Bring it on!!
