New York City’s most famous groundhog, Staten Island Chuck, predicts it will be an early spring.
Mayor Bloomberg was on hand to help. He held up the groundhog and shouted: “Go Giants.”
Chuck — whose formal name is Charles G. Hogg — made his prediction at the Staten Island Zoo.
Bloomberg handled him with heavy gloves. They became part of the mayor’s fashion attire for the annual event after Chuck chomped on his finger in 2009.
Tradition holds that if the groundhog sees its shadow, winter could last six more weeks.
Chuck is at odds with Pennsylvania’s pride and joy.
Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair to “see” his shadow on Thursday, in the process predicting six more weeks of winter.
But, at this rate, that might not be so bad.
The groundhog made his “prediction” on Gobbler’s Knob, a tiny hill in the town for which he’s named about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Temperatures were near freezing when he emerged at dawn — unseasonably warm — and were forecast to climb into the mid-40s in a winter that’s brought little snow and only a few notably cold days to much of the East.
(Source: NY Post)
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Idiots galore, both here in NY and in PA…watching a glorified rodent predict the weather. The PA people get all fancied up with top hats and tails. The only thing worse than this would be if President Obama came out of the White House saw his shadow and expected four more years to ruin America.
“Mayor Bloomberg was on hand to help. He held up the groundhog and shouted: “Go Giants.” What in the world do the Giants have to do with the weather?!?
1. While it is funny, the origins of groundhog day are probably “pagan” meaning it is a safek avodah zarah.
2. Given what passes for “climate science” these days, this probably could pass as a legitimate story on climate change.