The snowpiles next to my driveway won't melt until May On Feb 2, 8:27 pm, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > Punxsutawney Phil celebrates 125 years of Groundhog DayComments > > By Laura Bly, USA TODAY > > Punxsutawney Phil, right, is held by Ben Hughes after emerging from > his burrow on Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., to see his shadow > and forecast six more weeks of winter weather Feb. 2, 2010. > > CAPTIONBy Gene J. Puskar, AP In the hit 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, > weatherman Bill Murray's worst nightmare is to keep waking up in the > snowy Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney - home of a pudgy, > prognosticating rodent named Phil. > > Murray's disdain notwithstanding, Phil's Feb. 2 forecasts have been > drawing revelers to Punxsutawney for 125 years ... and today was no > exception, despite freezing rain and a wind advisory. Shivering > celebrants watched as Phil emerged from his temporary burrow—a > simulated tree stump at the rural site of Gobbler's Knob - and, to no > one's surprise, failed to see his shadow. The subsequent verdict from > his handlers: The Pittsburgh Steelers are headed to the Super Bowl, > and spring is around the corner. > > RELATED: How accurate is the groundhog at predicting weather? > > For those of us who haven't made the trek to Punxsutawney, about 80 > miles northeast of Pittsburgh, Phil is going high-tech with texts, > Foursquare badges and Facebook updates of his early morning forecast. > Fans could watch streaming video of the big announcement here. > > As for snuggling like Murray and co-star Andie MacDowell in that > Punxsutawney B&B? "That was a bit of Hollywood fiction," the tourist > office notes. " There really is a Cherry Street, but there is no bed & > breakfast there. You could stay at the Pantall Hotel, which is where > Bill Murray stayed when he visited in 1992." > > More:http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2011/02/punsu... > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy
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