HE LIED!

Punxsutawney Phil

Phil's official forecast as read 2/2/08 at sunrise at Gobbler's Knob:

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On Gobbler's Knob on this fabulous Groundhog Day, February 2nd, 2008
Punxsutawney Phil, the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators,
Rose to the call of President Bill Cooper and greeted his handlers, Ben Hughes and John Griffiths.

After casting a weather eye toward thousands of his faithful followers, Phil consulted with President Cooper and directed him to the appropriate scroll, which proclaimed:

"As I look around me, a bright sky I see, and a shadow beside me. Six more weeks of winter it will be!"

Well, Phil, YOU WERE WRONG! Six weeks of winter ended March 15th. Here it is Easter - March 23, and WE STILL HAVE SNOW, and a forecast of more snow to come!

As it is with all climatological prognosticators . . . . there are no consequences when you are wrong.

PHOOEY!