Consensus Eludes Groundhogs but Shadows Froze at 2 Below
Phil says one thing. Jimmy and Beauregard say another. What’s a groundhog watcher to do?
According to tradition, there will be six more weeks of winter if the chosen few groundhogs see their shadows. If not, it means there will be an early spring.
Here are highlights from the nation’s burrows Wednesday:
* About 2,500 people shivered in the 2 below zero cold outside Punxsutawney, Pa., to find out whether Phil would see his shadow. He did, for the 98th time in 108 years. But the groundhog’s prediction actually has nothing to do with the sun--the Inner Circle club drafts the forecast in advance.
* There was no shadow for Jimmy in Sun Prairie, Wis., 20 miles northeast of Madison.
* French Creek Freddie in central West Virginia saw his shadow.
* Gen. Beauregard Lee, in suburban Atlanta, was shadowless.
* Lander Lil, a prairie dog near the Rockies in Wyoming, saw her shadow.
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