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Punxsutawney Phil and others forecast an early spring


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From: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_...s/groundhog_day

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From: http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfu...ry.asp?ID=86962

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From what I was able to find out, nearly every other groundhog (and in some towns chickens, pigs and other animals) did not see their shadow, except for one on Long Island....meaning an early spring.

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I blame it on global warming. haha

We've had snow here in Kentucky before, albeit flurries, in early May just in time for the Derby.

I've also seen it snow here on Halloween.

I remember a few years back when it was about 75 on Thanksgiving weekend...we were out in shorts hanging up the Christmas lights. We still had ferns in hanging baskets on the front porch and we were in shorts and sweating.

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We have had snow at easter as well. We have had it as early as October too. There was a few years when I was younger when the city postponed Halloween because it was to dangerous to go outside. When everyone did get to go trick or treating in NOV you couldn't see anyone's costumes because all the kids were bundled up so much. Another time in October we had a major snowstorm over a weekend wiping out most of the cities power and school was cancelled for the whole week (which was awesome!) Then the next weekend there was another big snowstorm (not as big as the first but still a pretty measureable snow) and school was cancelled for another 3 days. The only think that stunk about getting 8 days off was they had to make up a few days at the end of the year.

Now if you compare the winters from when I was younger (geez I sound old) to now you can see a major difference and I can see the affects of global warming. This has been the mildest winter that I can remember so I guess I should not complain as much as I do. We have only had 2 measurable snows in Jan. for the whole season.

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And I can remember there were winters when we'd get 10 feet of snow, blizzard conditions, and the snow would stay for weeks --- now? PSSH! A few inches and it's gone in a few days, overnight even. One good blizzard would satisfy me, and I don't need a few feet, but a good 6 to 8 inches would be nice!

We had one storm blow through here back in 1976, I was 5 years old and my dad "built" me an igloo in the front yard, that's how deep the snow was. It was awesome! My dad was a popsicle till he was done, but I was having fun! LOL!

Jen

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