Monday, February 02, 2009

Happy Groundhog's day!

So, six more weeks of winter.

My question, has the groundhog ever MISSED seeing his shadow? Doesn't Spring usually come in mid-March?

UPDATE: Slate published an article about seeing shadows, etc. And it turns out the rodent sees his shadow 90% of the time.

UPDATE 2: Boston Globe on the usefulness of the rodent in New England.

1 comment:

P Cheng said...

This whole tradition reeks of conspiracy as far as I'm concerned....of course, living in LA, I'm not sure it makes all that much difference. :)