Making Sense Out of the World

A long tradition in the United States when it comes to groundhogs and the weather. We Americans like to know our weather forecasts and for decades now we have been turning to our groundhogs for that information. The groundhogs come out each year on February 2nd to make their predictions. It’s a simple process, but one that proves to work most years. If a groundhog sees his shadow on this special day in February, then that is bad news. A groundhog seeing his shadow means another 6 weeks of winter is ahead. The good news is if he doesn’t see a shadow, then we can expect spring to be arriving shortly. Yesterday in Georgia, the General Lee Groundhog did not see his shadow, so this means Georgia can start preparing for much warmer conditions that will be coming soon.

Most of the groundhogs did not see their shadow on Groundhog Day. There was one groundhog in Pennsylvania that did see his shadow, but this goes against all the other groundhogs in the United States, so he is obviously off with his prediction for the folks living in Pennsylvania. The General Lee in Georgia is the most trusted groundhog in the country, so we always pay close attention to his predictions and if he says that spring is on the way, then I believe him. Groundhog Day is now over and we will get to see the General Lee and other groundhogs come out next year on February 2nd, 2011 to give us another traditional weather forecast.

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