Disagreement develops among Pennsylvania’s winter/spring forecasting groundhogs
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
Members of the York Slumbering Groundhog Lodge deliver Poor Richard s prognostication in a Facebook Live event.
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A disagreement emerged Tuesday morning among Pennsylvania’s weather-forecasting groundhogs, at least among those that emerged during a pandemic Groundhog Day.
The most famous of the woodchucks, Punxsutawney Phil, delivered a socially distanced, virtual prognostication of 6 more weeks of winter to his official handlers in the Punxsutawney Groundhog.
But, at about the same sun-rising time far to the southeast, at Sweet Arrow Lake County Park in Schuylkill County, Grover the Groundhog and Sweet Arrow Sue – the only forecasting husband-wife team of large rodents – offered a YouTube prediction of more springtime hope:
Groundhog Day predictions: Pa.’s rodents are split on winter vs. early spring
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
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Poppy, a rescue groundhog that has appeared in a Groundhog Day-themed television commercial with Bill Murray, at 11 a.m. today made it 2 to 2 in the annual rodent-based forecast for spring vs. winter.
The resident of Acorn Acres Wildlife Rehabilitation in Millersville ambled directly to the bowl of treats on the early-spring side of her run.
And with that forecast, the 4 groundhogs that delivered Groundhog Day prognostications for either an early spring or a prolonged winter of 6 more weeks split down the middle on the issue.
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In 2021, Octoraro Orphie will not be predicting whether spring will come early.
Quarryville s yearly Groundhog Day celebration, held at the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge, has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a press release from the organization. While we are disappointed that we wonât be gathering along the banks of the Octorara Creek this year, we look forward to welcoming our members and valued guests to the 114th observance in February of 2022,â said Rick Rankin, Chairman of the Board of Hibernating Governors of the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge of Quarryville in a press release.
William Forrey, a spokesperson for the Lodge, noted that the event held every Feb. 2 typically brings in several hundred spectators, the safety of whom could not be guaranteed.