7 things you might not know about the groundhog tradition
CLEVELAND — Millions of people tune in or bundle up each Feb. 2 to watch a groundhog named Phil predict the weather from a small town in western Pennsylvania.
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CLEVELAND — Millions of people tune in or bundle up each Feb. 2 to watch a groundhog named Phil predict the weather from a small town in western Pennsylvania.
Who says it has to be a groundhog? Chickens, cats, and squirrels all have their say too.
A weekday morning synopsis of West Alabama news, sports and weather.
A weekday morning synopsis of West Alabama news, sports and weather.
Who needs a groundhog when Alabama has its own weather prognosticating opossum? It's February 2nd, and while the majority of Americans are scrambling to see if Puxatawney Phil is going to see his shadow, the real ones know not to trust a groundhog with a seasonal weather outlook. The real ones know it's up to the James Spann of the animal kingdom, a little East Alabama opossum known as Sand Mountain Sam. Albertville, Alabama radio station WQSB has been using an opossum to predict the weather for the past 27 years. The entire city of Albertville used to gather every February 2nd to watch Sand ...