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Groundhog Day 2017: Rodents offer contradictory Prognostications

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February 3, 2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Punxsutawney PA, for the 131st time Punxsutawney Phil shared his meteorological predictions with a grateful nation. Phil he saw his own shadow. Aficionados of the annual ritual will know, that means we’re in for six more weeks of winter.

Staten Island Chuck, the most accurate rodent with the highest accuracy rating ( 80 %) among prognosticating rodents, informed a New York audience that we would see an early spring. And up north in Nova Scotia, Shubenacadie Sam concurred with Chuck.