This cracked me up!
Sheryl Rieck
sheryl.ri...@gmail.com
"You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime, you just might
find you get what you need" Rolling Stones
> On Feb 2, 2022, at 1:35 PM, Lee H. Skinner wrote:
>
> Every February 2 -- the halfway point between the winter solstice and
> spring equinox -- a bleary-eyed groundhog is hoisted from its burrow
> into the daylight in towns across the United States and Canada. If its
> human handler proclaims that the rodent sees its shadow (as Punxsutawney
> Phil did this year), then six more weeks of winter await; if it doesn't,
> spring will come early -- or so the tradition goes.
>
> But we don't need this groundhog's communicated advice! At 7:25 am on
> February 2 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, determine whether or not it is
> cloudy or clear. If the sun is shining, then we'll have an early Spring.
> If clouds obscure the sun, we'll have six more weeks of Winter.
>
> We have therefore eliminated one link in the chain of events that
> previously determined this prediction. We have also eliminated the false
> positive in case Phil is too sleepy to notice his shadow (he may be
> looking in the wrong direction), or even a false negative if someone is
> trying to get a better observation by shining a bright light upon the
> creature on a dark cloudy morning where he might see his shadow from the
> artificial light source.
>
> Lee Skinner, not a meteorologist nor an animal behaviorist
>
>
> (Not off topic, as Phil's burrow might be considered to be a cave by small
> cavers)
>
>
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