groundhog day

Bob Berman speaks on the science of Groundhog Day.Bob Berman speaks on the science of Groundhog Day.

What’s the weather typically like in February? We’ll also explore the history of the famous woodchuck, and what science actually backs Groundhog Day.

A Pennsylvania Groundhog ignores crowds of humans closely gathered around him, and then, despite having a four ounce brain, gets involved with meteorology. If he sees his shadow, this produces so much anxiety that weather systems throughout North America somehow get altered, and we have six more weeks of winter. And it all this revolves around the perceptions of a single Woodchuck, who serves as the country’s spokesrodent. Believe it or not, this does connect with the sky.

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Groundhog Day is something of an American fable - I mean that equally of the February 2nd holiday and the 1993 movie directed by Harold Ramis, written by…

Mike Welch is an aspiring writer who teaches writing at the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY.Groundhog DayThe movie Groundhog Day asks the…