'Guardian George' Got It Right

'Guardian George' told us on February 2 that there would
be six more weeks of Winter.  He was right.

While a lot of folks on the East Coast are complaining about the failures of certain famous groundhog predictions, we are pleased to report that the groundhog here in Webster County known as "Guardian George" got it right.

Readers will recall on February 2, 2013 (Groundhog Day), that Guardian George clearly saw his shadow (see photo), signifying six more weeks of Winter. Now that Spring has officially arrived at least on the calendar, a check of statistics from the National Weather Services shows that temperatures for Webster County were well below normal temperatures for over 90% of the last six weeks.

Both the more famous Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil and West Virginia's French Creek Freddie said we would have an early Spring as neither of those groundhogs saw their shadow. They could not have been more wrong, particularly given the continued cold snap this week.

Our prior story on Guardian George can be accessed at this link:

http://webstercommentator.blogspot.com/2013/02/six-more-weeks-of-winter-says-guardian.html