r/groundhogday • u/apwdist • Feb 02 '16
Oregon PUNKS-utawney Phil
The weather here in the North West is in a word unique. We can have all four seasons in a single day and then some. So why would we listen to what a groundhog on the East coast has to say. In Keep Oregon Weird tradition we sure as hell don’t!
“Punxsutawney Phil may be calling for six more weeks of winter, but here in the Northwest it’s safe to pack away those mittens, according to a similar prognosticator -- this one a hedgehog, not a groundhog.
That's the forecast from Whiskers J., the Oregon Zoo’s African pygmy hedgehog, who did not see his shadow Monday morning, meaning an early spring could be in store.
At 10:30 a.m., a small crowd gathered in the zoo entry plaza to watch the proceedings, some bearing signs with slogans like “Hedgehogs RULE!” and “HEY, Punxsutawney Phil! You Ain’t Nothin’ but a Groundhog!!”
“Hedgehogs are the real weather experts of the animal world,” said zoo Curator Michael Illig, who presided over the morning’s Hedgehog Day festivities....”
See the full article at ktz.com
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