Spring

Every year on February second the news, even NPR, reports on whether or not the groundhog see its shadow. “Well, it looks like we have 6 more weeks of winter; the groundhog saw its shadow.” What’s interesting is that spring is about 5 weeks away no matter what the groundhog sees. Often they will bring a human climatologist on to give his opinion on the groundhog’s findings. “It looks like Phil (I think that’s the groundhog’s name) might be right. The trends so far . . .” or, “Maybe in Pennsylvania but I noticed my crocuses coming up right here in Kenosha.”