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Man am I glad to be in Florida.....

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PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) -- The world's most famous groundhog has seen his shadow which, legend has it, means this already long winter will last for six more weeks.

Punxsutawney Phil's forecast was announced in front of thousands of revelers gathered at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. They gathered Monday morning in near freezing temperatures, with many revelers buoyed by the Super Bowl victory by the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday night.

German tradition holds that if a hibernating animal casts a shadow on Feb. 2 - the Christian holiday of Candlemas - winter would last another six weeks. If no shadow was seen, legend said spring would come early.

Since 1887, Phil has seen his shadow 97 times, hasn't seen it 15 times, and there are no records for nine years, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
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<---- Is happy to live in the South too.



<--- loves winter. Theres nothing better than riding in the snow on quads, and snowmobiles! :D
<--- loves winter. Theres nothing better than riding in the snow on quads, and snowmobiles! :D
I'll agree with that! Except it is not exactly winter here right now. It is supposed to be 50 here on Friday.
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