Punxsutawney Phil Won’t Enjoy This Weather

By James Sheldon on February 1st, 2011

Forget it, folks. Wrap up in your Snuggie, get the fire cracklin’ in the fireplace and put on Groundhog Day. February 1st is your harbinger of February 2nd. Punxsutawney Phil, the fat, little groundhog that we’ve all grown to love, is not gonna stay out of his hole.

As a winter storm blasts 2/3 of the United States, it’s safe to assume that you can plan for 6 more weeks of winter, regardless of the fact that Phil won’t see his shadow. He won’t see his shadow because his face will be pelted with a “wintry mix” that will make him squawk something in groundhog along the lines of “Oh, hell no…” as he quickly scurries into his lair.

Phil will probably be so distraught about the weather, that we should expect another EIGHT weeks of winter. I have a sneaking suspicion that the Midwest or Northeast will get popped with another doozy late in March.

At this point, over 6,000 flights have been cancelled for today, 3,000 for tomorrow–flights in and out of Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and all those states around them.

I have to chuckle about the closing of DFW (yes, it has been reopened), and the buildup to the Super Bowl. The popular thought process leads people to believe that Dallas is fairly mild during the winter. Wrong. And that same process leads many to believe that Cowboys Stadium, aka JerryWorld, is actually in Dallas. Wronger. It just hasn’t been a very good year for Jerry Jones. Not to worry, the most spectacular arena in the world does have a roof, and the game will go on as scheduled…even if none of the ticket holders can get to the stadium.