Science, the Groundhog and the President

Resident 2B · 02-09-2008, 10:05 PM

With all the technology that exists and all the science we have at our human hands, most weather forecasts a week ago were for well above normal temps all week this past week and a clear and somewhat warm weekend for the derby. However, last Saturday, the groundhog saw his shadow, it scared him

and as a result, the grounghog says six more weeks of winter.

So far the groundhog has been much more accurate than the forecasters, one week into the six week period. It also looks like the groundhog will win week two as well.

I understand as a potential way to save taxpayer's some money and to fix the economy, instead of the rebate check, President Bush is considering shutting down NOAA and buying a groundhog for each place that the NWS currently has an office

. The senior forecaster in each office will keep his or her job, but the duties will now consist of feeding the groundhog, keeping the groundhog's quarters clean, keeping track of when the groundhog see its shadow and reporing this to the public.

I am not completely confident with the source of this information, but it seems to be consistent with other ideas that have come from DC lately.

R2B

02-09-2008, 10:05 PM	#1
Resident 2B Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Shore, MA Posts: 1,358 Thanks: 996 Thanked 314 Times in 164 Posts	Science, the Groundhog and the President With all the technology that exists and all the science we have at our human hands, most weather forecasts a week ago were for well above normal temps all week this past week and a clear and somewhat warm weekend for the derby. However, last Saturday, the groundhog saw his shadow, it scared him and as a result, the grounghog says six more weeks of winter. So far the groundhog has been much more accurate than the forecasters, one week into the six week period. It also looks like the groundhog will win week two as well. I understand as a potential way to save taxpayer's some money and to fix the economy, instead of the rebate check, President Bush is considering shutting down NOAA and buying a groundhog for each place that the NWS currently has an office . The senior forecaster in each office will keep his or her job, but the duties will now consist of feeding the groundhog, keeping the groundhog's quarters clean, keeping track of when the groundhog see its shadow and reporing this to the public. I am not completely confident with the source of this information, but it seems to be consistent with other ideas that have come from DC lately. R2B