Weather lies and a GreeneLite
Posted by Alex Carrier

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? If a woodchuck can’t chuck wood, why is it called a woodchuck?

For that matter, why is it called a groundhog? It’s not a hog and, unless pigs CAN fly, they’re earthbound; so isn’t the name groundhog rather redundant anyway?


And why, with trained experts using scientific equipment informing us on meteorological conditions, are we cheerfully willing to a let a chunky, furry albeit cute rodent predict the next six weeks of weather?
The weather answer is logical. We will have six more weeks of winter because the season is approximately 12 weeks long and we are halfway through. Duh!

Punxsutawney Phil (and don’t you know I cut and pasted that spelling) is a nice enough looking fellow as are Jimmy, Willie, Dave, PeeWee, Birmingham Bill and General Beau Lee, PhD. And if you don’t mind bucktooth prognosticators, then, yes; Phil saw his shadow and has predicted another six weeks of winter. Go figure.

If you would like some sunlight at the end of your winter blues tunnel, think Greene and visit our new website www.vgreene.com/greenelite

You can find this blog there as well as pictures, articles and Lord-knows-what-else-strikes-our-fancy as we work to empower, inform, inspire and entertain our readers. Although our base readership is people who live in and around Greene County, Virginia; we think anyone can get a smile out of our positive look at life.

As for weather predictions, I have found that the most accurate accounting of today’s forecast is found during tomorrow’s weather report.

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