AM 1450 KMMS - Bozeman's News Talk Leader » groundhog day http://kmmsam.com Wed, 22 May 2013 00:59:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 10 Things You Didn't Know About Groundhog Day http://kmmsam.com/groundhog-day-facts/ http://kmmsam.com/groundhog-day-facts/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:56:03 +0000 Danny Groner http://thefw.com/?p=88102 Groundhog Day was first celebrated on February 2, 1886 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, but the legend of the groundhog’s prognosticating prowess was first established a year later. A group of devoted followers went to Gobbler’s Knob to spread word that the little rodent had special powers to determine the length of the winter.

If the furry mascot emerges from its cave only to scamper back in without spotting its shadow, we should rejoice: Winter would be ending soon. However, if the sun that morning allows the groundhog to see its shadow the winter weather will go on for an additional six weeks.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/groundhog-day-facts/feed/ 0 Jeff Swensen getty Happy Groundhog Day! http://kmmsam.com/happy-groundhog-day/ http://kmmsam.com/happy-groundhog-day/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:40:33 +0000 1450 KMMS AM http://kmmsam.com/?p=2865 Today is the day that we celebrate the tradition of letting a groundhog forecast our upcoming season's weather. Did he see his shadow and run back in his hole for the long winter or was his shadow nowhere to be seen allowing an early spring?

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