2-2-10: Happy Groundhog Day
February 1, 2010 at 6:58 pm 1 comment
You may know that Punxsutawney Phil is a precipitation predicting whistle-pig or that Wiarton Willie is a wily weather woodchuck, but did you know that Maryland has its own magically meterological Marmota monax? Meet Maryland Murray, Cumberland‘s favorite groundhog! We check in early with Lee Fiedler, Mayor of Cumberland, who perform’s the city’s annual groundhog shadow check.
PETA would prefer a robotic rodent.
Entry filed under: On Air, Science. Tags: groundhog day, maryland, rodent forecasts, weather, wiarton willie.
1. Groundhog Prognostications: “Mountain Maryland Murray” Says More Winter’s Coming Our Way « "In Local News" – A News Headlines Blog hosted by WYPR's Nathan Sterner | February 2, 2011 at 12:03 pm
[...] can also listen back to last year’s Groundhog Day extravaganza, during which Murray also saw his shadow. Just three days after that shadow sighting, Maryland was [...]