I love how salty people get about a tradition that’s been around since the late 19th century. Nobody thinks Phil has any effect on the weather. It’s just a Pennsylvania Dutch excuse to hold a groundhog. And it probably funds Punxsutawney, PA for an entire year.
The seasonal calendar does not correlate to the calendar you use today. Back in ancient days, some years had 12 months, some had 13, depending on where the sun set in the sky, and the shadow it cast, and planting times were determined by this
Everyone has some kind of weird traditions I mean as a Mexican American, I always felt the day of the dead was a little odd since it's technically wasting food.
Omitted: prior to the use of badgers in Germany, they used to watch bears to predict the season. But then they killed off all the bears, so they had to go to badgers.
I've always thought that whether the groundhog sees its shadow on Feb 2 is actually a pretty accurate determination of weather prediction... just an old-fashioned one. This video even says the groundhog comes out of hibernation in early February, regardless. But, here's my logic: IF he see his shadow, it's because the sun is shining and there is a high-pressure system in place on Feb 2. IF he doesn't see his shadow, it's because there's a low-pressure system in place and it's cloudy. These systems tend to go in cycles. If the cycle has a high pressure system in place at that time (Feb 2), combined with the time of the year (emerging spring), you're likely to have one more cycle of cold/wet weather ahead. Thus, there will be 6 more weeks of winter. If there is a low pressure system in place on Feb 2nd, you're less likely to have another before the spring weather begins to emerge. Of course, we now understand quite a few variables that make this inaccurate. For one thing, its accuracy is only for a very limited region. For another these cycles vary greatly in how long they will continue and are affected by jet streams and distant weather patterns. But there was some sensible logic to it at one time. In the old days people often observed minor changes in nature and used these as their predictors. Some are remarkably accurate. Like watching the migration patterns of birds, for instance.
so it's just for fun, that's nice. I'm glad people there are upholding their tradition and getting together to celebrate and connect with nature. Plus the groundhog is super cute :) I'm glad it's a source of revenue for the town, surely many tourists come just for that and eat at the local restaurants, stay at the family-owned hotels, etc.
I said something once to a coworker ..something like "do you think the groundhog saw it shadow?"..after all it was groundhog day. His response was " I don't care anything about that!" ,"I don't have any use for junk like that!"..I'm thinking to myself,he must not have any children,or niece's or nephew's,or little cousins,or friends,or was ever a child himself! He really weirded me out,I steered clear of him after that and think I only spoke to him maybe twice after that! ..
The Pennsylvania Dutch ( Deutsch) or first German immigrants brought the tradition over. The date likely is older than 1887 as one record suggests at least as far back as 1840 but weather record keeping was very spotty in early America . Germany has had a great influence on American traditions. Especially Christmas
They can truly decimate your vegetable garden, but other than that, theyre pretty harmless and so cute! They look like obese beavers with little furry tails.
@@melissasaint3283 lol decimate hahaha. I see them all the time lurking in and put of the wooded areas where I live one time I was going fast on my bike so I slowed down but he saw me, he was right in the bike path but literally ran out of the way and jumped of an edge into water lol. They're not that fast compared to say a squirrel they are cute. They seem to like veggies and fruit.
@@MKF30 a woodchucl running is best described as "galumphing" 😂 they can book if they have to but it looks ridiculous! They're surprisingly agile climbers, though! Keeping them out of a garden is challenging!
@@melissasaint3283 lol yeah I know what you mean it's like he saw me and was moving fast but almost struggling to move fast so he was jiggling a little lol. He had some sticks in his mouth. In a garden so they just try to sneak in there to eat or do they live there some how? I've ever seen one dig only waddle around out in the open or eat, collect sticks 😅
@@MKF30 haha, struggling and jiggling is a good description of their "running" They are good diggers, the often build multiple burrows they can switch between. They will eat plants in the wild, but if they find a tasty garden, theyll walk, dig or climb in and mow it down, nom nom nom!
There are traditions in this world that really accurately predict the weather for the day or year. I believe because I witnessed it many times and years
The secret is find those groundhogs that do not see a shadow and give them steroids so they can overpower the winter monger groundhogs that do see a shadow!
Never heard them being called whistle pigs as whistle pigs are much smaller...we have a shit tone over here in the west along with badgers...and westerns call the ground hog...rock chucks. We also have wolverines but very few are ever seen
Whistlepigs is a term for groundhogs (exactly like Phil here) that comes from English speakers interacting with French Canadians, who settled in North America very early. The Fr Canadians called/call them "Siffluer" which means "the whistler" because of the whistle-y, squeaky little sounds they make. Rock chuck and Woodchuck, on the other hand, are imperfect transliterations of native American terms for them, like Otchak and Wuchak.
As for global warming, they made the winters warmer, meaning that groundhogs like Punxsutawney Phil, will predict more often the early arival of spring. ...if groundhogs predicts perfectly that is, which it dœsn't.
didine256 So when I have to wake up and get off my ass to go to school it's life, but when an animal has to wake up for a few hours to look at their shadow, and then sleep again, it's abuse...They also wake up at that time so they can f**k
How great the United States of America The height of ignorance and the top of polytheism in God Although you do not believe this nonsense You meet, dance and celebrate an animal that God has created On the Day of Resurrection, you will be asked about this fool And you will say we were just having fun and playing As God said in the century .... (65) And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allāh and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"
It hug wash how can the groudhug real see his shadow with so many people are around his , all the people take the word of the guys that hold him how that real see his shadow think about it we see on here we take they word
How great the United States of America The height of ignorance and the top of polytheism in God Although you do not believe this nonsense You meet, dance and celebrate an animal that God has created On the Day of Resurrection, you will be asked about this fool And you will say we were just having fun and playing As God said in the century .... (65) And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allāh and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"
I love how salty people get about a tradition that’s been around since the late 19th century. Nobody thinks Phil has any effect on the weather. It’s just a Pennsylvania Dutch excuse to hold a groundhog. And it probably funds Punxsutawney, PA for an entire year.
Exactly!
No matter how you look at it,according to seasons it's 6 weeks til the Spring season starts.
Just a fun thing to do😊
I know it is just for fun but arguing with people who have a pole up their ass against fun holidays isn't going to make them nicer!😆
The seasonal calendar does not correlate to the calendar you use today. Back in ancient days, some years had 12 months, some had 13, depending on where the sun set in the sky, and the shadow it cast, and planting times were determined by this
ever heard of "suspension of disbelief"?
😂 😂 Like Satan's Claw
Sometimes I think Americans are weird
Then I remember that here in Mexico we have acid trip paper dragons as a national treasure
It's true, we're all kinda weird. It makes life more fun, I think.
😅😂😂😂😂 people around the world are just weire in general
Everyone has some kind of weird traditions I mean as a Mexican American, I always felt the day of the dead was a little odd since it's technically wasting food.
MKF30 Ditto
@Softy Like a mini Halloween, I'm sure they get the "kids in Africa are starving" jokes but it's glad to see them respecting the dead.
Omitted: prior to the use of badgers in Germany, they used to watch bears to predict the season. But then they killed off all the bears, so they had to go to badgers.
I think that eastern US probably had badgers 300 years before the populations were reduced by trapping
Official: what? Get it right for a change
Ground hog: I didn’t ask for this YOU put ME up for the task!
I've always thought that whether the groundhog sees its shadow on Feb 2 is actually a pretty accurate determination of weather prediction... just an old-fashioned one. This video even says the groundhog comes out of hibernation in early February, regardless.
But, here's my logic:
IF he see his shadow, it's because the sun is shining and there is a high-pressure system in place on Feb 2. IF he doesn't see his shadow, it's because there's a low-pressure system in place and it's cloudy.
These systems tend to go in cycles. If the cycle has a high pressure system in place at that time (Feb 2), combined with the time of the year (emerging spring), you're likely to have one more cycle of cold/wet weather ahead. Thus, there will be 6 more weeks of winter. If there is a low pressure system in place on Feb 2nd, you're less likely to have another before the spring weather begins to emerge.
Of course, we now understand quite a few variables that make this inaccurate. For one thing, its accuracy is only for a very limited region. For another these cycles vary greatly in how long they will continue and are affected by jet streams and distant weather patterns.
But there was some sensible logic to it at one time. In the old days people often observed minor changes in nature and used these as their predictors. Some are remarkably accurate. Like watching the migration patterns of birds, for instance.
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Whoa! I had not heard anyone explain this tradition this way.
so it's just for fun, that's nice. I'm glad people there are upholding their tradition and getting together to celebrate and connect with nature. Plus the groundhog is super cute :) I'm glad it's a source of revenue for the town, surely many tourists come just for that and eat at the local restaurants, stay at the family-owned hotels, etc.
It's a waste of time and money. That's what it is.
I said something once to a coworker ..something like "do you think the groundhog saw it shadow?"..after all it was groundhog day. His response was " I don't care anything about that!" ,"I don't have any use for junk like that!"..I'm thinking to myself,he must not have any children,or niece's or nephew's,or little cousins,or friends,or was ever a child himself! He really weirded me out,I steered clear of him after that and think I only spoke to him maybe twice after that! ..
The whole thing with groundhog is nonsense. It doesn't mean anything.
I understand the logic, but let the tradition be. It’s just the nature we have allow it that seems real and fun to enjoy.
The Pennsylvania Dutch ( Deutsch) or first German immigrants brought the tradition over.
The date likely is older than 1887 as one record suggests at least as far back as 1840 but weather record keeping was very spotty in early America .
Germany has had a great influence on American traditions. Especially Christmas
that's so cool that they only have two breaths per minute!
Came from Zane’s channel..... I wanted to see this for myself😂
Same here!
"Punxsutawney Phil has only been right about 30% of the time."
That means if it SEES its shadow, then spring is here; not 6 more weeks of winter!
Would make sense; seeing the shadow means the sun is shining, and therefore the odds are good that spring is imminent.
The Wall Street bets of ground hound predictions. Always inverse your initial thoughts.
From groundhog day to the 1st. day of spring is 6 weeks, regardless of if that rodent sees his shadow or not.
Got educated about this tradition by this video. Thanks!
So maybe if it sees it's a shadow , that means it will find a mate .
I feel like the groundhog and the meteorologist have a pretty similar rate of accuracy. 😂 Plus it’s a nice tradition to break up the winter blues.
Weather min & weather wimmin don’t know what they’re doing eithet??😻😻😻🐈🦆🇺🇸😁
I want to buy a groundhog plush right now~ adorable
They can truly decimate your vegetable garden, but other than that, theyre pretty harmless and so cute! They look like obese beavers with little furry tails.
@@melissasaint3283 lol decimate hahaha. I see them all the time lurking in and put of the wooded areas where I live one time I was going fast on my bike so I slowed down but he saw me, he was right in the bike path but literally ran out of the way and jumped of an edge into water lol. They're not that fast compared to say a squirrel they are cute. They seem to like veggies and fruit.
@@MKF30 a woodchucl running is best described as "galumphing" 😂 they can book if they have to but it looks ridiculous! They're surprisingly agile climbers, though! Keeping them out of a garden is challenging!
@@melissasaint3283 lol yeah I know what you mean it's like he saw me and was moving fast but almost struggling to move fast so he was jiggling a little lol. He had some sticks in his mouth. In a garden so they just try to sneak in there to eat or do they live there some how? I've ever seen one dig only waddle around out in the open or eat, collect sticks 😅
@@MKF30 haha, struggling and jiggling is a good description of their "running"
They are good diggers, the often build multiple burrows they can switch between. They will eat plants in the wild, but if they find a tasty garden, theyll walk, dig or climb in and mow it down,
nom nom nom!
I see groundhogs around my house all the time.
There are traditions in this world that really accurately predict the weather for the day or year. I believe because I witnessed it many times and years
These are the same people who do Civil War reenactments.
phill is one cool dude!!!!!!!!!
Had to look this while I’m blazed lol awesome video tho
It doesn’t even feel like winter in So Cal
Wow I’ve never seen groundhogs before
Cute, arent they?
Me stepping on an ant not knowing it's there *animal abuse*
Very true. Meteorologist is as good as flipping a coin.
It's fake as crap but interesting
Corbyn Cook yeah, I'm German and never heard of it before
cxndeyy-almondy leisure I'm swedish but I live in America now and it's just some stupid crap day that they make false predictions on the weather
Its actually not fake
honestly I'd rather use technology to test the weather instead of a animal
It's real, man. The weed fairy told me so.
"aye dog let me down in tryna to get some booty"
Groundhogs was just about to mate with other groundhogs!😆
I loved that movie.
The secret is find those groundhogs that do not see a shadow and give them steroids so they can overpower the winter monger groundhogs that do see a shadow!
That was an interesting video
i do not want him to see his shadow
Why the days goes by so fast
I rlly love groundhogs
Yay he saw its shawdow
Isn't it funny how Americans celebrate other country holidays like Christmas
It’s tomorrow!!!!!! Feb.2,2019 i hope its still winter
It is in Michigan!
0:42 That’s an American badger
Billion dollar satellites and people believe a groundhog lol
Vegans be like “Leave that poor guy alone!”
Stingy Mine congratulations, ur right! Want a cookie!?
Lol yes!
i’ve always thought groundhog day was somewhat horse shit but i’m glad i’ve gotten the lore
we will protect
Join us or me
Lol
Or just go by Staten Island chuck who has an 80% accurate rating compared to Phil's 30%, random female reporter? Lol
They got nothing better to do in the old days. But now theres porn on the internet...
If badgers aren’t native to American land... why is Wisconsin state animal is the badger
It was Imbolc/Imbolg before it was called Candlemas
Never heard them being called whistle pigs as whistle pigs are much smaller...we have a shit tone over here in the west along with badgers...and westerns call the ground hog...rock chucks. We also have wolverines but very few are ever seen
Whistlepigs is a term for groundhogs (exactly like Phil here) that comes from English speakers interacting with French Canadians, who settled in North America very early.
The Fr Canadians called/call them "Siffluer" which means "the whistler" because of the whistle-y, squeaky little sounds they make.
Rock chuck and Woodchuck, on the other hand, are imperfect transliterations of native American terms for them, like Otchak and Wuchak.
CGP Grey did a good cover of this pointless holiday
interesting... very intersting. i think ur right
Using a badger to predict the weather is not accurate at all cause you know, badgers dont care
I missed the mating season.
awww they need companionship
What does it mean when a Black Guy sees his shadow on Groundhogs Day???? It means six more weeks of basketball.
This just in, Pelosi mad about Phil's prediction. She's filing to Impeach him.
Lol 😂😂😂
so wat happened this year n last year!!
My birthday was on February 2nd lol
Azazel was or is?
Well, happy birthday 🎂
Phil 2020
Wer ist auch wegen Englisch Unterricht hier ? 😂
No he is right it’s was 60 degrees today
hard hat what crazy.
And so what's the point of this video again? Millennials randomly disrespecting traditional American customs
Cult of the groundhog.
I like groundhogs this is people shod watch on February the 2nd
I miss my wife
My puppy cute and groundhog
Hi
Jimmy in Sun Prairie WI is more accurate.
Cute video❤️
Cross quarter day
If the groundhog gets it right only 30% of the time, just take the opposite: ruclips.net/video/SclV-UWM4Gw/видео.html
Then put your little hand in mine,
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb
I got you babe...
I got you babe...
Sounds like a Myth.
It is a myth Groundhog's cannot really predict the weather, duh.
It is a myth but I love this holiday so it's a keeper!
At a children's birthday party:
".....I dont think that clown's feet are really that big! I think those shoes might be fake!! "
The weathermen and women percentages are no better than the groundhog. Maybe not as good.
People need to relax ..it just for entertainment.. Chill man
Pov: ur in school rn 😂
30% accuracy? The he IS just as good as a weather reporter lol
It's an animal cult that makes money, period.
tf are you on dude
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Yea and why do we still listen to this bs when hes only right 17 percent of the time.
30%
But we don't, its just for fun.
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As for global warming, they made the winters warmer, meaning that groundhogs like Punxsutawney Phil, will predict more often the early arival of spring.
...if groundhogs predicts perfectly that is, which it dœsn't.
I no believe
Put female together, no need to come out..full year winter!!!
Lol Americans are funny. I guess we also has some strange traditions. Strange from an outside perspective.
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The custom It’s actually not native to the “american” continent it’s a European American custom from Germany so it’s actually German
@@melanieberrios4959 I have never heard of this before, and I'm german. Go figure...
It's animal abuse. Let the animal sleep through winter as much as he needs to.
Shut up.
didine256 So when I have to wake up and get off my ass to go to school it's life, but when an animal has to wake up for a few hours to look at their shadow, and then sleep again, it's abuse...They also wake up at that time so they can f**k
You walk your dog on leash. That's animal abuse and it's racist against Asian people.
didine256 almost everything is animal abuse to you people
Shut up furry
How great the United States of America
The height of ignorance and the top of polytheism in God
Although you do not believe this nonsense
You meet, dance and celebrate an animal that God has created
On the Day of Resurrection, you will be asked about this fool
And you will say we were just having fun and playing
As God said in the century ....
(65) And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allāh and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"
Yup, another waste of time and money.
This is stupid superstious and ridiculous
Jesus is the only one who does the weather, God Bless
It hug wash how can the groudhug real see his shadow with so many people are around his , all the people take the word of the guys that hold him how that real see his shadow think about it we see on here we take they word
I dont believe in this bull shit.
How great the United States of America
The height of ignorance and the top of polytheism in God
Although you do not believe this nonsense
You meet, dance and celebrate an animal that God has created
On the Day of Resurrection, you will be asked about this fool
And you will say we were just having fun and playing
As God said in the century ....
(65) And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allāh and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"