I remember the Indian Chief who warned his people the coming winter was going to be very, very cold.
"The Palefaces are cutting and stacking a lot more fire wood than usual," he told them.
If local old time Appalachian winter predictors are correct we are in for at least 10 measurable snow falls this winter.
My great-great grandmother counted each heavy fogs in August as a measurable snow fall for coming winter. If she is correct 10 measurable snow falls. Her other prognostications were length of orange on wooly worms, the shorter the orange sections on the wooly the worse the winter and so far I am seeing very little orange on the critters. Lastly was her hornets nest test, the high the nest off the ground the worse the winter. Haven’t seen any this summer so no-go on this old timers prognostication method.
I am more inclined to think that with the continued fall off in sunspot activity we are going to get another nasty winter myself.