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Punxsutawney Phil 2019: The Big Ugly Rat Is Wrong Again
Live Science ^ | February 2, 2019 | Remy Melina

Posted on 02/03/2019 12:16:32 AM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer

Phil does a shade poorer when you check his performance against actual weather outcomes since 1969, when the accuracy of weather records is less in question, said Tim Roche, a meteorologist at Weather Underground. From 1969 on, Phil's overall accuracy rate drops to about 36 percent...

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: billmurray; groundhog; polarvortex; wrongagain
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1 posted on 02/03/2019 12:16:32 AM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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2 posted on 02/03/2019 12:16:50 AM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

6 weeks until spring, or 6 more weeks of winter.

How can he be wrong?

/s


3 posted on 02/03/2019 12:26:51 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

He’s got to be stopped, and I have to stop him.


4 posted on 02/03/2019 12:27:49 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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+1
thanks Gator
best laugh of the late night, I needed it.


5 posted on 02/03/2019 12:31:52 AM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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6 posted on 02/03/2019 12:56:53 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

“From 1969 on, Phil’s overall accuracy rate drops to about 36 percent...”

A negative correlation can be statistically significant, too. You could well simply by predicting the opposite of Phil.


7 posted on 02/03/2019 2:02:03 AM PST by rightwingcrazy (,)
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

The big ugly rat is wrong again......Now, that’s funny.

Oh....they weren’t referring to the Dems.


8 posted on 02/03/2019 2:35:12 AM PST by blondiegoodbadugly (Thank you President Trump!!!! Please continue MAGA)
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To: dfwgator
He’s got to be stopped, and I have to stop him.

Maybe I can send some of our maintenance men over to ya, Gator, to give you a hand. They recently took me up on my complaints of an animal in my attic. Using the photos I provided of the bent-back pieces of roof flashing, they filled the hole with expanding foam, bent the flashing back, and then put in a row of screws to keep the flashing in place and the critter(s) in place (OUTSIDE!).

9 posted on 02/03/2019 2:50:55 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

Why do we do this dumb a** stunt every year?


10 posted on 02/03/2019 3:05:39 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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Why do we do this dumb a** stunt every year?

You don't, they do. It's called "fun stuff to do in the winter".......

11 posted on 02/03/2019 3:20:10 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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Whoever she is, she’s really beautiful - thank you for posting her image, Vendome!


12 posted on 02/03/2019 3:31:31 AM PST by Ken522
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"Why do we do this dumb a** stunt every year?"

Lots of money spent on nonsense.

13 posted on 02/03/2019 3:34:25 AM PST by Truth29
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To: Ken522
Never seen Caddyshack have you?
14 posted on 02/03/2019 3:35:54 AM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.arare)
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

Did they drop and kill the little guy again like a couple years back?


15 posted on 02/03/2019 3:38:39 AM PST by DAC21
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To: Vendome
Wrong Bill Murray movie...


16 posted on 02/03/2019 3:41:30 AM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.arare)
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Hey morons, it isn’t weather science. You think an animal can predict when spring comes? Sounds like morons who think man can cause Global Warming...


17 posted on 02/03/2019 4:39:32 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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Lacey Underall!!


18 posted on 02/03/2019 4:40:08 AM PST by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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To: Deplorable American1776

Aristotle (no less) claimed that some animals could predict the weather. But his choice of prophet was the hedgehog. Groundhogs just don’t cut it.


19 posted on 02/03/2019 4:50:15 AM PST by John Locke
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

I’m surprised that nobody in the Gulf states has come up with an equally useless idea for Nutria.

(bonus) Nutria recipes:

https://www.foxnews.com/story/nutria-recipes

Nutria Fettuccini?


20 posted on 02/03/2019 5:14:56 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("There is no 'try' only sasuga!")
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