Haligonians are hoping for an early spring while preparing for more winter
Posted Feb 1, 2011 09:17:31 AM.
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With a pair of deep-low-pressure systems bringing over a foot of snow to the Maritimes over the next 48 hours Haligonians are preparing for more winter regardless of what Shubenacadie Sam will predict this Groundhog Day.
“I think he’s going to be snowed in,” one man told News 95.7 on Young Street. “It looks like we’re getting an awful lot of snow. I think he’s going to be buried. If he does come out, hopefully we’ll have a short winter.”
However the expected snow storms may not be a bad thing on February 2.
According to tradition, if it’s a cloudy day Sam won’t see his shadow indicating an early spring. If it’s sunny and he sees his shadow, he will become frightened and hurry back into his home indicating six more weeks of winter.
“My hopes are on an early spring. I mean it’s minus 17 degrees out this morning what else would I say,” a woman bundled in a hat, gloves and scarf said on Robie Street.
Whatever the prediction Sue Penny, education coordinator with Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park says Sam’s predictions are only correct 30 per cent of the time.
February 2 is also World Wetlands Day and the park is celebrating with a full day of activities.
