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Staten Island Chuck Says Early Spring (Phil Says Six More Weeks Of Winter)
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Jen Carlson
Published Feb 2, 2012
Modified Feb 2, 2012
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Just like last year, Staten Island Chuck has once again predicted an early spring. Early this morning Mayor Bloomberg visited Chuck's house at the zoo for the annual Groundhog Day ceremony, along with the PS22 Chorus, and a large crowd, according to the SI Advance... and not one of them saw a shadow.
Additionally, Bloomberg escaped unscathed, unlike the 2009 encounter where Chuck bit the mayor. He was wearing his heavy-duty, groundhog-handling gloves. But Bloomberg does hold grudges—he called Chuck a "son of a bitch" last year.
An early spring was also predicted by the peacocks at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine—they've already started to show their plumage, which some say means spring is right around the corner.
Meanwhile, over in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil is predicting six more weeks of winter. But with highs in the 60s this week, is there even a difference between winter and spring at this point?
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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