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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMy truly scientific method of predicting how cold the winter will be...
the squirrels outside my window. They are not fat. They have not grown heavy winter coats. I will keep you apprised of the squirrel situation in case they start looking very fat in the next week are so. If they look like they do now, we'll have a mild winter.
I do this as a public service every year.
You're welcome.
a kennedy
(29,675 posts)I'm going with what your saying.
The 2017 Farmers Almanac, which hits store shelves everywhere on August 15, 2016, forewarns that exceptionally cold, if not downright frigid weather will predominate over parts of the Northern Plains, Great Lakes, Midwest, Ohio Valley, the Middle Atlantic, Northeast, and New England this winter. The Farmers Almanacs long-range weather predictions also suggest shots of very cold weather will periodically reach as far south as Florida and the Gulf Coast.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,749 posts)But the winter in this area wasn't all that bad - normal cold snaps, average snow.
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)I prefer the woolly bear method.
http://www.almanac.com/content/woolly-bear-caterpillars-and-weather-prediction
Yonnie3
(17,444 posts)Looks like we have a cold one coming.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)Bad, bad yonnie.
(all in fun )
Yonnie3
(17,444 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)I call him "Chubby"; yes INDEED
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)he gets very vocal if I don't give him a decent number of peanuts
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Very few acorns so far. Same last year, which was mild. Also, not many crabapples. Of course, that could account for the skinny squirrels!