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Morning Poll: Six More Weeks of Winter?

By ARLnow.com
Published February 2, 2012 at 9:46AM

This morning, on Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil was rudely awoken from his slumber and asked to predict the weather.

Phil saw his shadow — meaning that, according to tradition, there will be six more weeks of winter. Given the mild winter so far, would you mind six weeks of cold, wintry weather before the start of spring?


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