Woolly worms earn bragging rights to predict winter's wrath

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handhelpers Coopersburg, PA(Zone 6b) Oct 18, 2004

now PA is not only predicting spring with Punxsutawney Phil for Groundhog's Day....now we have a Woolly Worm Winter Weather Prognostication Ceremony and Festival, in Lewisburg, to predict winter. This year's forecast states:
''There will be a slow start to winter, but watch out. People will be lulled by a fairly quiet and mild season until mid- to late-December when cold and snow will throw us for an icy loop that will last into mid-March.''

http://www.mcall.com/features/all-woolywormoct18,0,1725974.story?coll=all-features-hed

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Oct 18, 2004

You Pennsylvanians just want excuses to party in bad weather! ;-)

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lmelling Ithaca, NY(Zone 5b) Oct 20, 2004

Sounds like an "average" winter to us up here in Ithaca, NY! I can take the slow start...sounds a lot better than the lllloooonnnngggg winter we had last year. By February I was spending several hours a day looking at pictures of my garden - trying to cheer myself up with "spring is just ...." oh forget it, I'll just look at the pictures...:o)

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) Oct 20, 2004

There has been a Wooly Worm Festival in Boone, NC for 20-30 years. Some of the oldtimers swear by them, and some of the "bug" professors at the University say it's hype rather than fact.

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