Buckeye Chuck, Staten Island Chuck: Groundhog Day 2nd Opinions

by Jordan Yerman | January 31, 2011 at 09:23 am

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Staten Island Chuck, Buckeye Chuck, General Beauregard Lee: Alternative Groundhog Day 2011 Predictions

If you don't want to put your trust in a supposedly immortal groundhog for your Groundhog Day weather predictions, that's cool. Punxsutawney Phil is not the only weather-predicting groundhog running around. In facty, you have several to choose from: either go with the groundhog closest to where you live, or choose the groundhog with the best name to give you the Groundhog Day 2011 prediction.

Staten Island Chuck: New York City's own Groundhog lives in Shaolin. He's most famous for his beef with Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Buckeye Chuck: Marion, Ohio's official groundhog since 1979.
General Beauregard Lee: Georgia's weather rodent has an honorary degree from Georgia State and his own PR team. Beau knows weather.
Wee Willie 2: Ontario, Canada's albino groundhog is the 3rd in a line. The original Wiarton Willie's death caused quite a scandal when he appeared dead in a coffin with coins on his eyes on Feb 2... and it turned out to be a different dead groundhog entirely.
Balzac Billy from Alberta, Canada: Naming your groundhog "Balzac Billy" is just mean.

While Punxsutawney Phil has been getting all the news coverage, the other groundhogs have been down in their underground weather centers, preparing for February 2...

For weeks, Chuck has been studying the weather patterns, according to a news release, in order to procure Ohio's most accurate springtime forecast. By proclamation of the State of Ohio in 1979, Chuck is Ohio's official weather prognosticating groundhog.