Groundhog Day - Potomac Phil

Each year on my birthday I look to Punxsutawney Phil to enlighten me about the nearness of springtime.  I never realized that I should be turning to his close relative, Potomac Phil, who also happens to carry the 'internal power of weather prediction', right in my back yard here in DC.

The DupontFestival.org had the following information that I felt it was my duty to share with the world.

 FEB 2, 2013 - GROUNDHOG DAY: Potomac Phil, the National Groundhog, will make an appearance and offer weather and political predictions. Phil will let us know whether to expect six more weeks of winter or an early spring. Live accordion music, polka dancers, local celebrities, VIP's and school children will participate. Dupont Circle, at the fountain. The event will begin promptly at 7:30AM, Potomac Phil will emerge at 8AM sharp on Saturday, FEB 2.  According to scientists at The George Washington University, Potomac Phil, is indeed a close relative of the country's iconic groundhog. Dr. Robin Bernstein of GW explains, "We checked Potomac Phil's Y chromosomes and found them to be an exact match with Punxsutawney Phil's. It's affirmative: they share an ancestral linage, and Potomac Phil seems to have also inherited the internal power of weather prediction." 

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