Rodent to fortell whether early spring for tornadoes or six weeks of more winter tornadoes

Off-site link to pertinent 2/1/13 news article. New window opens, no affiliation: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/01/31/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-spring-forecast/1881263/?

Another off-site article link, new window opens: http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0129/Tornado-threat-How-are-January-tornadoes-possible-video

 

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by Piotr Wojtkowski. No affiliation.

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P.S. Can you be smarter than a tornado? Off-site link to a little quiz (new window): http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0418/Can-you-outsmart-a-tornado-Take-our-quiz/warning