Deja Vu

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Brace yourself for six more weeks of winter, Pennsylvania’s most famous ground hog Punxsutawney Phil popped out his his burrow on Gobbler’s Knob here this morning and saw his shadow. Legend has it that means winter is here to stay for six weeks.

Phil's official forecast as read at Gobbler's Knob was:

"Hear Ye Hear Ye, On Gobbler's Knob this glorious Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, 2009, Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators ... proclaimed that his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers were World Champions one more time, and a bright sky above me, showed my shadow beside me, so six more weeks of winter it will be."

Phil has seen his shadow 96 times in this town about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. He has seen his shadow for eight of the past nine years.

There were just 14 times, including 2007, when he didn’t see it, there by predicting an early spring. There are no records for nine years, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.