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[ghazi52]

How Did Groundhog Day Start?​

Groundhog Day organizers acknowledge that the “holiday” exists mostly just to break up the monotony of long, dark winters.

The idea came to the U.S. with German immigrants and originally involved a hedgehog, according to the official history of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.

The town held its first Groundhog Day celebration in 1887.

A series of toothy rodents named Punxsutawney Phil have risen from the burrow every Feb. 2 since.

This year, we got special access to the Groundhog Club’s “Inner Circle,” the small group that considers itself the guardian of this nearly 140-year-old tradition.

It’s a lifetime appointment and not just anyone is chosen; you can read more and see who makes the cut, and learn why they believe this tradition endures.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

How is everyone east of Amarillo doing today? Any break in the weather?

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Buddy of mine who lives NE of Tulsa says the snow is gone. Was 56F yesterday. Will be 60F today.

Meanwhile, from a couple of friends in Yuma, AZ:

 

[Davey Crockett]

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If i saw some iguana falling from Trees, I will be like Oh lawd help I am out here!!!

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

If i saw some iguana falling from Trees, I will be like Oh lawd help I am out here!!!

I've heard they taste just like chicken.

 

[Starlord]

I've heard they taste just like chicken.

I think they say it taste like chicken for everything, I heard the same for Rabbits & Alligators.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

I've not had alligator but I've had rabbit. It does not taste like chicken.

 

[Davey Crockett]

Cold snap leaves Florida streets littered with frozen iguanas​

Reptiles drop from trees as mercury hits -4C in Orlando – the lowest recorded in February in more than a century


Mr Wilkins said they had collected about 2500 iguanas, adding that he had never seen anything like it in his years of trapping

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/03/iguanas-frozen-solid-florida-miami-cold-temperatures/

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Got up to 70F today here in the high desert. Will be going down to PHX on Saturday for an outdoor event. Suspect it will be in the 80s. Will need to check the forecast.

 

[Davey Crockett]

 

[Davey Crockett]

 

[VCheng]

Got up to 70F today here in the high desert. Will be going down to PHX on Saturday for an outdoor event. Suspect it will be in the 80s. Will need to check the forecast.

Why does that sound like you are somehow showing off?

(We will be having -30F windchills this weekend both days.)

 

[Davey Crockett]

Why does that sound like you are somehow showing off?

(We will be having -30F windchills this weekend both days.)

Been through it in the mountains of West Virginia.

Set up several candles (2-3 dozen) in areas you may feel a chill.

 

[Davey Crockett]

Cold snap leaves Florida streets littered with frozen iguanas​

Reptiles drop from trees as mercury hits -4C in Orlando – the lowest recorded in February in more than a century

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Mr Wilkins said they had collected about 2500 iguanas, adding that he had never seen anything like it in his years of trapping

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/03/iguanas-frozen-solid-florida-miami-cold-temperatures/

Update on the thousands of frozen iguanas.....

Florida's cold-stunned iguanas might be tomorrow’s luxury fashion accessories

Some of the nearly 5,200 cold-stunned iguanas collected in South Florida were donated to an exotic leathers company and may become luxury accessories.

www.palmbeachpost.com