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Article: OLD-TIME FORECASTS PREDICT A BIG CHILL BEAR FAT AND SQUIRRELS TELL A HARSH WINTER'S TALE.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- October 11, 1994
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Byline: MIKE HUREWITZ Staff writer
Want to know what kind of winter it's going to be?
Forget the global satellites, the oceanographic buoys and all that weather-wonk stuff.
We're talking caterpillars, cornhusks and squirrels gathering nuts.
In the crapshoot that is long-range forecasting, folk wisdom and tea leaves fare just as well (or poorly), according to the critics, as scientifically derived pronouncements.
And what folks are saying these days from farmers to Native Americans to woodsmen is you'd better batten down the storm windows and man your snowblowers because last year's brutal winter is about to make an ...