{"id":2074,"date":"2007-02-02T09:44:33","date_gmt":"2007-02-02T17:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/02\/chuck_has_prognosticated.html"},"modified":"2007-02-02T09:44:33","modified_gmt":"2007-02-02T17:44:33","slug":"chuck_has_progn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/02\/chuck_has_progn.html","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Has Prognosticated"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest incarnation of Staten Island Chuck<\/a> emerged from his tree stump this morning and did not see his shadow<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Staten Island Chuck, a groundhog with a purpose, crawled out of his cozy tree stump at the Staten Island Zoo this morning and what he saw — or rather didn’t see — means an early spring is in our future.<\/p>\n

No shadow, no long winter. The formula is simple.<\/p>\n

But after this season’s record-breaking warmth that saw the mercury hit 72 degrees on Jan. 6, Chuck’s prediction this morning before a delighted crowd of kids and their parents — and some high-ranking public figures to make it official — was a no-brainer.<\/p>\n

More than 200 children, parents and dignitaries stood under the pavilion at the Staten Island Zoo this morning to watch 10-month-old Charles G. Hogg VII make his first appearance on the big stage.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

Standing beside tuxedo-clad Advance Editor Brian J. Laline, who presided over the ceremony, Councilman Michael McMahon made the announcement as the morning’s first sign of snow flurries began to fall.<\/p>\n

“I got it, I got it, Chuck has prognosticated,” McMahon proclaimed. “No shadow — spring is coming.”
\n. . .<\/p>\n

Punxsutawney Phil, Chuck’s chief rival, also did not see his shadow and predicted an early spring.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest incarnation of Staten Island Chuck emerged from his tree stump this morning and did not see his shadow: Staten Island Chuck, a groundhog with a purpose, crawled out of his cozy tree stump at the Staten Island Zoo this morning and what he saw — or rather didn’t see — means an early […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the_weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}