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Punxsutawney Phil Saw His Shadow Today!.. And There Was Much Rejoicing

Today, Punxsutawney Phil, the prognosticator of prognosticators, AKA chief meteorologist, emerged from his burrow on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania to the sight of his plump penumbral shadow indicating that we’re in for another 6 weeks of winter!   I really wish our reaction to the news could be a bit more animated…  but the weather […]

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World’s Largest Iceberg (The Size of New York) Is Breaking Off From Antarctica. Calving Event SOON!

A 19-mile crack in Pine Island Glacier’s ice is growing at a surprising rate. NASA scientists speculate that 310 square miles of glacier ice could soon break off from mainland Antarctica forming the world’s largest iceberg. NASA blog: That data was collected, as expected. What wasn’t expected was the crack. Pine Island is one of the largest and […]

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Subaru FWT Stop at Kirkwood Postponed for Low Snow | 3rd Rescheduled Stop This Season

The Subaru Freeskiing World Tour announced today that its Kirkwood stop has been rescheduled to take place April 4-9 due to inadequate snow cover on The Cirque venue. The Kirkwood competition is the third event on the Freeskiing World Tour 2012 season to be postponed due to low snow. Moonlight Basin and Crested Butte events have also […]