I kēia kakahiaka, ua wānana ʻo Punxsutawney Phil, ka groundhog kaulana loa o Pennsylvania, i ka pūnāwai mua ma hope o ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i kona aka, he wānana kakaʻikahi a hiki i 19 mau manawa i ka moʻolelo 133 makahiki o Groundhog Day.
"I kēlā me kēia lā 2 o Pepeluali, ke kakali nei mākou i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kēia moʻomeheu Pennsylvania aloha me ke koena o ka honua," wahi a ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Pennsylvania ʻo Tom Wolf. "ʻO ka lā Groundhog kahi mea āu e ʻike ai ma ko mākou lehulehu, a mahalo mākou i ka haʻi ʻana i ka wānana a Phil me nā malihini, nā kamaʻāina, a me nā miliona o nā ʻohana e nānā ana mai ko lākou mau home."
ʻO ka moʻolelo o ka moʻolelo kuʻuna hoʻomaha, ʻōlelo ʻia inā e puka mai ka groundhog i ke kakahiaka nui o Pepeluali 2 a ʻike i kona malu, e loaʻa iā mākou ʻeono mau pule o ka hoʻoilo. Inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻike i kona malu, e loaʻa iā mākou kahi puna mua. Ua hoʻomaka ka hanana makahiki i ka makahiki 1886, i ka wā i kapa ʻia ai ka hui ʻuhane o ka poʻe hahai holoholona he "The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club" a ua hoʻolaha ʻo Punxsutawney Phil ʻo ia wale nō ka groundhog prognosticating weather.
Hoʻokomo ka hanana i kēia manawa a hiki i 30,000 mau malihini kipa i Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, aia ma kahi o 80 mau mile ma ka hikina hikina o Pittsburgh. Ua wānana ʻo Phil i ʻeono mau pule o ka wā hoʻoilo he 104 mau manawa ʻoiai ʻo ka wānana ʻana i kahi pūnāwai mua he 19 manawa wale nō.
"ʻOiai i ka makahiki 133, ʻaʻole e pau ka haʻohaʻo ʻana mai o Punxsutawney Phil i ka wānana o ka honua," wahi a ka Pelekikena ʻo Groundhog Club Inner Circle ʻo Bill Deeley. "Manaʻo wau he mea palekana ka ʻōlelo ʻana he wahi kūikawā ko kā mākou mea wanaʻao huluhulu punahele i ka puʻuwai o ka lāhui."
ʻO Punxsutawney kahi kahua hoʻomoana o ʻAmelika. Aia kona wahi ma waena o nā kahawai ʻo Allegheny a me Susquehanna, kahi i maʻalahi ka huakaʻi. ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia ke kūlanakauhale ma ke ala mua loa i ʻike ʻia i ka hikina, ʻo ke ala ʻo Shamokin. Ua hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Punxsutawney ma ke ʻano he panalāʻau i ka makahiki 1850 a he 5,500 kona heluna kanaka i kēia manawa.
ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe ma Punxsutawney ʻo ia ka Weather Discover Center, Mahoning Shadow Trail, Phil's Borrow ma ka Punxsutawney Memorial Library, a me ka Phantastic Phils - he papahana noʻeau lehulehu e komo pū ana me 32 mau mea kanu fiberglass ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ke ola i pena ʻia a hoʻolālā ʻia e ka ʻāina a me ka lāhui. nā mea pena kiʻi.
Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Pennsylvania i kahi 204.4 miliona mau huakaʻi ma 2017 nāna i hoʻokomo pololei i $ 43.3 biliona i loko o ka hoʻokele waiwai o Pennsylvania a kākoʻo i kahi kokoke i 510,000 mau hana.
