Altre sei settimane di freddo inverno. A prevederlo – proprio durante la tempesta di neve che si è abbattuta su New York, Boston e su tutta la costa orientale (alcune immagini nella galleria di foto in fondo al post) – è Phil, la marmotta più famosa d’America che, rispettando una tradizione centenaria, emette nel “Groundhog Day” il suo verdetto climatico. La cerimonia del Giorno della marmotta (nelle foto qui sotto) si è svolta come di consueto a Punxsutawney, in Pennsylvania. Secondo la tradizione, se la marmotta esce dalla tana e vede la sua ombra l’inverno sarà lungo, almeno altre sei settimane di freddo.
- Punxsutawney Phil’s handler A.J. Dereume holds up the famous groundhog during a socially distanced and remote event due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the 135th Groundhog Day at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Freed
- Cardboard cutouts of spectators are seen during a socially distanced and remote event due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the 135th Groundhog Day at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Freed
- PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA – FEBRUARY 01: Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle Members Jason Gursky and official handler, AJ Dereume and Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-predicting groundhog, work a Zoom call with schoolchildren in hundreds of schools throughout the United States on Gobblers Knob on February 1, 2021 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. While last year’s tradition of using the groundhog to determine whether there will be six more weeks of winter brought 44,000 people to the small town of 22,000 in central Pennsylvania, tomorrow’s event will be held virtually, with no visitors permitted. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
- Groundhog Club Inner Circle Thunder Conductor Dave Gigliotti jokingly takes the temperature of President Jeff Lundy during a socially distanced and remote event due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the 135th Groundhog Day at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Freed
- PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA – FEBRUARY 01: The day before Groundhog Day on February 1, 2021 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. While last year’s tradition of using the groundhog to determine whether there will be six more weeks of winter brought 44,000 people to the small town of 22,000 in central Pennsylvania, tomorrow’s event will be held virtually, with no visitors permitted. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
- PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA – FEBRUARY 01: Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-predicting groundhog, naps in his holding pen before a Zoom call with schoolchildren in hundreds of schools throughout the United States on Gobblers Knob on February 1, 2021 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. While last year’s tradition of using the groundhog to determine whether there will be six more weeks of winter brought 44,000 people to the small town of 22,000 in central Pennsylvania, tomorrow’s event will be held virtually, with no visitors permitted. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
- Groundhog Club Inner Circle President Jeff Lundy speaks to Phil to learn his prediction during a socially distanced and remote event due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the 135th Groundhog Day at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Freed
- PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA – FEBRUARY 01: Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-predicting groundhog, enjoys a sprig of Kale in his holding pen before a Zoom call with schoolchildren in hundreds of schools throughout the United States on Gobblers Knob on February 1, 2021 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. While last year’s tradition of using the groundhog to determine whether there will be six more weeks of winter brought 44,000 people to the small town of 22,000 in central Pennsylvania, tomorrow’s event will be held virtually, with no visitors permitted. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
- Punxsutawney Phil’s handler A.J. Dereume holds the famous groundhog during a socially distanced and remote event due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the 135th Groundhog Day at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Freed
- Groundhog Club Inner Circle members make their trek to the Knob past cardboard cutouts of spectators during a socially distanced and remote event due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the 135th Groundhog Day at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Freed
- Groundhog Club Inner Circle Vice President Tom Dunkel holds the scroll with Phil’s forecast of six more weeks of winter during a socially distanced and remote event due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the 135th Groundhog Day at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Freed
- Punxsutawney Phil’s handler A.J. Dereume holds the famous groundhog during a socially distanced and remote event due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the 135th Groundhog Day at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Freed TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
MA PHIL NON SEMPRE CI AZZECCA
Le previsioni di Phil però non sono sempre corrette: lo sono solo nel 40% dei casi. La cerimonia 2021 si è svolta in modo differente dalle 134 precedenti edizioni perché le migliaia di spettatori che di solito accorrono a Punxsutawney sono stati sostituiti da sagome di cartone, come spesso si è visto fare negli ex spettacoli “dal vivo”, e con alcune misure di sicurezza, come la misurazione della temperatura. La tradizione del “Giorno della marmotta”, che deriverebbe da un rituale cristiano tedesco che aveva per protagonista un riccio, deve più che altro la sua notorietà globale all’omonimo film il cui protagonista è condannato a rivivere lo stesso giorno. (foto in alto Alan Freed/Reuters)
- epaselect epa08980307 A dog named ‘Poutine’ plays in a park as snow falls in the Brooklyn borough of New York, New York, USA, 01 February 2021. According to reports, about 15 cm (six inches) of snow has already fallen in the city and total snow accumulation is expect to be up to 50 cm (about 20 inches) by Tuesday 02 February. The large storm is causing hazardous travel conditions and flight cancellations up and down the East Coast of the United States. EPA/JUSTIN LANE
- epa08980561 A woman walks her Siberian Husky dog across Ninth Avenue in New York, USA, 01 February 2021. According to reports, about 15 cm (six inches) of snow has already fallen in the city and total snow accumulation is expected to be up to 50 cm (about 20 inches) by Tuesday 02 February. The large storm is causing hazardous travel conditions and flight cancellations up and down the East Coast of the United States. EPA/PETER FOLEY
- A person walks a dog during a snow storm, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly REFILE – QUALITY REPEAT
- A dog plays in the snow during a snow storm in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
- A man walks his dog Maui, a Balinese Poodle, in Central Park during a snow storm, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs.
- NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 01: A man walks dogs on the street through the snow on February 01, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. New York City and much of the Northeast is being hit by a major winter storm that is expected to bring as much as two feet of snow when done sometime Tuesday morning. Schools, public transportation and vaccine centers across the region are being impacted by the storm. Justin Heiman/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – FEBRUARY 01: A woman walks her dog along a snow-covered path in Humboldt Park on February 01, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. More than a foot of snow fell in some areas of the city during a winter storm that lasted most of the weekend. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – FEBRUARY 01: In an aerial view from a drone, a resident walks a dog in Humboldt Park on February 01, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. More than a foot of snow fell in some areas of the city during a winter storm that lasted most of the past weekend. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
- NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 02: A person walks their dog in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn on February 02, 2021 in New York City. A Nor’Easter brought up to 17 inches of snow in certain areas of NYC. The storm shut down above-ground subway service on Monday afternoon and also shut down coronavirus vaccination sites. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
- People walk their dog during a winter storm on February 1, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. – A powerful winter storm is set to dump feet of snow along a stretch of the US east coast including New York City on February 1, 2021, after blanketing the nation’s capital. The National Weather Service issued storm warnings from Virginia to Maine — a swathe home to tens of millions of people — and forecast snowfall of 18 to 24 inches (45-60 centimeters) in southern New York, northeastern New Jersey and parts of southwest Connecticut. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
- A couple walks a dog in the Navy Yard during winter storm Orlena in Boston, Massachusetts on February 1, 2021. – The National Weather Service issued storm warnings from Virginia to Maine — a swathe home to tens of millions of people — and forecast snowfall of 18 to 24 inches (45-60 centimeters) in southern New York, northeastern New Jersey and parts of southwest Connecticut. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
- A couple walks a dog in the Navy Yard during winter storm Orlena in Boston, Massachusetts on February 1, 2021. – The National Weather Service issued storm warnings from Virginia to Maine — a swathe home to tens of millions of people — and forecast snowfall of 18 to 24 inches (45-60 centimeters) in southern New York, northeastern New Jersey and parts of southwest Connecticut. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
- A woman walks a dog as snow falls during winter storm Orlena in Boston, Massachusetts on February 1, 2021. – The National Weather Service issued storm warnings from Virginia to Maine — a swathe home to tens of millions of people — and forecast snowfall of 18 to 24 inches (45-60 centimeters) in southern New York, northeastern New Jersey and parts of southwest Connecticut. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
- A person walks their dog in the Brooklyn Borough of New York on February 2, 2021. – A huge snowstorm has brought chaos to the United States’ east coast, shuttering airports, closing schools and forcing the postponement of coronavirus vaccinations into Tuesday morning as New York City steeled itself for possibly one of its heaviest ever snowfalls. New York declared a state of emergency restricting non-essential travel, moved all children back to remote learning and rescheduled long-awaited vaccine shots as some parts of the city were hit by more than 18 inches (1.5 feet) of snow. CNN meteorologists said that figure could reach two feet before the storm comes to an end. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
- A person walks their dog past a view of the Brooklyn Bridge and the skyline of lower Manhattan in the Brooklyn Borough of New York on February 2, 2021. – A huge snowstorm has brought chaos to the United States’ east coast, shuttering airports, closing schools and forcing the postponement of coronavirus vaccinations into Tuesday morning as New York City steeled itself for possibly one of its heaviest ever snowfalls. New York declared a state of emergency restricting non-essential travel, moved all children back to remote learning and rescheduled long-awaited vaccine shots as some parts of the city were hit by more than 18 inches (1.5 feet) of snow. CNN meteorologists said that figure could reach two feet before the storm comes to an end. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
- A woman walks her dog near the Brooklyn bridge in the Brooklyn Borough of New York on February 2, 2021. – A huge snowstorm has brought chaos to the United States’ east coast, shuttering airports, closing schools and forcing the postponement of coronavirus vaccinations into Tuesday morning as New York City steeled itself for possibly one of its heaviest ever snowfalls. New York declared a state of emergency restricting non-essential travel, moved all children back to remote learning and rescheduled long-awaited vaccine shots as some parts of the city were hit by more than 18 inches (1.5 feet) of snow. CNN meteorologists said that figure could reach two feet before the storm comes to an end. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
- epa08980531 A dog looks up at its owner in Central Park, in New York, New York, USA, 01 February 2021. According to reports, about 15 cm (six inches) of snow has already fallen in the city and total snow accumulation is expect to be up to 50 cm (about 20 inches) by Tuesday 02 February. The large storm is causing hazardous travel conditions and flight cancellations up and down the East Coast of the United States. EPA/PETER FOLEY