Punxsutawney Phil yayi annabcin farkon bazara a ranar Groundhog Day 2019

A safiyar yau, sanannen ɗan ƙasa na Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil, ya annabta farkon bazara bayan bai ga inuwarsa ba, hasashe da ba kasafai ba ne cewa sau 19 kawai ya faru a cikin tarihin shekaru 133 na Ranar Groundhog.

"Kowace ranar 2 ga Fabrairu, muna fatan bikin wannan ƙaunatacciyar al'adar Pennsylvania tare da sauran duniya," in ji Gwamnan Pennsylvania Tom Wolf. "Ranar Groundhog wani abu ne kawai da za ku iya samu a cikin al'ummarmu, kuma muna jin daɗin raba hasashen Phil tare da baƙi, mazauna, da miliyoyin iyalai da ke kallo daga gidajensu."

Labarin al'adar biki ya bayyana cewa idan ƙasa ta fito da sanyin safiyar ranar 2 ga Fabrairu kuma ta ga inuwarsa, za mu sami ƙarin makonni shida na yanayin hunturu. Idan bai ga inuwarsa ba, za mu sami farkon bazara. Taron shekara-shekara ya fara ne a cikin 1886, lokacin da gungun masu farauta na ƙasa suka yiwa kansu lakabi da "The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club" kuma suka sanar da Punxsutawney Phil a matsayin ɗayan kuma kawai yanayin hasashen yanayi.

Taron yanzu yana jan hankalin baƙi har 30,000 zuwa Punxsutawney, gundumar Jefferson, mai nisan mil 80 arewa maso gabas da Pittsburgh. Phil ya yi hasashen ƙarin makonni shida na yanayin hunturu sau 104 yayin da yake hasashen farkon bazara sau 19 kawai.

"Ko a cikin shekara ta 133, raba hasashen Punxsutawney Phil tare da duniya ba ya daina ba ni mamaki," in ji Shugaban Groundhog Club Inner Circle Bill Deeley. "Ina ganin yana da hadari a ce masanin hasashen yanayi da muka fi so yana da matsayi na musamman a cikin zuciyar al'ummar kasar."

Punxsutawney asalinsa ɗan asalin Amurka ne. Wurin sa yana tsakiyar tsakiyar kogin Allegheny da Susquehanna, wanda ya sa ya dace don tafiya. A zahiri, garin yana kan hanyar farko da aka sani zuwa gabas, Hanyar Shamokin. An haɗa Punxsutawney bisa hukuma a matsayin yanki a cikin 1850 kuma yana da yawan jama'a kusan 5,500 a halin yanzu.

Sauran abubuwan jan hankali a cikin Punxsutawney sun haɗa da Cibiyar Gano Yanayi, Mahoning Shadow Trail, Phil's Borrow a Laburaren Tunatarwa na Punxsutawney, da Phantastic Phils - aikin fasaha na jama'a wanda ya haɗa da 32 mafi girma-fi na fiberglass groundhogs duk fenti da ƙirƙira ta gida da na ƙasa. masu fasaha.

Pennsylvania ta karbi bakuncin kimanin matafiya miliyan 204.4 a cikin 2017 wadanda suka saka dala biliyan 43.3 kai tsaye cikin tattalin arzikin Pennsylvania kuma sun tallafa kusan ayyuka 510,000.