Ngale ntsasa, umgulukudu odume umhlaba wonke ePennsylvania, uPunxsutawney Phil, uxele kwangaphambili ngentwasahlobo emva kokuba engasibonanga isithunzi sakhe, isibikezelo sinqabile kangangokuba senzeke amaxesha ali-19 kuphela kwimbali yeminyaka eli-133 yoSuku loMhlaba.
"Rhoqo nge-2 kaFebruwari, sijonge phambili ekubhiyozeleni eli siko lithandwayo lasePennsylvania nehlabathi liphela," yatsho iRhuluneli yasePennsylvania uTom Wolf. "Usuku lweGroundhog yinto onokuyifumana kuRhulumente wethu oqhelekileyo, kwaye kuyasivuyisa ukwabelana ngesibikezelo sikaPhil kunye neendwendwe, abahlali, kunye nezigidi zeentsapho ezibukele emakhaya abo."
Ibali lesiko leholide liyabhengeza ukuba ukuba ingulube ye-groundho ivela ekuseni nge-2 kaFebruwari kwaye ibone isithunzi sayo, siya kuba neeveki ezintandathu ezongezelelweyo zemozulu yasebusika. Ukuba akasiboni isithunzi sakhe, siya kuba nentwasahlobo kwangoko. Isiganeko saminyaka le saqala ngo-1886, xa iqela labazingeli beengulube ezazibiza ngokuba "yiPunxsutawney Groundhog Club" kwaye babhengeza iPunxsutawney Phil ukuba ibe yiyo yodwa kunye nemozulu ebhengeza ingulube.
Umsitho ngoku utsala ukuya kuthi ga kwi-30,000 yeendwendwe ePunxsutawney, kwiJefferson County, emi malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-80 kumantla mpuma ePittsburgh. UPhil uqikelele ezinye iiveki ezintandathu zemozulu ebusika amaxesha angama-104 ngelixa wayexela kwangaphambili ngentwasahlobo amaxesha angama-19.
"Nditsho nakunyaka we-133, ukwabelana ngo-Punxsutawney Phil kunye nehlabathi akuyeki ukundothusa," utshilo uMongameli we-Groundhog Club Inner Circle uBill Deeley. "Ndicinga ukuba kukhuselekile ukuthi isanuse sethu sezulu esithanda kakhulu sinendawo ekhethekileyo entliziyweni yesizwe."
IPunxsutawney yayiyinkampu yaseMelika yaseMelika. Indawo ekuyo ibekwe embindini phakathi kweAllegheny neSusquehanna imilambo, eyenze ukuba kube lula ukuhamba. Ngapha koko, le dolophu imi kumgaqo wokuqala owaziwayo osempuma, iShamokin Path. I-Punxsutawney yafakwa ngokusemthethweni njenge-borough ngo-1850 kwaye inabantu abangama-5,500 XNUMX ngoku.
Ezinye izinto ezinomtsalane ePunxsutawney zibandakanya iZiko leMozulu lokuFumanisa iMozulu, iMahoning Shadow Trail, iPhil's Borrow kwiThala leNcwadi leSikhumbuzo lasePunxsutawney, kunye nePhantastic Phils - iprojekthi yobugcisa boluntu ebandakanya amaqokobhe eebhegi zemigodi ye-fiberglass angama-32 amakhulu kunabo bonke ayotywe ngobunono kwaye ayilwa luluntu nolwesizwe amagcisa.
IPennsylvania ibambe abantu abaqikelelwa kwizigidi ezingama-204.4 ngo-2017 abafake i-43.3 yezigidigidi kuqoqosho lwasePennsylvania kwaye baxhasa imisebenzi ephantse ibe ngama-510,000.
