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LOL - never heard of Pierre C. Shadeaux but that's a great name!
Boston doesn't have a local rodent, so they show Punxatawney Phil and usually mention the Staten Island groundhog. Apparently this year the debate (between those 2) is between 4 and 6 weeks of winter. But, since we've had horrible cold temps up here, and since last year we still had no spring at all (we had the heat on in early June and couldn't plant much until later than that), I think we're owed some damn warm weather. I'll embrace any ground hog who agrees with me.
Then again, Boston is only talking about the Super Bowl so it would be hard for any groundhog to get much air time anyway.