Look closely. This is a photo of a very fuzzy caterpillar that I spotted making its way across the trail at Haverford College earlier this week. Fuzzy caterpillars, I am told, are sure harbingers of very cold winters.
Actually, I have it on good authority that we are in the middle of something called the Dalton Cycle, a weather cycle that can be traced back to at least 600 A. D. and is about 250 years long. This stage that we are currently in is especially deadly, began in earnest on November 2009, and will be here for good for 58 years, give or take a few pattern aberrations.
In other words, be prepared for a very cold winter, that starts earlier than usual, with lots of snow, ice, especially in New England. Look no farther than last Sunday's football game in New England where there was snow on the ground in October and you get the general idea.
And then prepare for another damp cool spring and wet summer.
Those of you with generators should plan accordingly--make sure your tanks are full--and those of you with livestock should make sure your barns are warm. And everyone should check their furnaces.
Just remember you heard it here. Make like the caterpillar and acquire an extra layer of protection!
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