How is General Beauregard Lee related to Groundhog day?”
With all due respect to Punxsutawney Phil and his experience at Gobbler’s Knob, southerners have their own weather prognosticator, General Beauregard Lee. General Beauregard Lee lives year-round at th e Yellow River Game Ranch in Stone Mountain, Georgia. General Beauregard Lee emerged on February 2, 2008, and did not see his shadow. The interpretation, spring weather is around the corner. As if to affirm General Lee’s prediction, local forecasters’ affirm that temperatures in the southeast will rise a bit next week. As it usually goes, General Lee didn’t see his shadow promising spring is around the corner, while Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this Ground Hog Day, predicting six more weeks of winter weather. As for me, I’m sticking with General Beauregard Lee. I’m ready for winter temperatures to drop. The original southern ground hog climatologist, General Beau Lee, retired ten years ago, but his legacy and Ground Hog Day prognostication has been carried on by the family. General Be
