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Acorns and the Hundred-Year Winter
October 9, 2007I'm really not up on the weather folklore, but I do understand that lots of acorns means a bad winter. I learned this from Joe Bastardi, who may or may not use this to compile his upcoming winter forecast.
I think the rationale goes something like this: God knows when it's going to be a bad winter and God, being an animal lover in general and a HUGE fan of squirrels specifically, causes trees to drop a prodigious amount of acorns right before the severe winter. Squirrels, being the thrifty lot that they are, collect all of the acorns and put them in their secret squirrel lair, usually under the mattress. Then the severe winter comes, but the squirrels just lay back and pig out in style, having stored an amazing amount of acorns.
Well, yesterday I left work and went out to the parking lot and I couldn't find my car. It turns out that I parked under some trees that were planted near squirrels, and the acorns had completely buried my car! I wasn't sure what to do but just then a group of squirrels, all carrying A-Team Lunch Boxes, leapt out of the brush and started packing the acorns away.
The point of all this is to warn you about the Hundred-Year winter. If the Acorn Index™ is any indication, State College will need Henry to buy a few more snowblowers.
Has anyone else noticed the acorn thing, or is it localized to State College? And is there any word on those fuzzy caterpillars?