"Phil" predicts more winter days

At 7:25 a.m. EST, Punxsutawney Phil awoke and emerged from of his burrow at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, PA this morning, Feb. 2 - Groundhog Day 2010, and saw his shadow - thus predicting six more weeks of winter.

Regardless of the weather prediction, on Groundhog Day, Phil "speaks" to his human caretakers, known as the Inner Circle, in Groundhogese and tells them his forecast. The Inner Circle then translates Phil's words for the world to hear or so they say. Whatever he says on February 2, "immortal" Punxsutawney Phil, supposedly born no later than the 19th century, will get his 2010 message out in some decidedly 21st-century ways - by texting his forecast for the first time (to sign up, text "groundhog " to 247365)  and, of course, updating his Facebook status.