The Woolly Bear Caterpillar… Next Phil?

Everybody knows about Punxsutawney Phil and his spring-predicting ways. Is the woolly bear caterpillar the winter equivalent of Phil?

The pyrrharctia isabella, better known as the woolly bear caterpillar (pictured below), is sometimes charged with the impossible task of predicting how harsh of a winter it’s going to be.

According to [...]

Cricket Chirp Calculator

This isn’t meant to be a slam, but the folks at the National Weather Service office in El Paso, Texas must have nothing to do.  They put together a website to help you determine the temperature based on the chirps of a cricket.

The formula is actually pretty simple…

Click into the post for a look!

(Read More)