Any truth to winter severity indicators such as caterpillars, etc?

[oldballs]

Indians build small fire and keep warm.............White man build big fire and freeze to death.:laughing:

 

[SPIKER]

If the Snow blower starts It will be a mild winter. If it don't, watch out!

lol Yep,

Around here Wooly Bear Caterpillar myth is more black then colder or longer winter, Woodchuck sticks his head out & see's his shadow ya soot him and pray ya got him before he says theres gonna be 6 more weeks of winter

Hornets nets high in tree is lot of snow, low to ground is colder than normal, deep inside and higher up or in pine trees then it is cold with lots of snow...

 

[Jstpssng]

I call BS on all of them... I've seen wooly bear caterpillars crawling around in the snow; if they caj't figure out that it's spring yet, how can they make long range forecasts? Paper hornets will nest in the ground in a dry summer, in trees ilwhen it's wetter; I've seen nests within sight of each other, one was 60 feet off the ground and the other at eye level... apparently they couldn't decide the forecast.
I thought that Murph was going to win the prize for answer of the day; then / Pine stole it from him.

 

[k0ua]

Yep, I vote for the "Indians collecting firewood" method!:laughing: But the snowblower is a close second.

 

[5030]

Being retired, I don't care. Sitting in front of the fire toasting my feet while it snows and blows is fine with me.....

 

[murphy1244]

I call BS on all of them... I've seen wooly bear caterpillars crawling around in the snow; if they caj't figure out that it's spring yet, how can they make long range forecasts? Paper hornets will nest in the ground in a dry summer, in trees ilwhen it's wetter; I've seen nests within sight of each other, one was 60 feet off the ground and the other at eye level... apparently they couldn't decide the forecast.
I thought that Murph was going to win the prize for answer of the day; then / Pine stole it from him.

Easy come, easy go.:laughing:

 

[k0ua]

Easy come, easy go.:laughing:

Look at it this way, if this turns out to be a long cold winter, you want us blaming you and your recalcitrant snow-blower, or some firewood gathering Indians?:laughing:

 

[oosik]

I think - how fuzzy is the caterpillar, how wide are their stripes, how heavy is the moss on the north side of the trees & the old farmers almanac all fall into the same category. Perhaps educated & mostly wild guesses. I prepare for the extreme and relish in the average.

 

[adirondackmtnman]

I think - how fuzzy is the caterpillar, how wide are their stripes, how heavy is the moss on the north side of the trees & the old farmers almanac all fall into the same category. Perhaps educated & mostly wild guesses. I prepare for the extreme and relish in the average.

Well said Oosik...

 

[Buppies]

Mans quest for knowledge of what's going to happen in the future will never stop. As good as we think we are something always surprises us

However I do think the Indian was onto something