My truly scientific method of predicting how cold the winter will be...
the squirrels outside my window. They are not fat. They have not grown heavy winter coats. I will keep you apprised of the squirrel situation in case they start looking very fat in the next week are so. If they look like they do now, we'll have a mild winter.
I do this as a public service every year.
You're welcome.
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I'm going with what your saying. 
The 2017 Farmers’ Almanac, which hits store shelves everywhere on August 15, 2016, forewarns that exceptionally cold, if not downright frigid weather will predominate over parts of the Northern Plains, Great Lakes, Midwest, Ohio Valley, the Middle Atlantic, Northeast, and New England this winter. The Farmers’ Almanac’s long-range weather predictions also suggest shots of very cold weather will periodically reach as far south as Florida and the Gulf Coast.
Looks like we have a cold one coming. 
Bad, bad yonnie.
(all in fun 
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he gets very vocal if I don't give him a decent number of peanuts 
Very few acorns so far. Same last year, which was mild. Also, not many crabapples. Of course, that could account for the skinny squirrels!
