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In many years when Phil's predicted six more weeks of winter weather, February and March have turned out to be warmer than average. But to obsess over the accuracy of Phil's predictions is to miss the point, Chapin said. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA in sent a letter to the president of the Inner Circle suggesting they retire Phil to a sanctuary and replace him with an electronic groundhog.

Chapin, the Punxsutawney Spirit editor and—journalistic objectivity be damned—an unabashed Punxsutawney Phil fan, dismissed PETA's letter as a publicity stunt. All rights reserved. Punxsutawney Phil.

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The digging out took several days. Milwaukee Public Schools remained closed Feb. By Feb. In its bid to clear the streets of snow, the city of Milwaukee towed nearly cars and wrote about 1, parking tickets.

Four people died in southern Wisconsin as a result of the blizzard, three of them shoveling- or snowblower-related. Contact Chris Foran at chris. Follow him on Twitter at cforan Our subscribers make this reporting possible. Please consider supporting local journalism by subscribing to the Journal Sentinel at jsonline. Facebook Twitter Email. We don't very often see widespread snow depth over 20 inches across the area.

The following are photos emailed to our office. Thanks to those who submitted their photos. For another great recap of this Blizzard, check out the page by our neighbors to the south, NWS Chicago.

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