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PRINTMy Day in the Limelight
Andy Warhol famously said that in the future everyone would have 15 minutes of fame. Mine comes each year when the Farmers’ Almanac is released. On Monday morning I “bounced” out of bed at the leisurely hour of 3:15 a.m., and headed straight to the Cumberland Club in Portland, Maine, where we’d arranged for a satellite truck to hook us up with a host of interviewers around the country.
From there, Mickey Youmans of Farmers’ Almanac TV and I were able to talk about the 2008 edition, the newest development with FATV, and about our new interactive website to audiences in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Birmingham, Albuquerque, New York City, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Washington DC, and Boston, to name just a few.
Manging Editor Sandi and I were also interviewed for pieces in newspapers throughout the country, most notably by the Associated Press, which feeds its content to more than 1,700 U.S. newspapers.
Don’t worry if you missed the publicity storm, though. The real excitement is in the pages of this year’s Farmers’ Almanac. You can pick yours up at any one of dozens of bookstore or discount department store chains, as well as right here on the Web <http://store.farmersalmanac.com/category/283>.
Enjoy!
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Peter Geiger is the Editor of the Farmers' Almanac. Read his full biography here.Free Weekly eNewsletter
Farmers' Almanac Long Range Weather
February 8th - February 11th
- Northeast U.S.
Wet snow mixed with rain Mid-Atlantic north through New England; slushy accumulations of 4+" possible.
- Midwest/Great Lakes U.S.
Accumulating snows Kentucky, Ohio, then clearing. Fair elsewhere.
- Southeast U.S.
Wet snow Tennessee, western North Carolina; wintry mix northern Mississippi, Alabama. Elsewhere, rain, then clearing.
- North Central U.S.
Drier, much colder.
- South Central U.S.
Snow parts of Arkansas, then clearing, cold. Clear, much colder elsewhere.
- Northwest U.S.
Drier, but colder.
- Southwest U.S.
Drier, but noticeably colder.
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If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1910, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.