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Prepare to Bundle Up: Farmers' Almanac

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(Newser) – Get the most out of your shorts and flip-flops now, because the area between the Appalachians and the Rockies is in for a brutal winter, the Farmers' Almanac warns. "The middle part of the country's really going to be cold—very, very cold, very, very frigid, with a lot of snow," the venerable publication's managing editor tells the AP. "On the East and West coasts, it's going to be a little milder."

The National Weather Service thinks otherwise. "The stronger El Niño becomes, the more confident and the more likely it will be the northern part of the country will have a milder-than-average winter," says a rep.

Get used to seeing more cars like this one, encased in a snowdrift in Racine, Wis. on Dec. 19, 2008.
Get used to seeing more cars like this one, encased in a snowdrift in Racine, Wis. on Dec. 19, 2008.   (AP Photo/Journal Times, Gregory Shaver)
A buffalo looks for something to eat in blowing snow on March 26, 2009, at the Terry Bison Ranch south of Cheyenne, Wyo.
A buffalo looks for something to eat in blowing snow on March 26, 2009, at the Terry Bison Ranch south of Cheyenne, Wyo.   (AP Photo/Michael Smith, The Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
A mother and child hold hands as they walk to school through a snowstorm on Feb. 17, 2009.
A mother and child hold hands as they walk to school through a snowstorm on Feb. 17, 2009.   (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)
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Rocket448
Aug 31, 09 5:11 PM CDT
I'll believe the weather man when he can *make* the weather. Til then, the Farmer's Almanac is as good as anything else. Bundle up! Reply
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Cegorach
Aug 31, 09 5:16 PM CDT
woot... looks like I'm gonna freeze walking between classes Reply
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Mad
Aug 31, 09 5:18 PM CDT
Every Autumn my Mom brings out a crystal ball she uses to forecast the weather. It's accurate most often between December and March. It's a snowglobe Reply
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dontlikeyou
Aug 31, 09 5:23 PM CDT
Global warming? Bah Reply
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JonmarkP
Aug 31, 09 5:46 PM CDT
Science? Bah!
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