Maybe this is what PETA gets for messing with Punxsutawney Phil, and trying to deny him his moment in the spotlight.

Last week you might remember Phil was preparing to emerge from his burrow when the animal lovers tried to rain on his parade. PETA asked organizers of the annual shindig surrounding the world's most famous groundhog to substitute a robot for the real deal. Luckily, the good folks at Gobblers Notch ignored them, and the party went on.

But clearly Phil was not amused. He saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter, and has been providing an exclamation point ever since.

First he dumped 28.5 inches of snow on the region on Saturday. It was the second biggest snowfall in history, falling only behind the historic 30.7 inches of January 1996.

But Phil was not done.

He simply reloaded and is now in the process of dumping on us again. A two-pronged storm last night and this morning ix expected to leave another 12-18 inches of snow blanketing the region. All we need is 9 measly inches to set a new record for winter snow totals in the region.

As they say down at Harrah's, bet on it.

OK, Phil. We're sorry. So is PETA. Actually, we don't speak for them, but we're willing to do anything to get it to stop snowing.

Fur sure!