ATLANTIC CO.--Pennsylvania's legendary Punxsutawney Phil, the prognosticator of prognosticators, saw his shadow Thursday, and that means six more weeks of winter. But, many feel it's a season that's yet to show up, and for some, the lack of winter weather is resulting in a serious lack of business.

"I got about 700 snow shovels, I got about 200-250 sleds for the kids." And mike Butterhof is guessing at this point in the winter, he might not sell a single one of either. "Because of the warm weather, our business is probably down 30%, from last year this time," said Butterhof, "maybe even as much as 35%."

It's a real problem for them over at Butterhof's Farm and Home Supply in Egg Harbor City, where they ordered a ton of supplies in September, in preparation for another potentially wild winter. "The last two years, it was constant, I was on the phone everyday, every other day, struggling to get a trailer load of rock salt," said Butterhof, "this year, I can't give a snow shovel away."

"It's almost like if you are a store owner in the mall and there's no Christmas season." That's how Mike Pagano, the owner of Shore Point Landscaping describes what this season has been like for the snow removal business. Unlike the boom his business saw the past two years, his plow hasn't moved all winter. "The last couple of years, you're looking at about a good 15% profit margin," he said, "where as in this year, like I said, it's a zero."

This unseasonably warm winter isn't hurting everyone, in fact, for the Atlantic County Public Works Department, no snow means costs are being kept down. "We've saved an awful lot of overtime, well, we haven't used an awful lot of overtime to this point, and we haven't used an awful lot of materials," said Bill Reinert, with the Atlantic County Department of Public Works, "both of which can get pretty expensive."

While there are still a couple of months left in the season, it's anyone's guess what will happen, and whether they're rooting for snow, or not, they all agree - it's totally in Mother Nature's hands, and she can be quite unpredictable.