[GreenKeys] a fun bit of off-topic history -- weather kiosks

[Roy Morgan]

Roy Morgan
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> On Aug 10, 2018, at 7:57 AM, Bruce Gentry <ka2ivy at verizon.net <mailto:ka2ivy at verizon.net>> wrote:
> 
> Here in Syracuse we have a 1960s interperatation of the weather kiosks, just as maligned but very much a part of the city. 
> 

One of the major buildings in Boston has a similar installation on The Old John Hancock Tower, installed in 1950.  I think the temperature was not reported, but colored lights indicated present and near term conditions. This poem helps people know what is to happen:

Steady blue, clear view
Flashing blue, clouds due
Steady red, storms ahead
Flashing red, snow instead

During baseball season, a flashing red means that the Red Sox <http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=bos&sv=1> game has been cancelled due to weather conditions.


Roy
Usta-be Boston Resident

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