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

[Jordan Spencer Cunningham]

Salt Lake City has something similar-- the Walker Building downtown. You
could see it from my grandparents' balcony up in the avenues on the hills
north of downtown. I'm pretty sure there was a rhyme that went with it as
well to remember what each color meant, but I forget.

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On Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 8:10 AM Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Roy Morgan
> k1lky68 at gmail.com
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> On Aug 10, 2018, at 7:57 AM, Bruce Gentry <ka2ivy at verizon.net> wrote:
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> 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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