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

[Chris Elmquist]

And we had one (a weatherball,  not a kiosk) here in Minneapolis too,

http://forgottenminnesota.com/2012/03/170/

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Chris Elmquist N0JCF

> On Aug 10, 2018, at 1:48 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham <js at cunni.co> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> https://www.ksl.com/?sid=2903661
> 
>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 8:10 AM Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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:
>>> 
>>> 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 game has been cancelled due to weather conditions.
>> 
>> 
>> Roy
>> Usta-be Boston Resident
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