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

[Bruce Gentry]

Here in Syracuse we have a 1960s interperatation of the weather kiosks, 
just as maligned but very much a part of the city. When a tall office 
building was put up as an urban renewal project, a tower was built on 
top of the building with a large plastic paneled star  on top. The tower 
has lighted rings that form ladders on the four faces of the tower, and 
large floodlight dot matrix displays at the base of the tower to display 
temperature and time. The lighed rings chase up or down for rising or 
falling temperature, and the star changes color to indicate the present 
and forecast conditions. For many years, the temperature display was 
driven by sensors at the building, but that has since been changed to 
data from the National Weather Service which also keeps the clock 
display accurate. For a short time, the temperature was presented 
alternating between Celsius and Farenheiht because of the large number 
of Canadian visitors.   The building has changed hands a few times, and 
there have been efforts to tear down the "Weather Star", but even with 
it's quirks  public support for it remains strong.

      Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY


On 8/10/18 1:18 AM, Gil Smith wrote:
> From my local news is a fun little story about something I had never 
> heard of -- weather kiosks.
>
> At first I thought they might have been remote sensing stations with 
> tty feeds or something, but they were much more low tech. Still, an 
> interesting slice in time.
>
> gil
>
> http://www.azfamily.com/story/38823962/before-you-had-live-radar-on-your-cell-phone-there-were-weather-kiosks?autostart=true
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> gil smith, AF7EZ
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