SFist: One Rincon Hill Signals SF Weather

doublegin

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:23:42 -0800

Wow! And I thought all it could do was ionize the city's air...

pbh

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:04:57 -0800

Milwaukee does it too with the "weather flame" on its Wisconsin Gas building. http://www.onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/askomcgasflame.html

Christopher Rogers

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:05:20 -0800

@ellymental&Brock Will that stupid slot finally have a purpose? God I hate that slot. [sigh] That's what... he said...?! (I'm the one typing it and it doesn't even make sense to me!)

joshb

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:50:58 -0800

Woo! More like Sacramento every day!

Brock Keeling

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:29:20 -0800

see, i LOVE the slot. makes the whole thing pop, really.

EllyMental

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:26:02 -0800

Will that stupid slot finally have a purpose? God I hate that slot.

manys

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:13:58 -0800

It's still a poor replacement for the 76 clock tower.

antfaber

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:35:00 -0800

NYC's Mutual of New York tower had a star on it that would tell you the weather & a time display, too. I don't know if it's still there, though.

Christopher Rogers

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:58:06 -0800

Useful possible codes for Market Street use = Red: Some sort of white-people-type protest. Green: Damn tourists. Blue: Foghorn. Flashing Blue: One parking space just opened up over there. Flashing Red: Extra-strong scent of pee today. Flashing Green: Mayor slept the sleep of angels OR Frank Chu in-progress. Other ones y' can think of?

cv

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:40:51 -0800

And if you can't see the lights = fog.

Richmondlover

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:31:25 -0800

I too was going to mention the Hancock building... Glad we're getting our own 'weather building' here!

periqueblend

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:17:21 -0800

I think the John Hancock can also tell you if the Sox won or not, and whether the game is/was home or away.

RollingJ415

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:05:53 -0800

Don't forget the giant Ferris(tm) wheel outside of the Osaka Aquarium, in Japan, which also uses its lights to signal tomorrow's weather.

icbalaam

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:00:55 -0800

How about it blinks if there is an earthquake?

icbalaam

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:58:04 -0800

If only One Rincon Hill could control the weather, since it looks like a tower fan.

Brock Keeling

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:40:26 -0800

no fair. i want 1RH's to blink too! but for what? for what??

MT

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:32:24 -0800

Boston's John Hancock tower famously reports the weather too: Steady Blue: Clear Flashing Blue: Cloudy Steady Red: Rain Blinking Red: Snow, or the Red Sox game has been cancelled.