weather flame

[beige_alert]

Andrew W. Galvin died Monday at age 85. He's the person who came up with the idea for the glass "flame" atop the downtown Milwaukee building formerly owned by the Wisconsin Gas Company. The flame is internally lighted, red, blue, or yellow, to indicate the forecast weather. Part of the charm of this local landmark is that no one can remember the color code, other than "I'm pretty sure that whatever blue means, it isn't cold, even though you'd think it would mean cold."

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[lisande.livejournal.com]

Looks nice - and I have to admit that red = warm is okay, but blue should be cold and gold no change, I think that would be easier. Flickering for rain or snow seems to be rather logical.

Thanks for posting a pic with a blue flame! (Did I mention that I love that color?)

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

The theory is that "yellow" is "gold" and "gold" rhymes with "cold."

Two photos of the art museum at night, artificially made extra-blue by having the digital camera adjusted for yellowish light:

http://flickr.com/photos/beigephotos/5445672/

http://flickr.com/photos/beigephotos/5445671/