a boston diddy

[lonely_squirrel]

The old Hancock tower has this odd looking antenna thing on it that lights up. It kinda looks like a flying saucer making a surface to ground laser strike. But did you know that the color of the lights tells you things about the weather? It's true! There's an old Boston rhyme to help you remember the meaning

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[rebeccavich]

wait, if it's raining or about to, can't you tell that just by looking at the back bay sky, period?

[metallian]

My grandmother used to always tell me what it meant when I was a little kid, but like you, I had trouble because the rhyme scheme is a little forced. Kind of like the rhyme about the # of days in each month, which I have never been able to keep straight.

Apparently, it's:

Steady blue, clear view
Flashing blue, clouds due
Steady red, rain ahead
Flashing red, snow instead.

[llargh]

adorable.