WCVB gets the scoop: The weather lights are out for several months of modernization, including the installation of more energy-efficient LED bulbs (so just like the Citgo sign).
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Thank you, Adam
By Ron Newman
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 12:24am
I crossed the Longfellow today on the Red Line, looked across the river and wondered, why isn't it red today?
They'd save a hell of a lot of dough
By Michael
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 8:25am
If they only set it up to turn on when the weather was going to be nice...that's what, twelve days a year
Why on *earth* would it take
By Carty
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 8:58am
Why on *earth* would it take months? I am certain I am in the wrong profession. Pay me. Pay me for months.
It's not like switching out a
By anon
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 9:13am
It's not like switching out a dead light bulb, there's *a lot* of infrastructure that needs to be swapped when retrofitting old systems like this
I suspect it's more like "we
By Carty
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 10:09am
I suspect it's more like "we are doing a bunch of stuff and did not really care if the lights worked" turned PR op.
And...
By lbb
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 10:54am
And you have detailed knowledge of their operation and of other similar operations and therefore suspect this because...?
It's not *that* hard to keep it running during a change.
By Tim Mc.
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 1:24pm
But it would cost extra money to do a side-by-side with a quick cutover.
Right
By ElizaLeila
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 5:02pm
Also would need to confirm there is space to run that 2nd set of infrastructure.
We are all amused by it
By Plen-T-Pak
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 12:38pm
But there's no real incentive for those paying for it to spend any time or effort on it. This is certainly a low priority side project.
Here's a guess
By Bob Leponge
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 2:09pm
Probably Automating
By KellyJMF
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 2:17pm
Currently, the weather beacon is manually switched. In order to automate it and control all the new LEDs individually, you need new IT infrastructure.
Flashing Red
By Sox Fan
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 9:32am
How else will I know if the Red Sox game has been called off on account of weather?
They were off
By Will LaTulippe
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 10:52am
When I was down there in January.
So, we're stuck with today's
By Rob
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 3:35pm
So, we're stuck with today's weather for the next several months?!
How will we know it's Boston?
By Don't Panic
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 1:13pm
...Without that distinctive weather beacon on the squattiest skyscraper in town? It might as well be the Superman building in Providence without the light.
Generic skyscraper proliferation is a serious problem in America.
Oh, hell
By Will LaTulippe
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 7:02pm
My favorite building in Boston. Federal Reserve and the BU police barracks across from Agganis round out the top three.