The Flint Weather Ball
July 24, 2006
9714crop, photo by Hemicuda82.
Isaiah Mays captured a great shot of this Flint landmark.
Of the Weather Ball, Gary Flynn at Water Winter Wonderland writes:
Long before The Weather Channel existed and more than a decade before Flint even received cable TV, people in and around downtown Flint could look at the top of the Citizens Bank building and figure out the weather forecast every evening. Ever since the Citizens Bank Weather Ball was built in 1956, Flint residents and visitors who knew the Weather Ball rhyme knew what to expect:
When the weather ball is red, higher temperatures ahead.
When the weather ball is blue, lower temperatures are due.
Yellow light in weather ball means they’ll be no change at all.
When colors blink in agitation, there’s going to be precipitation.
Read the rest of A Very Useful Landmark at Water Winter Wonderland.
July 24, 2006 at 12:30 pm
Very nice, especially with the jet contrails in the sky.
July 27, 2006 at 8:42 pm
Thank you so much for this great shot. I was searching for a shot of the weatherball a few weeks ago. This is great.
October 14, 2006 at 1:12 pm
I’d like to see a night shot, too, or maybe even video. That’d be great! (it would also be nice if your site specified “EMAIL,” not “Mail.”
February 10, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Wow, i thought the Minneapolis-St Paul area only had this. ours was from 1949-1983. I thought it was a cool idea and still do! i agree with Judy a Night shot would be cool. Brian from Minnesota.
October 19, 2008 at 7:02 pm
I am looking to purchase a picture of the weather ball in Flint, MI anyone have any suggestions of place to look.
Thanks