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A weather beacon is a beacon that indicates the local weather forecast in a code of colored or flashing lights. Often, a short poem or jingle accompanies the code to make it easier to remember. ((example ), (example 2 )) The beacon is usually on the roof of a tall building in a central business district, but some are attached to towers. The beacons are most commonly owned by financial services companies and television stations and are part of advertising and public relations programs. They provide a very basic forecast for the general public and not as an aid to navigation. In addition to displaying weather forecasts, some weather beacons have been used to signal victory or defeat for a professional sports home team. == History == The first attempt to create a weather beacon as a form of advertising was from Douglas Leigh, who, in 1941, arranged a lighting scheme for the Empire State Building to display a weather forecast code with a decoder to be packaged with Coca-Cola bottles. The plan was never implemented because of the attack on Pearl Harbor later that year.〔(Manhattan Users Guide )〕 Mr. Leigh resurrected his idea in Minneapolis in October 1949 with the Northwestern National Bank Weatherball.〔("Remembering a beloved icon", ''Northwestern Financial Review'' )〕 In Australia, the Mutual Life and Citizens insurance company installed weather beacons atop its buildings in 1957 and '58.〔(Federation and Meteorology, Memories of the Bureau, 1946 to 1962, page 1032 )〕 Weather beacons were most popular during the 1950s and '60s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「weather beacon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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