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Weather Watchers

PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. The city of Minneapolis used to have some kind of

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Sat Jun 28, 2025, 08:31 PM

Jun 28

light thing downtown to let you know if some particular weather was on the way. Snow was one color, thunderstorms another. I lived there less than two years around 1982 so I don't recall specifics. But it was really helpful.

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