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The Army Signal Service established the first federal weather office in the region in Chicago on October 15, 1870. [2] During May 1894 the Chicago Weather Bureau was given a new forecast area extending from the Great Lakes region all the way to the Rocky Mountains. [2]
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.
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CTC consolidates train routing decisions that were previously carried out by local signal operators or the train crews themselves. The system consists of a centralized train dispatcher's office that controls railroad interlockings and traffic flows in portions of the rail system designated as CTC territory. One hallmark of CTC is a control ...
The Met Office (Danny Lawson/PA Wire) Technically 2023 was the last white Christmas in the UK, with 11% of stations recording snow falling - but none reporting any actually settling on the ground.
The Met Office and other weather services have three colour coded warning levels: Yellow: Be aware. Possible travel delays, or the disruption of your day-to-day activities. Amber: Be prepared. Could cause road and rail closures, interruption to power, and the potential risk to life and property. Red: Take action. Widespread damage, travel and ...
A series of yellow weather warnings will remain in force until Sunday. On Saturday, an amber weather warning for wind is in place to cover the areas at risk of the greatest impacts. Met Office ...
In an effort to simplify the operation of commuter rail in the Chicago area, in July 1985 it adopted a unified brand for the entire system–Metra, or Metropolitan Rail. [12] The newly reorganized Metra service helped to bring a single identity to the many infrastructure components serviced by the Regional Transportation Authority's commuter ...