What is this?
Jan 24, 2021 09:31:56 #
Amielee wrote:
And the cup thingy collects rain water measures the amount the self empties.
I've never had an electronic rain meter that kept working. One worked like a see-saw. One cup would fill, swing over, and empty itself. The device counted the swings and computed how many inches of rain it collected. That didn't keep working very long, though.
Jan 24, 2021 09:48:41 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
AndyT wrote:
It is attached to a light pole in an apartment complex. The spinning mechanism must be powering something. A timer perhaps?
Weather stations for home use have become quite popular, that coupled with all the links to modern weather equipment/forecasting programs and modelling programs make the need for the local/national/international tv weatherperson just about zilch.
Just to give a rough idea; www.windy.com, spaghettimodels.com/Mike's weather page, and many, many others allow folks at home to see and utilize the same tools the weathernews/forecasters use. Easy to see and use, and if you have or develope some understanding of how to read and understand the info/data/models/predictive tools, (in my case) I don't even need to turn on the tv to know what the weather will be, real time, hours/days ahead of what will be.
Jan 24, 2021 09:57:54 #
Here is a link to the weather station. It is made by Acurite.
https://www.acurite.com/shop-all/weather-instruments/weather-stations/acurite-atlastm-weather-station-with-hd-display.html?ref=name
https://www.acurite.com/shop-all/weather-instruments/weather-stations/acurite-atlastm-weather-station-with-hd-display.html?ref=name
Jan 24, 2021 10:19:04 #
Reuss Griffiths wrote:
it's a docking port for an alien spacecraft and you wonder why the aliens won't talk to us.
Really? Looks like we wasted money building the wall.
Jan 24, 2021 10:27:41 #
Some/many amateur astronomers have them. They connect to domes and such ti either warn that bad weather is close/present or even to close things up. Not likely in this case, but why you might see them in otherwise out of the way locations. Some even have thermal IR sensors which measure cloud cover at night by sky temperature. The units can be quite expensive.
If you are worried about being spied on get rid of everything with wifi in it!
If you are worried about being spied on get rid of everything with wifi in it!
Jan 24, 2021 10:32:33 #
It is a $199 Acurite weather station sensor
looked up Acurtie and found a picture same as
looked up Acurtie and found a picture same as
Jan 24, 2021 10:33:37 #
skylinefirepest wrote:
Weather station? Could be...but I'm willing to bet that it's a security device.
How much?
Jan 24, 2021 10:34:51 #
AndyT wrote:
It is attached to a light pole in an apartment complex. The spinning mechanism must be powering something. A timer perhaps?
If you are still not convinced then go here.
Jan 24, 2021 10:35:01 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
JBRIII wrote:
If you are worried about being spied on get rid of everything with wifi in it!
If you are worried about being spied on get rid of everything with wifi in it!
Smart appliances open the doorway!!!
Jan 24, 2021 10:37:12 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
AndyT wrote:
Day old pizza (love the name), your answer makes sense, but why in an apartment complex? They simply rely on the rain itself to water the lawns, no sprinkler systems of any kind. And atmospheric pressure?
The apartment complex is irrelevant in the placement of the weather station. It could just as likely be one in a single family home neighborhood, or downtown, or in an industrial park, or out in the countryside.
Stan
Jan 24, 2021 10:41:24 #
Andy, this is a monitoring device. It keeps track of the people in the complex and those visiting said complex. Those little "cups" are parabolic listening devices, as is the bottom of the unit. Notice the slots for letting sound in. Someone is monitoring the residents. The arrow at the top points to the direction a subject has gone. These things are insidious. Someone is keeping track of everything that goes on in the near vicinity.
Or it could simply be the external part of a weather monitoring station. https://www.weathershack.com/listing/accurate-weather-stations-.html
--Bob
Or it could simply be the external part of a weather monitoring station. https://www.weathershack.com/listing/accurate-weather-stations-.html
--Bob
AndyT wrote:
It is attached to a light pole in an apartment complex. The spinning mechanism must be powering something. A timer perhaps?
Jan 24, 2021 10:42:27 #
olemikey wrote:
Smart appliances open the doorway!!!
I told a joke about how the government is getting into our lives.
My wife laughed,
I laughed,
Alexa laughed,
the fridge laughed,
but the microwave was silent.
Jan 24, 2021 10:47:30 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
Longshadow wrote:
I told a joke about how the government is getting into our lives.
My wife laughed,
I laughed,
Alexa laughed,
the fridge laughed,
but the microwave was silent.
My wife laughed,
I laughed,
Alexa laughed,
the fridge laughed,
but the microwave was silent.
LOL... We finally have a microwave that you can turn the damn beeps off....what a wonderful adjustment!!!!
Jan 24, 2021 10:52:25 #
olemikey wrote:
LOL... We finally have a microwave that you can turn the damn beeps off....what a wonderful adjustment!!!!
We were given an "Alexa" as a gift one year.
All of our other stuff is "stupid".
Alexa is used for occasional video calls,
and "Play K92 FM" Or "Sirius channel 6".
Otherwise it just sits and listens.
Handy little bugger though.
Jan 24, 2021 10:58:25 #
Longshadow wrote:
We were given an "Alexa" as a gift one year.
All of our other stuff is "stupid".
Alexa is used for occasional video calls,
and "Play K92 FM" Or "Sirius channel 6".
Otherwise it just sits and listens.
Handy little bugger though.
All of our other stuff is "stupid".
Alexa is used for occasional video calls,
and "Play K92 FM" Or "Sirius channel 6".
Otherwise it just sits and listens.
Handy little bugger though.
Haha, I put mine out in the garage so I can listen to music from my Prime playlists while making beer. She gets lonely out there without anyone to talk to on a regular basis.
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