<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Gunshot detector. I like it. That
would explain why there were (at least) two - and maybe they need
wind speed to help the calculation?<br>
<br>
Just the type of superfluous thing the South Pasadena City Council
would waste my money on. I'll write them and see if they can
confirm.<br>
<br>
-braddock<br>
<br>
<br>
On 03/25/2013 11:49 AM, Richard Scobey wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote
cite="mid:4327CB77-DE6E-4EA2-A5BD-53B62A4D6DB2@earthlink.net"
type="cite">
<div>I remember hearing that sensors were being installed
throughout the Los Angeles area to detect gunshots. Using
triangulation, they are able to pinpoint the source. </div>
<div>Does anyone know what those look like?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Rick Scobey<br>
<br>
Sent from my iPad</div>
<div><br>
On Mar 25, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Dan Buthusiem <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:dan.buthusiem@gmail.com">dan.buthusiem@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div>
<p>I've noticed quite a few popping up recently. One in South
Pasadena seemed to be the best WiMax spots back when it was
still in deployment. I doubt they're all weather stations,
seeing as I don't see the use of having such a dense sensor
distribution for tracking weather. I can only guess it'd be
for seismic activity (they are working on adding sensors to
the seismic detector network), or the possibility they're
antennas for some sort of urban wireless network. Whatever
they are, they're definitely growing in number. Good to know
I'm not the only one to notice them. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 25, 2013 9:47 AM, "James
McDuffie" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mcduffie@pitfall.org">mcduffie@pitfall.org</a>>
wrote:<br type="attribution">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>I was curious too. I looked both at the Weather
Underground and NOAA station locator websites and
could not find anything listed at those cross streets.<br>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/about.asp"
target="_blank">http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/about.asp</a><br>
</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/"
target="_blank">http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/</a><br>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Some questions that might lead to more answers:<br>
</div>
<div>* Is pole on private or public property?<br>
</div>
<div>* Do you see a control box on the ground? I am
guessing the control and communication equipment is
mounted above the radiation shield.<br>
</div>
<div>* Is there a wire going from the station into the
pole?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Maybe its a station for a local school.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>On Mon, Mar 25, 2013, at 08:20 AM, Braddock wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div>Do cities regularly install weather stations?
What for? And two on one block?<br>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div> I'm very curious.<br>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div> -braddock<br>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div> On 03/24/2013 03:44 PM, Claude Felizardo wrote:
<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div>Yuppers. Definitely looks like a wind speed
sensor, possibly a rain gauge on top and a
ventilated temp and/or humidity sensor. Surprised
that there isn't a wind direction sensor. <br>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>They could be monitoring for other stuff. Air
pollution but then they usually need easy access
to a particulate filter fairly often. <br>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div> On Mar 24, 2013, at 2:32 PM, James McDuffie
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mcduffie@pitfall.org"
target="_blank">mcduffie@pitfall.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
<div> </div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div>
<div>Looks very much like a weather station. <br>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:braddock@braddock.com"
target="_blank">braddock@braddock.com</a>
wrote:
<blockquote style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div> There are two of these things mounted
on poles one block apart on Mission and
Fair Oaks in South Pasadena. <br>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div> What are they? Is the city running
some kind of weather station?<br>
</div>
<div> </div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>