The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-27
WEATHER BUREAU STATIONS.

eau has been receiving complaints from
two sources and of entirely different
character the one from owners and
masters of large vessels, because the
display of storm warnings on many oc-
casions was not followed by winds sew
ere enough to cause ony Inconvenience
to their boats; the other from motar-
boat owners and yachtsmen in general
who were often troubled by, to them,
mgn winds fer which no warning had
beer Cispayed.
A plan has been devised by the Cent
raj Office of the Weather bureau and
gone into operation on the Lakes this
spring which is designed to over come
both of thoes difficulties. Hereafter
storm warnings will be displayed only
when winds of considerable violence are
expected, the same flags being used as
heretofore; but in addition new warn
ing, to be known as the "Small Craft
warning and consisting of single red
pennant, will be displayed whenever
winds that would endanger the safe
operation of small craft are expected.
These flags will be displayed on the
Great Lakes at all regular Weather
bureau Offices and also at all storm
warning display stations; several of the
latter are usually grouped together in
one section under the direction of an
observing station, known as the "Sect-
ion Center" The Houghton Office has
control of the section comprising the
Keweenaw peninsula, the names of the
stations, location of the display and
names OF the displaymen at each are as
follows:- Ontonagon, flag displayed
from pole on court house grounds, AS.
Follansbee, displayman; Portage l.. S.
S. flags and lanterns displayed from
steel tower on the north shore of the
canal. near the Life saving station,
Capt. Mccormick, displayman; Eagle
Harbor, flags and lanterns on steel
tower near the light house, Mrs. Alice
Nolen, displaymen; Portage Entry,
flags and lanterns on steel tower near
the U. S. watchman's residence, Ger
aid VanLiew, displayman; Pequaming.
flags only from staff on Hebard's dock,
Hebard & Sons, displaymen; the lacat-
ion of the station at Baraga is not yet
determined but display will probably
be made from pole on the dock of the
Bar ga Lumber Co.
In addition to these displays at
Government expense, any responsible
interested person will be sent the mes
sage from the Houghton office as oc-
casion arises. if he will agree to display
the Small craft warnings at his own
expense for equipment, consisting only
of red pennant of eight feet hoist
and twelve feet fly. and the necess-
ary staff and halyards, and also the
cost, if any, for sending the messages
from Houghton. This should be OF
apecial interest to Yach, clubs, Summer
resorts and parks; further information
can be obtained from Observer Cow
drick.
AS rule the general public thinks
that the flag display are difficult to
read, but if few simple rules are
memorized it is not necessary TO carry
card in your pocket, although sush
cands are cheerfully furnished on APP
plication. The square red flag with
black center is the storm warning prop
Ter. The pennant shows the direction
from which the high winds may be ex-
pected. the red indicating easterly and
the white westerly winds. When one OF
these is above the storm flag it indicates
winds from the northerly quadrant,
below the storm flag from the souther
IL quadrant; that is the red pennan'
above is for northeast and below fol
southeast winds, and vice versa for Tho
white pennant.
1t may not be generally known tina
the master or owner of any vessel a
a port where there is no Weather Blu
reau office or display station may tele
graph or telephone at Government ex
pense for information regarding ex
pected weather conditions. whenever
is considered necessary; the only con
dition being that they make public tn
information thus obtained.