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" A red flag with a black center indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected. The pennants displayed with the flags indicate the direction of the wind: white, westerly (from southwest to north); red, easterly (from northeast to south). "
Old Ocean's Ferry: The Log of the Modern Mariner, the Trans-Atlantic ... - Page 59
edited by - 1900 - 266 pages
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Tide Tables for the Year ...

1908 - 550 pages
...eoast.) Easterly winds. Westerly winds. EXPLANATION. STORM SIGNAL. — A red flag with a black center indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected....pennants displayed with the flags indicate the direction o£ the wind: Red, easterly (from northeast to south); white, westerly (from southwest to north). The...
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United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Part IV. From Point ..., Part 4

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - 1909 - 236 pages
...SEACOAST. A red flag with a black center indicates that the storm is expected to be of marked violence. The pennants displayed with the flags indicate the direction of the wind; red, easterly (from north through east to south); white, westerly (from south through west to north). The pennant abovv...
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Modern Seamanship

Austin Melvin Knight - 1910 - 956 pages
...— (a) A red flag1, with a black center, indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected. (b) The pennants displayed with the flags indicate the direction of the wind; red, easterly (from north, through east, to south) ; white, westerly ( from south, through west, to north) . The pennant...
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United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Part III. From Cape Ann ..., Part 3

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - 1912 - 178 pages
...Weather Bureau on the coasts of the United States and the Great Lakes. A red flag, with a black center, indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected....the wind; red, easterly (from northeast to south); wlu'te, westerly (from southwest to north). The pennant above the flag indicates that the wind is expected...
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The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore

Ernest Thompson Seton - 1912 - 594 pages
...or snow; with 3 above it means with higher temperature; with 3 below it means lower temperature. . A red flag with a black centre indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected. DISPLAY EXAMPLES Colder. Fair Weather Rain or Snow. Warmer Warmer. Fair Weather, followed by Rain or...
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The Wireless Age, Volume 5

1917 - 1082 pages
...by the shaded portions Storm Warning Signals Small Craft Warning — A red flag with a black center indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected....indicate the direction of the wind; red, easterly; white, westerly. The pen•nant above the flag indicates that the wind is expected to blow from northerly...
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Scientific American Reference Book

Albert Allis Hopkins - 1913 - 628 pages
...pennant indicates that moderate winds are expected. Storm warning. — A red flag with a black center Indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected....with the flags indicate the direction of the wind: white, westerly (from southwest to north) ; red, easterly (from northeast to south). The pennant above...
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Handbook of the Port of Boston, 1913

Boston Chamber of Commerce - 1913 - 270 pages
...indicates that moderately strong winds are expected. Storm Warning. A red flag with a black center indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected....with the flags indicate the direction of the wind : white, westerly (from southwest to north); red, easterly (from northeast to south). The pennant above...
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Handbook of the Port of Boston, 1913

Boston Chamber of Commerce - 1913 - 270 pages
...indicates that moderately strong winds are expected. Storm Warning. A red flag with a black center indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected....with the flags indicate the direction of the wind : white, westerly (from southwest to north); red, easterly (from northeast to south). The pennant above...
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1000 Things Worth Knowing

Nathaniel Clark Fowler - 1915 - 248 pages
...indicates that moderately strong winds are expected. Storm Warning: A red flag with a black center indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected....with the flags indicate the direction of the wind — white, westerly (from southwest to north) ; red, easterly (from northeast to south). The pennant...
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