Purple street lights?

[saturn]

Anyone have the street lights in their neighborhood shine a creepy purple light? Several around my streets are like that. I was thinking maybe it was something to do with our NFL team, The Ravens, colors. Of course there are also people who insist it's some conspiracy related to 5G or some such thing.

Nope. It's more mundane. If you see these lights and are curious, here's an article which explains the phenomenon. 

Representatives of the affected cities offer a little more detail. "The purple streetlights are a result of the phosphor coating delaminating from the LEDs," says Fiona Hughes, a representative for the city of Vancouver. Brooks, of Duke Power, points to the same cause. "There's a laminate on the fixture that gives it its white color," he says. "As that laminate began to degrade, it caused the color tint to change toward purple." 

https://www.businessinsider.com/led-city-streetlights-turning-purple-broken-tech-danger-2022-11?utm_source=naptownScoop+&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=december2022

I'm sure the people worried about the 5G menace won't be convinced. 

Edited December 2, 2022 by saturn
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[MissouriPicker]

Did you say purple lights?…..There’s only one explanation.

 

[Whitefang]

No purple lights here either.  We don't even have-----

Whitefang

[Pinch]

[Twang Gang]

Where I live we don't have many street lights so it's not a problem.

[sponserv]

OMG! Is there any way to listen to Purple Rain without acknowledging what a guitar god he was?

 

Such a sad story. Gone way too soon. RIP Prince

[Whitefang]

I think after six years most have well gotten over it.  

I never considered Prince as a guitar "God".  But he was better than most people thought. 

Whitefang

[codename]

When I was a teen there was a building downtown that had a yellowish light box in front to ilumintae the front wall. Everyone called it "Purple City" cause if you looked into the light box for a minuite or two ,then when you look around every light you see would be a viberant  purple. Not good for the eyes I would think. Kids.