Red Sky Saying
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222417)
United States
February 8, 2022 8:33pm CST
Have you ever heard this saying?:
"Red sky in morning, sailor take warning. Red sky at night, sailor's delight."
This sunrise picture was taken the morning before the big snowstorm that hit NE Ohio among other states. That red sky was letting us know that there was a big change coming in the weather!
Photo Credit: Mine
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
9 Feb 22
@marlina That's OK. Thanks for stopping by.
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@LadyDuck (502509)
• Italy
9 Feb 22
@LindaOHio It applies also where there are no sailors.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
9 Feb 22
Interesting how it varies from country to country.
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
11 Feb 22
@LindaOHio I learned something new today. Thank you.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
10 Feb 22
It means when the sunrise is red, there is bad weather coming. When the sunset is red, there is good weather coming.
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Feb 22
I’ve heard this saying before. It was weather forecasting 101 from back in the days before there was weather forecasting websites and meteorologists! Lol
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Feb 22
@LindaOHio I do remember as a kid living on the beach in south Florida some kind of saying about a yellow sky foreboding the arrival of a hurricane. Or something like that.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
11 Feb 22
@moffittjc Yikes! That would be freaky.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 Feb 22
Nope I've never heard that saying, Linda. But, it's probably true, the red sky in the morning take warning!
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
11 Feb 22
@LindaOHio Some of those saying, we kid around about them. Back in the days, it was accepted as a warning!
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
11 Feb 22
My father was in the Navy. Thank you for your service.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
12 Feb 22
@porwest Your dad got to retire from the Navy with a pension I'm assuming?
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@porwest (112876)
• United States
11 Feb 22
@LindaOHio I come from a long line of military folk. My dad was in the navy 23 years. My sister was in the air force for 10. My grandfather was in the army and my uncle was in the marines. Lots of patriots. 
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@allen0187 (59830)
• Philippines
9 Feb 22
First time I've heard o it.
Lovely photo. Thanks for sharing it.
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
9 Feb 22
Never heard that song. The picture is beautiful and kind of tells about longer days and Spring in sight.
So are you having below zero temperatures?
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
9 Feb 22
We haven't had any below zero temperatures yet (Fahrenheit). A lot of days below freezing though.
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
9 Feb 22
@LindaOHio
Oh I was talking in terms of Water Freeze : 0 C as that is the unit we follow.
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to the storm.
Very familiar with that saying.
@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
10 Feb 22
The sky should have been redder to match the huge storm that we got. :-)
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@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Feb 22
@petatonicsca Shepherd's pie is a favourite of mine. 
@lovebuglena (52174)
• Staten Island, New York
9 Feb 22
I am not familiar with that saying. Nice picture. I love the varying colors in the sky. Almost like a painting.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
10 Feb 22
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the picture.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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10 Feb 22
Thankfully the sailors were out at sea and not in northeastern Ohio 
I've heard that expression. A good day to be a sailor.
I've heard that expression. A good day to be a sailor.1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
11 Feb 22
Yeah, NE Ohio is not a good place to be in the winter time.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
10 Feb 22
Thanks. It was one of those days in the 20s I think.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
9 Feb 22
My dad used to say that! He had lots of old sayings.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89671)
• Rupert, Idaho
9 Feb 22
That is a very pretty sky....although I guess we'd rather those colors at night!
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