Those street lights that glow orange in Britain, am I in creepy B movie?
Posted on March 31, 2009 by peacefulyorkshire
Night has fallen and there is an orange glow that radiates through the dark in cities all across the UK. And its not from the over-use of fake tan products. Oh, no.. this glow is from the street lights.
Mr . Chill, my English boyfriend, has the theory that the obnoxious orange glow is only orange and not white for the birds. “The birds”, I asked?”Yes, he has this theory that the birds need the glow of the street lights to be orange so they don’t think its day time. I don’t believe that theory though because American birds don’t stay up all night because of street lights (which are not orange they are white).
Birds and their safety aside or whatever theory anyone tells me, I can’t help it. I just really don’t like the orange street lights in Britain. The eerie orange makes everything look like I am in a 1970′s B movie as I am walking home at night. The orange glow is creepy, and it adds to the spooky atmosphere around my dark Victorian House which is near a spooky bridge. Which is over a dark alley. Which ASBO kids like to drink in. You get the idea. There hasn’t been one time where I have thought that the orange street lights are nice. Nope not one. Ever. But, I thought, surely I am not the only whiny lady that needs to write a post about it. Well, actually, no I am not. There is a whole blog (!!!) about street lights– complete with pictures and all kinds of orange glow information to satisfy your desires… See that blog here.
But, according to the BBC, there is a whole new initiative in Leeds (started in 2006) aimed at replacing 80% of all those orange lights as they are not environmentally friendly. They will be changed to white. Ahh… white. Thank god we are living in a more green councious world, that might be the catalyst that is going to change the orange. I cant wait! Now if I could just tackle the other orange glow in England—the glow from Fake n’ Bake users …