A piece of history GONE... The San Francisco FogCam to shut down on August 30, 2019, after 25 years of operation...

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One of the oldest webcams still alive is going to the graveyard. The San Francisco FogCam, which has been keeping track of the fog (and traffic!) on the San Francisco State University campus since 1994, is going to be shut down at the end of August, allegedly August 30, 2019. It marks the end of an era. Why will it be shut down? Well, apparently, the university has nowhere to put it anymore! Basically, the same thing that happened to the Coffee Pot Webcam in 2001, when they shut it down because the campus moved, and they (Cambridge University) didn't feel like keeping up with the webcam because it was outdated, basically that same thing is happening to the FogCam in 2019, except SFSU is not moving. The FogCam has been in operation since 1994, and has been broadcasting views of SFSU and San Francisco since 1994. But as of August 30, 2019, the camera will be no more. However, the website will remain after the shutdown on August 30, 2019, as a piece of history. If you want to see the camera before it shuts down, you can check it out at FogCam.org! (Live views updated every 20 seconds)


FogCam.org on August 21, 2019 at 9:19 AM.(6:19 AM in San Francisco)

It is sad to see it go, but it will live on in our hearts, in the history books, and in the Wayback Machine! 😂😂😂

You can also go to danwong.org/gallery.html to see some 1995 captures from the FogCam (FlirtCam at the time) You can't see those on the Wayback Machine, it only goes back to 1996!

#RetroStuff #Retro #Goodbye

Updated 8/22/19.

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