Color-coded terror warnings to be gone by April 27

[WilliamPitt]

Color-coded terror warnings to be gone by April 27
by Eileen Sullivan
Associated Press / January 26, 2011

WASHINGTON—By the end of April, terror threats to the U.S. will no longer be described in shades of green, blue, yellow, orange and red, The Associated Press has learned.

The nation's color-coded terror warning system will be phased out beginning this week, according to government officials familiar with the plan. The officials requested anonymity to speak ahead of an announcement scheduled Thursday by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

The Homeland Security Department and other government agencies have been reviewing the Homeland Security Advisory System's usefulness for more than a year. One of the most notable changes to come: The public will no longer hear automated recordings at U.S. airports stating that the threat level is orange.

The Obama administration will take the next three months to roll out a replacement, which will be called the National Terrorism Advisory System. The new plan calls for notifying specific audiences about specific threats. In some cases, it might be a one-page threat description sent to law enforcement officials describing the threat, what law enforcement needs to do about it and what the federal government is doing, one of the officials said.

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How will I know how scared I should be?

:scared:

[gratuitous]

1. How scared should you be?

Use the Lewis Black system:

Level 1: Jesus Christ!
Level 2: God dammit!
Level 3: Fuck me!

Easier to use and comprehend.

[MuseRider]

2. LOL

gotta love Lewis Black.

[MindPilot]

3. I just hear the voice from Airplane...

Don't start with your Orange Alert shit again....

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. This avoids a lawsuit - Boner claimed "Orange" belonged to him

[delightfulstar]

8. I love it...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[RC]

5. They'll send out bar codes over the Internet to be read by smart phones, as part of the

Internet speed upgrade Obama mentioned.

That's how we will know. If you aren't plugged in, you'll never know when to bend over and kiss your ass good-by.

[TlalocW]

6. But what about when we need to go to... BLACKWATCH PLAID???!!!

From Phil Ken Sebben (voiced by Stephen Colbert) on, "Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law."

TlalocW

[sam kane]

7. Poor Code Pink! nt.

nt.

[kas125]

13. We'll still be just fine. But thanks for the sentiment... n/t

[RedCloud]

9. Color me blue!

[eppur_se_muova]

10. Good. I got confused by the conflict with the resistor color code ...

Black = 0
Brown = 1
Red = 2
Orange = 3
Yellow = 4
Green = 5
Blue = 6
Violet = 7
Grey = 8
White = 9

Most of the time, it was yellow to red, so I thought "not too bad!"

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[immoderate]

12. I will still use this code for rating marijuana.

I won't touch anything below orange. Sadly, it's hard to find any legitimate red-zone pot down here. :cry:

--imm

[kas125]

14. Red zone? Ha, we're lucky to get green zone where I live!

You should consider yourself lucky, lol.

[immoderate]

15. I'll feel a whole lot better...

if I get a certain phone call tomorrow.

Sorry about your drought though. :hug:

--imm