Gov't raises threat level to orange

[optoman]

Breaking news on CNN says the US government is raising the threat level from yellow to orange. Does anyone really think something bad is going to happen tomorrow? I hope not but I think it is a posibility.

U.S. government raises terror threat level for first time since March, signifying a "high risk of terrorist attacks," sources tell CNN. Details to come.

 

[Rallispec]

i wonder what it will be tomorrow.

i doubt anythingn will happen

 

[Draco]

Orange sounds like a happy time.... what is with this color coded threat system?

I LIKE THE GOOD OLE' FASHION DEFCON 1-5.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I would not make too much of this - it is probably just a generalized escalation in vigilance due to the anniversary of 9/11.

 

[Draco]

Btw... what comes after orange? Purple?

No seriously, how does the chart go?

Ah, here we go

Low = Green;
Guarded = Blue;
Elevated = Yellow;
High = Orange;
Severe = Red.

Link

 

[Stifko]

if it goes to purple, I am gonna make brown

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I dunno if anything will happen tomorrow, but I have the day off and I'm driving someone to the beach then celebrating my mom's birthday.

nik

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Stifko
if it goes to purple, I am gonna make brown

lol -

 

[Electric Amish]

Nothing will happen.

If the terrorists were smart, it'd happen a day or two after.

amish

 

[pillage2001]

DOubt anything will happen tomorrow.

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
I dunno if anything will happen tomorrow, but I have the day off and I'm driving someone to the beach then celebrating my mom's birthday.

nik

your mom's birthday is on Sept 11th? That's too bad... hard to celebrate on that day

 

[rickn]

I think they should rename it The Warmonger Meter

 

[308nato]

I hope all have a safe and uneventful day tomorrow.

All of us on the local volunteer fire department have to go to the grade school tomorrow for an assembly. The kids wanted to do something for 9/11 so they made us a plaque or something to "recognize" us as their "hero's".

We are all pretty bashful about the whole thing but the chief says we go because the kids are really excited about it. Oh well, if it helps them to deal with things at their level its worth our grown up embarrasment I guess.

 

[JellyBaby]

All hands to battlestations! Captain Bush to the bridge?

It probably took $15 million taxpayer dollars for multiple committes to arrive at this scheme, but here you go: green > blue > amber > orange > red.

 

[Ryan]

What wrong with the Defcon system, or the ThreatCon system they use on military bases? Did they make them colors because it's easier for civilians to understand?

 

[Electrode]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
What wrong with the Defcon system, or the ThreatCon system they use on military bases? Did they make them colors because it's easier for civilians to understand?

Most likely. You must remember, the average American has what ammounts to a 3rd grade education. You can't expect them to know that "DefCon 4" is bad, but tell them that there's a "Red" risk of terrorism, and they get the picture.

 

[StattlichPassat]

Originally posted by: Draco
Orange sounds like a happy time.... what is with this color coded threat system?

I LIKE THE GOOD OLE' FASHION DEFCON 1-5.

AGREED. Maybe the American public isn't smart enough to utilize such a system (excuse me). Example: can you see your great grandmother proclaiming,

"We're at Defcon 4! Standby!"
or...
"It looks like we're on 'Orange Alert' again..."

 

[Draco]

Hmmm... if we're at "Orange" I guess that's the equivalent of DEFCON-2... one more and nuclear war?


Orange does sound a lot more comforting then "DEFCON!" heh. Ahh.. ignorance is bliss.

 

[notfred]

I would have done the colors:

white > green > yellow > red > black

doesn't " threat level black" sould kinda scary?

 

[shiner]

I think they should rename it The Warmonger Meter

You mean like those war mongering Democrats?

 

[UberDave]

when is it level bananna?

 

[rh71]

hmm... after we stick it to them?

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: UberDave
when is it level bananna?

When the cows stop square-dancing.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Zakath15

Originally posted by: UberDave when is it level bananna?

When the cows stop square-dancing.

Damnett! WE're gonna be on banana FOREVER! $#%^&$%2ml;kv vnkdnfsui berkfers oig#$%#@54o8y458 hfvn fdn vcljc, dfiabyshf8eri! :|

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: Zakath15

Originally posted by: UberDave when is it level bananna?

When the cows stop square-dancing.

Damnett! WE're gonna be on banana FOREVER! $#%^&$%2ml;kv vnkdnfsui berkfers <a href="mailtoig#$%#@54o8y458">oig#$%#@54o8y458</A> hfvn fdn vcljc, dfiabyshf8eri! :|

What about the amazing whooping llama? When will he get his due?