# Now We're at Orange-lite ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-were-at-orange-lite/155653>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 17, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-were-at-orange-lite/155653 "2003-02-17T16:31:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-were-at-orange-lite/155653/1 "2003-02-17T16:31:18Z")

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[here](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=514&e=4&cid=514&u=/ap/20030217/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_alert)  
Dammit, if your going to spend taxpayer money creating a national terror alert color scheme, STICK WITH IT :mad:  
I remember being told that the whole purpose of the setup was to eliminate uncertainty and rumor-mongeringf, and give the public a reliable indication of how frightened we should all be. Now, barely a year into implementation Ridge is already gaming the system to cover his own ass. It’d have been more helpful if he’d just duct-taped his mouth.

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**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-were-at-orange-lite/155653/2 "2003-02-17T16:55:02Z")

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Hmmm…Maybe the news networks should give out terror alerts in RGB values…

“And this morning, the Department of Homeland Security raised the terror rating to 255, 0, 0…”

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**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-were-at-orange-lite/155653/3 "2003-02-17T17:13:35Z")

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Here’s a gem:

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> **"But there is no rhyme or reason to when they attack," he said. "Ultimately they attack when they are ready."**

To rephrase: “Yeah, you know that whole color scheme thing we came up with? It’s basically meaningless.”

Which is what I suspected in the first place… nice that he confirmed it for me. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Hauky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@Hauky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hauky)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-were-at-orange-lite/155653/4 "2003-02-17T17:26:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by THespos \*  
> \*\*Hmmm…Maybe the news networks should give out terror alerts in RGB values…
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> “And this morning, the Department of Homeland Security raised the terror rating to 255, 0, 0…” \*\*

Heck, why stop there? Might as well confuse the general population even more with hex values.

“FF8000? Those aren’t even all numbers!”