While the color codes red, yellow, and green are intuitive, the codes orange and blue may leave you scratching your head. And are the implications of these codes clear? Does read mean there is an imminent attack or suspects?
I am suggesting a change in the Threat Level Color Scheme:
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=29
I recommend we keep the colors simple and familiar with something Americans know like our traffic signals - red, yellow, and green. And where there are gray areas between two threat codes, the threat level should be divided into a left and right sections. The complete listing of the suggested color scheme is as follows:
Red (STOP) - Severe. Stop what you are doing. Attack imminent or inprogress.
Red/Yellow - Moderate to severe. Attack not imminent.
Yellow (SLOW) - Moderate.
Yellow/Green - Guarded
Green (GO) - No risk.
What's your opinion?
p.s. I have included a link to this post in an e-mail to the DHS. Please keep your responses clean.
2006-08-13
20:00:43
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