I missed this the first time -- when the war starts we go to "Dark Orange." I shit you not.

‘Dark Orange’


LAW-ENFORCEMENT and intelligence sources said this week there is a growing consensus within the Department of Homeland Security that the terror-alert status will be quickly moved back to ?code orange??meaning a ?high? risk of attack?as soon as hostilities in Iraq begin. But officials say this time the regimen of enhanced security, including more intrusive inspections at the borders and police presence at key facilities such as nuclear plants, bridges and dams?will be even more visible to the public than during last month?s 20-day incursion into code orange.
We?re calling this ?dark orange,? said one U.S. security official about the anticipated state of alert . In effect, the official said, security precautions will be just a shade below those that have been contemplated for ?code red??the alert level Homeland Security has devised if officials ever get word that a terror attack is ?imminent.? The idea is to send a clear message to the public and to the terrorists that the federal government intends to go to extraordinary, and heretofore unseen, lengths to secure the homeland while U.S. servicemen