January 04, 2008
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Anyway, the signs are part of a post-9/11 emergency plan, apparently. This color-coded system shares a lot in common with the color coded terror alert system also put in place after 9/11: Nobody has any idea what the colors mean and nobody really pays any attention to it, anyway. But, oh man, if the Willow Grove Mall is attacked, we need an exit strategy!
The color-coded detour signs are going up all across the state in the coming months. (Currently, they lead to nowhere.) They're meant to be able to direct drivers back to the Interstate in case of a forced exit due to an accident or something. NBC 10's Lynn Berry: "If there's an incident, message boards and media reports will be made telling motorists which color detour to take."
So if you're in your car and forced to exit I-95, just check in to Philadelphia Will Do and I'll you which detour to take (the blue one). I think it's settled: This is the most successful plan of all time.
Update: I apparently quit writing this headline right in the middle of it. But I kinda like it now, so you can just pretend I died halfway through.
Posted by D-Mac on January 4, 2008 02:07 PM
Posted to Arrows
, Color-Coded Systems
, Driving
, Penndot
, Post-9/11
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I will be upset if the Willow Grove Mall is attacked; they have flagship Bloomingdale's and Macy's.
I'm glad to know the explanation for these too, though. There are blue and red detour signs near my parents' house and I figured they were just for the construction on 320.
Posted by: Clare at January 7, 2008 02:09 PM
distant from Carlisle. But at Carlisle, bills were paid in gold and LdKdggKrCB national animosity. They are as wise, however, as if they had all
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Posted by: Jessica at January 28, 2008 01:02 PM
Thank God someone explained this. I've been seeing these things for more than a month now, but every time I mention it to someone, they have no idea what I'm talking about. I thought I was going insane in a very specific way.
Posted by: Kyle at January 4, 2008 04:22 PM