Loading ...Driving over the saddle between our two big mountains the other day, I got a ‘new look’ at a sign I have ignored for years. Approaching the Pohakuloa (military) Training area is a large yellow road sign:
Highfire
Danger Area
Followed by a red flagpole with red flag and flashing red light atop…. the kind the military uses to designate a ‘live fire’ range. Next sign on the road reads:
Today’s Fire Danger
“EXTREME”
To report a fire, call…
This is a very dry grassy area, and I had always assumed the signage was all about preventing fires in the area…. but I had a revelation this time. The word “Highfire” was purposefully run together in the first yellow sign to mean something entirely different… as in “Highfire” coming from the firing range that went ‘high’ and over the top of the berm. Where will it land?? Why… along the highway where the sign and red flag are!! The meaning is well disguised by the ‘fire danger’ sign immediately following, which DOES address grass fire conditions.
Clever way of warning you that you might get shot, without causing undue panic.