Mount Hood's last major eruption occurred in the 1790's not long before Lewis and Clark's expedition to the Pacific Northwest. In the mid-1800's, local residents reported minor explosive activity, but since that time the volcano has been quiet.
Signal Colors and Their Meaning. The colors used in today's signals are green, yellow, red, lunar, and white (remember, we're talking about signals in North America). The color of a signal tells the engineer what he has to do, the location of that color, determines the speed at which he is allowed to do it.We will get to the speed thing in a minute.he colors used in today's signals are green, yellow, red, lunar, and white (remember, we're talking about signals in North America). The color of a signal tells the engineer what he has to do, the location of that color, determines the speed at which he is allowed to do it. We will get to the speed thing in a minute.
3.10 Color-The color of the mailbox and flag must be in accordance with the following requirements. The mailbox may be any color. The carrier signal flag can be any color except any shade of green, brown, white, yellow or blue. The preferred flag color is fluorescent orange.