klaxon

The alarm klaxon was going off like crazy on that one.

All I see is a couple of point source lights with some andons and a klaxon.

The klaxon call to action of the salesman would be gauche.

Lying CEO is like a klaxon going off, not a confidence builder.

It's not a total klaxon blaring, but it does raise eyebrows.

A klaxon goes off in my head whenever I see phrases like "Italy is a made-up country.

In hindsight, they should have just sounded the klaxon and started handing out life jackets, but you know what they say about hindsight.

I haven't laughed this hard in days:The fire alarm klaxon went off and the siren warning of imminent halon gas release was screaming.

It is much more appropriate to follow up with the appropriate party and at least give them a chance to respond before sounding the klaxon.

And specifically to make sure that things are handled in a sane and sensible fashion when everything is going off klaxon-wise and/or on fire?

As in the article I pointed out, that particular school now is having a decrease in results--the tests are indicating with a big, red klaxon that something is going wrong.

Right; then what you describe sounds like nuclear-silo-klaxon warnings to me. If the decision-makers want to replace $x/hour janitors with $xx/hour developers, they probably understand neither the price nor value of anything.

You wouldn't feel comfortable in a car that had a klaxon for the horn, a handbrake outside and a gear system with no synchromesh but that sported a brand new LCD illuminated dashboard - it would feel a mishmash and a mess.