Serendipitous

Cruising down Jefferson, as I have countless times before, in order to get to where I was going (of course), my newly tsunami sign trained eye glimpsed the counterpart signage to Hermosa's warnings.  Jefferson, Fiji and Mindinao are lined with "Evacuation Route" signs bearing the same [friendly looking] wave graphic.  Ok, coincidental as it was that I found the better half to Hermosa's signs, I have several problems right off the bat...

#1)  Shouldn't the tsunami wave graphic be a bit more akin to the disaster and less like a Disneyland ride ad?  I'm just saying...most heads-up-it's-a-hazard sort of signs are yellow and black.  Maybe blue and white should be reserved for friendly skies and Portuguese ceramics.  Also, I think the waves look pretty soft and, in fact, to be honest, inviting.  This graphic may as well be saying, "jump in and let's play".  I think if the sign artist wanted to throw in a kid with a broken arm and a dog with a bloody head (or a kid with a bloody head and a dog with a broken arm, either way) that might be a bit more effective.

Which brings me to my second point.  #2)  If the signs were more noticeably noticeable and honestly representative of the threat they're professing to warn against, I would have noticed them about five years ago.  I'm driving; obviously my eyes are open, and I've never before noticed these signs, never mind been aware that I have to go all the way to the marina for my relief route.  #3)  If these signs really do lead those fleeing [inescapable] natural disaster, they sure as heck better end up at the marina's El Torito.  (Ever been to the marina El Torito on a Tuesday night (not that disaster will necessarily strike on a Tuesday)?  That place goes off like the Pope's pager in the catacombs.)

Life sometimes can be serendipitous.
Serendipitous: –adjective
  come upon or found by accident; fortuitous