diff --git a/tjdests/settings/secret.sample.py b/tjdests/settings/secret.sample.py
index 0092c11..e428b95 100644
--- a/tjdests/settings/secret.sample.py
+++ b/tjdests/settings/secret.sample.py
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = "supersecret"
 # OAuth
 SOCIAL_AUTH_ION_KEY = "ionkey"
 SOCIAL_AUTH_ION_SECRET = "ionsecret"
+
+# Message blast - treated as HTML safe text
+# type: str
+GLOBAL_MESSAGE = None
diff --git a/tjdests/templates/base.html b/tjdests/templates/base.html
index 0bb8656..bb80cc8 100644
--- a/tjdests/templates/base.html
+++ b/tjdests/templates/base.html
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
         </nav>
 
         <div class="container pt-3">
+            {% if settings.GLOBAL_MESSAGE %}
+                <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">
+                    {{ settings.GLOBAL_MESSAGE|safe }}
+                </div>
+            {% endif %}
             {% if messages %}
                 <div class="row">
                     <div class="col">