OK, this is kind of weird, but when I got in the car, the rocker switches for the left front and rear looked out of whack again (the main problem there is that the "new" plastic chrome trim doesn't want to stay attached to the switch housing, so when I try to raise or lower the left windows, the trim seperates from the switch housing, and the switch guts fall apart), so I took it out and reworked it AGAIN, and next time I tried the signal lights worked! So, it's either something that was not making a connection due to that switch being jumbled, or pulling on the wire to get them out from under the console pulled the right wire on the hazard switch.
Anyway, it is working now- for a while. I'm guessing after the comments about the hazard switch wiring, I might have a loose connection on the bottom of that housing. Any other thoughts on this problem? Thanks!