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3. PUT OUT LIGHTS

Whether or not black-out is ordered, don’t show more light
than is necessary. If planes come over, put out or cover all
lights at once—don’t wait for the black-out order. The light»
that can’t be séen will never guide a Jap. - Remember a candle
light may be seen for miles from the air. :

If you have portieres, overdrapes, or curtains, arrange a
double thickness over your windows. Blankets willdo. If you
have heavy black paper, paste it on your windows. Don’t
crowd or stampede stores to get it, however. You probably
have everything you need at home: Be ingenious—improvise.

Should you get an air-raid warning, remember to shut off
gas stoves, gas furnaces, and gas pilot lights on both. Bomb —
explosions may blow them out from blast effect. Gas that
collects may be explosive later.

Prepare one room, the one with the least window glass, in the
strongest part of your house, for a refuge room. Put food and
drinking water in it. Put a sturdy table in it. Put mattresses
and chairs init. Take a magazine or two and a deck of cards
into it. Take things like eyeglasses and dentures with you
when you go into it. Take toilet facilities, paper, a screen.
Z£ you have a portable radio, take that too. Above all, keep
calm. Stay at home. Put out lights.