Growing up outside of albany NY in the late 40's I remeber a time that there was a blackout drill.

 I was on the potty and the bathroom was very small with a window having morning glories growing outside of it. the blackout curtain was down and I wanted to see if the flowers were sleeping. I opened the curtain and a knock came on the door. "Floyd you have a light shinning from the bathroom" came the voice behind the knock. The board of education was given in a blink of the eye.

I always wondered how this man knew it was the bathroom. When I got into genealogy I contacted a cousin that lived behind us and would come over and push me on the swing when she got home from school. I was telling her about this and she said " That was my Dad he  was the airraid warden for our neigherhood" He was my grandmother twin brother.