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Civil Defense: Blackouts & Air Raid Warden<\/h1>\n

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Taylor, Warner. Moonlight<\/em>.
This image created in the late 1930s shows how the lights of the island were visible on the water.<\/p>\n

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Winter, Andrew. Self Portrait<\/em><\/p>\n

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Immediately after the start of war seacoast lighthouses were dimmed because their light created visible dark shadows of passing ships which allowed them to be clearly seen even when the ships carried no lights. There was evidence that German submarines took advantage of this silhouetting. Radio beacons such as the one at the fog station on Manana operated with diminished power or not at all.<\/p>\n

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Clara Burton recalled- \u201cThen came the strictly enforced blackouts. The beacon was reduced to a faint, sickly glow until July 1946. How I detested the closed-in feeling each night when the black oilcloth shades were pulled down to prevent any light escaping into the darkness. One night, for no particular reason, I neglected to follow the rules. What I hadn\u2019t figured on was Andy Winter, the air-raid warden, coming up Lighthouse Hill on his nightly patrol. He appeared in my doorway. \u201cClara, your shades aren\u2019t down\u201d he said sternly. \u201cIf you think your lights can\u2019t be seen by a sub or a plane, come outside with me and see you yourself\u201d Meekly I followed him out into the darkness. \u201cSee\u201d he said pointing to my windows, \u201cyour lights can be seen farther than you think.\u201d He delivered a good-natured lecture to me on law enforcement and the need for blackouts before he left. I ran into the house and pulled down the detestable shades, smarting because I had been caught, and hating everything this horrible war was doing to inconvenience me and everybody else.\u201d<\/em> Burton, Clara. Monhegan Memories. \u2018World War II\u2019, pg. 79. Impatiens Press. 1998.<\/span><\/p>\n

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