What Not to Do in an. Air Raid

Observation Post, Volume 1, Issue 3, 5 June 1942, Page 3

What Not to Do in an. Air Raid

(These “Ten .Points For Civilian Guidance’’ were published recently in U.S.A.) 1. As soon as bombs begin to drop, ■ rush like hell—it doesn’t matter • where, so long as you run. Wear I track shoes, so. that if the people I ahead of you are too slow, or fall I down, you.won’t have any trouble 1 passing them or jumping over or on to them. 2. When a bomb happens to fall near you,-scream blue murder. It won’t prevent you from getting blasted out of your shoes next time, but it does' to the notice and confusion, and will scare the very devil out of the kids. 3. If you find an unexploded bomb, rap it smartly on the —perhaps, the firing pin has stuck. 4. If 'an incendiary bomb is found burning in a building, pour benzine over it. You can’t remove the bomb anyway, so you may as well remove the building instead. 5. Take advantage of any opportunity afforded you when the air-raid 1 sirens sound warnings of attack or I black-out, for example: * (a) If in a bakery, grab a pie. (b) If in a/tavern, grab a beer. • '.(c) If in a theatre, grab a blonde. 15. Keep garlic, onion, and linibnrger cheese handy as a snack before entering a crowded air-raid shelter. This will not bring you any added popularity, but it will get you a lot 1 of room., 7. If an air-raid warden tries to tell you what to do, wrap a blanket of sand round his neck. Those wardens always save the. best seats for themselves, anyway. 8. If you' should be the victim of a direct hit, don’t go to pieces. Just lie', still, ’and the sanitation squad will attend to you. ■9. After reaching the shelter, rush I back into the street and take a good look for ’planes. Maybe one'of 1 those lugs in the Air Force just i pushed the wrong button, or it may | be only a couple of wandering seai gulls.’I 10. To test for gas, remove your mask and take several deep breaths. If the next thing you hear is the “allclear” signal, it wasn’t gas—if you hear harp music, it was.