Blue Light On Your Front Porch
A blue light signifies that this house is a temporary safe space open to anyone that feels in danger or threatened.
Blue light on your front porch. The blue porch light is a gray man fail. It s called project blue light. Some say that the color prevents wasps from building nests we re not much for haints or wasps so we ll take. Don t put yourself or your family in danger by openly aligning with a group that some folks consider to be the enemy be smart.
Knock on the door and the residents will provide support until you feel safer or can make other arrangements. If no one is home you are welcome to sit on the porch for a short time until you feel safe to continue on your way. At 8 p m beginning march 31 families are encouraged to step outside their front door and shine a flashlight toward their nearest hospital and to also change porch lights to a blue light bulb to. If you want to show your local police officers how much you appreciate the work they do consider lighting your porch with a blue bulb.
I m not sure but blue light helps you to feel more alert for some reason. The risks far outweigh the benefits. Another version of the tradition explains that the haints were afraid of water and would therefore flee at the sight of the watery hue on the houses but if you re not one for believing in haints you may still want to paint your porch a nice light blue for a more practical reason. In this cop s mind the suggestions above are far more meaningful than screwing a blue light bulb into the receptacle on your front porch.