Random Security Measures

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Recently, when I flew out to San Antonio, I heard a new safety/security measure. While preparing for take off, the usual spiel of seat up right, tray tables in the upright locked position, came this additional instruction: "All window blinds up?" That was odd, I thought - How could that be relavent? But as I landed in Phoenix, the same instructions were repeated for landing, and again for take-off on my second leg, and once again for that landing. Ok, I thought, there's a new safety instruction.

Flying back though, again two flights - nada. No reference to shades being up. So now I wonder, was something up on Saturday requiring this new unusual measure (thoughts of spy cams scanning the faces of passengers as they take off and land)? Or was this a bogus measure meant to play a joke on the passengers that day?

Will I get in trouble with the TSA for posting this?