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| Your Home is NOT Safe....Please See This! | | There is a new way for burglars to break into your home...it's called "key bumping"..whereby any key can be used, even deadbolts can be easily opened... please look at this and other information to be sure your home and loved ones are properly protected!
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| | Protect yourself from rape! | | Here are a few tips I gathered for women to protect yourself:- 85% of women KNOW their attackers. When on a date or when out with a man you feel uncomfortable around, make sure you stay in very public places. If possible, carry a cell phone to make a phone call. - Don't list your first name in the phonebook or on the mailbox. Use your first initial and last name. Often rapists will come to your door, claiming to know you, and while you puzzle over where you know them from, will force entry into your house. Better to be safe than sorry.-Use deadbolts, peepholes, outside motion-sensor security lights, put timers on your TV or lights if you're away or sleeping. -Plan several escape routes from your home for a variety of situations. Try to have phones available close at hand in several places in your home (bedroom, office, living room, kitchen, etc) for emergencies.- Learn to notice details about people: height, weight, eye color, facial hair, identifying markings, teeth, accent, clothing. Even in everyday situations, noticing what people are wearing or details about them helps to hone your observational abilities. If you are attacked or raped, you can help prevent... | |
| | How many locks do you have on your front door? | | When we lived in New York, we had at least three locks on our front door. Not that it was unsafe to live there, but the locks were on the door when we moved in, so we used them everyday. But, here, we only have one regular door knob lock and a chain lock and that's it. Sometimes I wish we had more locks, since the crime rate is going up in our area. I guess they call it crimes of opportunity. And, as I always say, crime commutes, even in the best locations. How many locks do you have on your front door or back door? Do you use all of the locks or just one on a daily basis? | |
| | Do you have a "safe room" to protect you? | | I have a room upstairs that is my mother's room when she visits but that is rare so I have turned it into a safe room. Some of you may think I'm paranoid, but it's something I think we all need in these days of high crime, unrest and increasingly desperate people.There is a deadbolt on the door that can only be opened with a key from the outside or the bolt on the inside and the door is solid--I plan on replacing it with a steel door this summer. The keys are in the room, of course! I have two dozen bottles of water in the closet, food for a week, a telephone, a crank flashlight, radio, bed and porta-potty. If I hear anyone break in downstairs, I can go into that room and be safe until the police arrive. The only drawback is the landline phone, I'm going to start leaving my cell phone in there at nights.I also have an emergency room in the basement in case of tornado with enough food and water and other supplies (including medical) for a few weeks. Do you have a safe room? What do you do to prepare for dangerous emergencies, or do you not prepare at all? | |
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