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Home Security - Before It's Too Late
by Kathryn Lang
There is nothing more bone chilling than to come home and find the door slung open and all of your possessions scattered around the floor. It is also the only thing that will ever make the average home owner consider security.
Home security was the last thing on our minds when we first moved into our new house. It was secluded from the world, small, and mostly full of hand-me-downs. Our thinking was that no one in their right mind would ever bother robbing us. It wasn’t long before we were jolted into reality and became aware of the fact that most robbers aren’t in their right minds.
In 1997, I arrived home to the scene I described before. With a three month old in the car, and without any way to know where the bad guys were, I sped away and went up the road to call the police. Even with the police on the scene (the ultimate in home security when you think about it), I didn’t breath much easier. Some one had been in our home. They had gone through our stuff. They took the baby’s cradle, his swing, and all of my husband’s guns.
They knew where we lived.
That day, we contacted an alarm company about covering our home with all the security we could afford. By that weekend, we had the alarm installed. The new home security system gave my husband a peace of mind, and had the added benefit of decreasing our insurance rates.
It’s been ten years since that first break in occurred, and since the home security system was installed. There have been no other problems out in our secluded corner of the world. Either the bad guys found out about our protection, or else they’ve heard us accidentally set it off at one in the morning. Whatever the cause, the home security system has made our home a safer place to be.
When the walls creak, or the dogs bark, or there is a thump in the night, I still take a deep breath and wonder if maybe they have found us again. Home security brings us some comfort, but it will never erase those memories or those fears.
Don’t wait to get your home security. Look into it before you need it – you will be eternally grateful if and when the need ever arises.
Kathryn Lang is a freelance security writer, specializing in home security and CCTV applications.
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