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I feel sorry for all that happened. The police in my location are nothing to write home about not to talk of the fire services. 
And for this question,
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What about you folks? Do you put any thought into what may go wrong, the risks that exist around you, and what methods or strategies you could employ to mitigate them?
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Yes, I put into thought what might go wrong, especially when making choices I weigh the benefits and consequences of my choices before going ahead, and for eventualities, I have this imaginary scenario of what might go wrong in my head.
Like getting fire extinguishers handy in case of fire outbreaks, learning to move on after a failed relationship happens, knowing my health can fail me at any time, and preparing for the worst while hoping for the best.

One thing that has helped so far is living a simple life, not depending so much on my possessions because they can be lost at any time, and learning to live without so many things that are not necessary though they are luxuries.


Thinking in such a manner has helped me to take life as it comes. If today is fine, I am fine, and if today is filled with troubles I expected it and I will do all I can to help myself.
Though you can never be too prepared least it will save you a lot in preparing your heart to face the ugly events when it arrives.

The other day our house almost went into flames as a result of high voltage from the power supply, I had to be a man for myself, I summoned up the courage and headed to the changeover, disconnected some wires before switching it off, before calling out for help.
If I had run out before doing that, I guess I would have been homeless by now. Because before people will come to my rescue so many things would have gone wrong.

I'm so sorry this happened, it always seems to come when you least expect it though, even if you're prepared for the worst. I am always assuming that something like this will happen because I grew up in a rough neighbourhood where this kind of break-in was rampant (and worst sometimes). I also know that because I have quite a problem with anxiety, I can't let it overwhelm my thoughts because that's a recipe for disaster and being super paranoid about this kind of thing is no way to live. 

It's great that you were able to call out the insurance and they got the make safe guys to come patch it up albeit a temporary fix. I hope they can get it sorted relatively quickly for you. 

The guy that does that make-safe job for the insurance company I bet enjoys his job. Seems kind of fun to deal with random off-the-wall problems that are temporary patch jobs rather than the tediousness of constructing something pretty and brand-new. I'm sorry you have had this trouble. There is a sickly-slimy feeling of violation whenever something like that happens. 

I am not as prepared for all eventualities as I would like, even when it comes to more probable problems, to say nothing of civil unrest or nuclear war. I am better prepared than most, though, I suppose.

> I wonder if they prepared for that eventuality?

That is the root question supporting "castle doctrine." It is perfectly rational to assume anyone breaking into your home while you are present intends to *deal with you,* so even lethal force is justifiable when facing intruders. A "duty to retreat" neglects to account for responsibility to protect others, whether legal or moral.

There is much hand-wringing over arrogant, greedy people who value their stuff over the lives of burglars, but why do those burglars value my stuff over their own lives? Why should I assume they value my life and the lives of my family when they already demonstrate so little regard to what I have spent my life trying to earn?

I'm glad your door was sufficient deterrent to whatever scumbag wanted your stuff.

You gonna get video cams?

Sure I can't watch them all the time. But the microphones are so sensitive on the cams. I can here footsteps in the grass when walking past them. 

I have 8 total cams counting the 2 ADT and a game cam out back. 


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Ah yes. One of those things I believe everyone needs to prep against. People often think it won't happen to them, but nearly everyone I know has had it happen to them at least once.

I detest thieves. Not necessarily the ones who hit a bank or gov agencies, large retailers, etc. but the ones that target people. While I know those other things have a downstream effect on individuals, it's not quite the same as targeting people directly. I suppose plays off the bully theme that I can't stand either.. 

While most jurisdictions have laws against booby-traps (which would be my preferred method), a good preventative and post-incident measure is installing good security cameras. Not just ones that record to a USB card, or video recorder. I like the ones like Nest Cams that send me a realtime alert, record it directly to the cloud for playback later, can detect if it spotted a person or vehicle, and also have a microphone where I could yell at the bastards and tell them they are on camera and to tell them the police are on the way, and if they leave without damaging/taking anything, I won't give video to the police. (I will anyway, because who honors a promise to a $%^&ing thief?). 

It's not so much the value, because generic things can be replaced, although insurance rarely covers all, and seems to always have those deductions and exclusions. It's really that for those personal items, they are stealing a part of ourselves.. the memories of those trips in that camper, the time spent building the legos, sharing them, the time and love put into improving those items, keeping them safe, etc. 

My favorite is still the Nest cams for this. Even though their developers completely botched up the best mobile app and web app when Google bought them up. They are almost back on track now with a decent mobile app, and just missing the computer web app to use with the camera's. Maybe not critical for everyone, but I'm at my computer very often, and used to prefer keeping a window open with live feeds of some camera's say if expecting a package or watching the yard cam in evenings for wildlife.  Anyway, Really a fan of their garage light, Nice motion sensor with night vision and auto-on light when it detects motion. It works via power when plugged in, and can go for weeks on battery if power is lost (assuming you still have internet).  We've got several now, around the garage, driveway, yard for wildlife, and even indoors a few hidden. This way we can check on the dogs, cats when gone as well as detect if intruder actually gets into the house while gone. It's easy to configure those to only record motion/alert when we leave the house (works off of phone location) so it's not tracking us all the time.  Then of course some signs up that say it's under video surveillance (even if it's not) are a good deterrent as well. I know some folks have done that even with fake or non-working cameras to help.  

Its a numbers game. Eventually they're going to jimmy open the wrong window. **Then** the police will show some interest.

What a shame it is that some people choose to pinch the blood, sweat and tears of others instead of using their own to create a life worth living.   Sadly, it will only get worse until the rot that is invading the world gets cut out.   

Your preparedness makes me feel inadequate LOL.   I have been steadily learning skills and preparing the best I can.   Striving every day to learn new bits that will sustain in an emergency and packing away those things that may become unavailable or too expensive to obtain in future.

What a shame it is that some people choose to pinch the blood, sweat and tears of others instead of using their own to create a life worth living.   Sadly, it will only get worse until the rot that is invading the world gets cut out.   

Your preparedness makes me feel inadequate LOL.   I have been steadily learning skills and preparing the best I can.   Striving every day to learn new bits that will sustain in an emergency and packing away those things that may become unavailable or too expensive to obtain in future.

What a shame it is that some people choose to pinch the blood, sweat and tears of others instead of using their own to create a life worth living.   Sadly, it will only get worse until the rot that is invading the world gets cut out.   

Your preparedness makes me feel inadequate LOL.   I have been steadily learning skills and preparing the best I can.   Striving every day to learn new bits that will sustain in an emergency and packing away those things that may become unavailable or too expensive to obtain in future.

What a shame it is that some people choose to pinch the blood, sweat and tears of others instead of using their own to create a life worth living.   Sadly, it will only get worse until the rot that is invading the world gets cut out.   

Your preparedness makes me feel inadequate LOL.   I have been steadily learning skills and preparing the best I can.   Striving every day to learn new bits that will sustain in an emergency and packing away those things that may become unavailable or too expensive to obtain in future.

What a shame it is that some people choose to pinch the blood, sweat and tears of others instead of using their own to create a life worth living.   Sadly, it will only get worse until the rot that is invading the world gets cut out.   

Your preparedness makes me feel inadequate LOL.   I have been steadily learning skills and preparing the best I can.   Striving every day to learn new bits that will sustain in an emergency and packing away those things that may become unavailable or too expensive to obtain in future.

What a shame it is that some people choose to pinch the blood, sweat and tears of others instead of using their own to create a life worth living.   Sadly, it will only get worse until the rot that is invading the world gets cut out.   

Your preparedness makes me feel inadequate LOL.   I have been steadily learning skills and preparing the best I can.   Striving every day to learn new bits that will sustain in an emergency and packing away those things that may become unavailable or too expensive to obtain in future.

What a shame it is that some people choose to pinch the blood, sweat and tears of others instead of using their own to create a life worth living.   Sadly, it will only get worse until the rot that is invading the world gets cut out.   

Your preparedness makes me feel inadequate LOL.   I have been steadily learning skills and preparing the best I can.   Striving every day to learn new bits that will sustain in an emergency and packing away those things that may become unavailable or too expensive to obtain in future.

What a shame it is that some people choose to pinch the blood, sweat and tears of others instead of using their own to create a life worth living.   Sadly, it will only get worse until the rot that is invading the world gets cut out.   

Your preparedness makes me feel inadequate LOL.   I have been steadily learning skills and preparing the best I can.   Striving every day to learn new bits that will sustain in an emergency and packing away those things that may become unavailable or too expensive to obtain in future.

What a shame it is that some people choose to pinch the blood, sweat and tears of others instead of using their own to create a life worth living.   Sadly, it will only get worse until the rot that is invading the world gets cut out.   

Your preparedness makes me feel inadequate LOL.   I have been steadily learning skills and preparing the best I can.   Striving every day to learn new bits that will sustain in an emergency and packing away those things that may become unavailable or too expensive to obtain in future.

What a shame it is that some people choose to pinch the blood, sweat and tears of others instead of using their own to create a life worth living.   Sadly, it will only get worse until the rot that is invading the world gets cut out.   

Your preparedness makes me feel inadequate LOL.   I have been steadily learning skills and preparing the best I can.   Striving every day to learn new bits that will sustain in an emergency and packing away those things that may become unavailable or too expensive to obtain in future.

No one can prepare for unknown future.There always be a possibility of things going wrong. Yeah we try to be perfect ,to be prepared for. But life has its own predestined run.It always brings difficulties.

Thank God the thieves were in vain to break your door. The door cost $1800. It is really costly. I hope you got the entire amount back from insurance company.