Does Your House Have An Electronic Alarm System?

[arwalden]

Poll question: Does Your House Have An Electronic Alarm System?

Is it just a "local" alarm, or does it call a monitoring service?

We have one on every window and door and even on the attic access panel and the crawlspace access hatch. We also have double-locks on our bedroom doors.

Yeah... we're a little paranoid.

-- Allen

[rooboy]

1. Who are you working for? The FBI? n/t

[AZCat]

2. No. And I don't lock the windows.

I'm pretty casual with my security. Do you think I should be more careful? Perhaps you could come over and inspect my house - I live at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. It's the big white house at the end of the block.


I'll leave the light on for ya. :hi:

[arwalden]

5. Hey... we're neighbors! I live just 14 miles from 1600 PA Ave.

[AZCat]

9. Really!? Well then just drop on by.

You don't even have to knock - we don't worry too much about formalities here.

[Droopy]

3. No and they keep trying to sell me one

I live in a little town where the crime rate is next to zero and the alarm system people keep trying to sell me an alarm.

[ixion]

4. I use the 'home alone' alarm system

the entire house is booby trapped with paint cans.

:+

[Cuban_Liberal]

6. Nope, just 2 dogs and 2 heavily-armed occupants...

... who can shoot the eyes out of a hummingbird at 25 yards.

:evilgrin:

[mike_c]

7. no, and I rarely lock anything anyway....

eom

[skygazer]

8. Nope. I live out in the boonies

it would take a miracle for anyone to even find my house. If they did, they couldn't possibly enter quietly because it's old and everything creaks and squeaks. By the time they got anywhere near me, I'd have either the .12 gauge or the 9mm handy as they both live by my bed. And I'm pretty cranky when you wake me up. :evilgrin:

[El Fuego]

10. No, but I have a sticker on my window that says I do!

[arwalden]

11. Our Neighborhood Is Mostly Safe, I Think. A PanicRoom Would BeNice Though.

[Kellanved]

12. Heavy-Duty steel doors

Some apartments probably have additional systems, as do the offices on ground level.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

13. I have a live alarm

called a dog -part lab, part ridgeback, part horse. He jumps up and looks you in the eye.

[Cuban_Liberal]

16. That's our 'intruder alert system', too.

The 'armed response' dwells within.

;)

[arwalden]

19. Our ShihTzu Barks Incessantly At Any Stranger Outside...

but once they come INSIDE, she's all over them... "Hi! Pet me! Hi! Pet me! Pick me up! The TV is over here! Here's the safe! Pet me! Let's play!"

So, she's a good alarm, but not a good guard dog.

[SOteric]

14. Yep.

I have alarms on all the windows and doors. This is basically at my family's insistance. I'm a single woman living alone, and I've been stalked by weirdos in the past. I also have a trained attack cat. :-)

[mtnester]

15. Yes, and several munitions

as long as my right wing neoconservative nutjob next door is armed, and the fanatical neocon movement is staying strong, I intened to stay armed to the teeth.

Now Mr. Burgular, guess which one of us is the better shot? Me or hubby?

[Mend]

17. No, six German Shepherd Dogs...to date, no break-ins....eom

[madison2000]

18. I have a scary looking dog who doesn't get off the couch until I am

all the way inside the apartment, much less bark. But when I am here, he keeps me safe.

[Devil Woman]

20. Yes,

and I have two Lugars.

[BamaGirl]

21. No but

my driveway has a police car parked in it every night so I think I'm cool lol.

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. Yes, but

it's not hooked up.

It was here when we bought the house.

We aren't paranoid.

[solinvictus]

23. No

But we have two alert chihuahuas. My SO jokes that their bark is saying, "Get the gun, Daddy! Get the gun!".

[baldguy]

24. I've got a furry alarm system

She won't stop anyone from getting in, but she will make a lot of noise & lick them to death.

[mitchtv]

25. ADT lots of home invasions around these parts

(mace/shotgun, revolver,22,and machete inside)