The Weather:
It's an awful nasty
day for us. It's dark, rainy and cold. We finally had to turn on the furnace
this morning. The temperature in the house was falling toward that 59° mark.
Our forecast for the next several days doesn't sound good. By the first of next
week, our weatherman says the temperature will struggle to get over 46° during
the day. Ugh….
In the morning news:
We used to live in a
quiet, fairly crime-free area, but not anymore. We have a man and woman team
that's "working our neighborhood". And it's a bit un-nerving. It's
hard not to become paranoid, but we have
to think and take better precautions these days.
This team of thieves
approaches a house where they know a woman is inside, alone. The female goes to
the front door, gets the homeowner outside on the pretense that she's with the
power company and needs to show her some lines on a nearby pole that the repair
men will be coming to fix. In the
meantime, the male has gone around and got inside the house through the
backdoor, taking cash, jewelry, laptops and anything else they can carry off.
Precautions:
1) Don't believe
everything the stranger at your door has to say.
2) Always ask for
identification.
3) Stay inside your
house.
4) Don't let the
stranger inside.
5) And if they
stretch their necks to see the room contents behind you, slam the door, lock it
and call the police.
There is evil all
around us.
Until next time……
Be safe.
That is so scary, Carol. Be careful!! The days of leaving our doors unlocked or a key under the mat are long gone, unfortunately. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteIt is becoming the same way here, and with a girl and guy. The girl comes to the door, etc. We have, sadly, had to lock our doors all the time, keys out of the car or anything else that a thief might want to take, out too. Crazy world we live in.
ReplyDeleteSo scary! Be very careful.
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