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shari
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Registered: 3-10-2006
Location: bahia asuncion, baja sur
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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It is a hassle but bars work...I designed a nice sunrise design for ours at the beach house and I actually like them. Police patrols dont work as they
only do it sporadically, but I always ask them to keep their eye on our place when we aren't home even though we have housesitters usually...then I
bring them something they like too...generally petty thiefs wont try to hard to get in...and its very rare here even to break a window to get in but
ya never know who is around...I'm glad trotters used my laundry on the line idea as I heard folks say oh yeah they're here, they have clothes on the
line! But beware with local housesitters as I've had them steal stuff!! ONly go with those you REALLY trust and them treat them well or pay them
something. It is something to keep in mind when building your homes...maybe fewer windows! and shutters are great. And if there is something really
valuable, take it over to someones place for safekeeping too.
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rob
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Registered: 10-19-2004
Location: Pacific Coast, BCS
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In South Africa, where break-ins are endemic (far worse than Baja, and with extreme violence thrown in if you have the misfortune to be home at the
time), many (upmarket) beach homes have the roll-down shutters suggested by FlyfishinPam.
Most are manual, but the rich have electric roll-downs.
Would serve a dual purpose - when a hurricane threatened, simply put down your beer and press a button . .
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rpleger
Super Nomad
Posts: 1087
Registered: 3-12-2005
Location: H. Mulegé, BCS
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Mood: Was good.
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Toneart has the right idea, Dogs. They don't eat that much and you can get a neighbor to feed when your gone.
Thieves don't like my dogs.... arf, arf, arf
Richard on the Hill
*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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Baja Bernie
`Normal` Nomad Correspondent
Posts: 2962
Registered: 8-31-2003
Location: Sunset Beach
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Mood: Just dancing through life
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Not attempting to be naive but do you guys know what you are saying about the paradise that 'was' Baja.
I know it was years ago, but when we had been hit a few times and Lu Ann had been robbed at gun point I received this message.......you either made me
feel secure or I won't come back to Baja with you. With that directive I hardened our place with bars over the windows and skylites and professional,
from the states, according, case hardened roller bars over the sliders. It all cost an arm but then I 'was' motivated and we were never hit again.
It helped that our neighbors never secured their places and meth heads go for the places that cause them the least work.
Funny aside.............I recommended to the community group that we follow the Mexicans lead and imbed glass on all walls AND it was totally rejected
because the ladies felt that the cats would get cut when they climbed the walls. And we just could not have that...........even after a demonstration
with a cat mincing her way through the glass with out a problem. And then it was they are ugly, don't you know.
Hardening a house is not done with the cheap bars you normaly find in Baja and the good ones need to be anchored 'through' the walls (not into them).
Oh! Yes, and then I had 3 rendundent alarms systems.....the kind if you cut the obvious wires the alarm woud sound at the cutting and still function
with the hidden wires or the ones with radio type control......Like I said not cheap.
Oh! We did have one guy who got fed up with losing his good booze and ended up putting poison in a few bottles...never saw any bodies!
Painting he bars about 4 or 5 times a year because of the salt air was a pain.
[Edited on 8-22-2007 by Baja Bernie]
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Bob and Susan
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8813
Registered: 8-20-2003
Location: Mulege BCS on the BAY
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Mood: Full Time Residents
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much better idea and pretty
help your neighbors out while you're gone
http://www.hurricaneshuttersflorida.com/flashutter/rolldowns...
[Edited on 8-22-2007 by Bob and Susan]
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Pescador
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Registered: 10-17-2002
Location: Baja California Sur
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Thanks, Bob and Susan, those actually look great.
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