SIL takes the security of her family and home very seriously, all of the windows have decorative metal bars on the inside as do the doors; not that the house is in a bad area in fact the reverse is true it is on a small development of pretty expensive properties.
However, that could prove an attraction for thieves (there are people living in great poverty within 2 km from the house and for some the temptation could prove to be too strong) so everything gets locked down at night and the two outdoor dogs provide a very effective alarm system if the house is approached by strangers.
Then one day last week I am sitting in front of the laptop when all the power goes off – ah, blackout I say to myself. Had read at the weekend that these might occur in Java and Bali as one of the coal fired power stations on Java had not been able to take on any supplies due to heavy seas.
Turned out not to be the case, SIL had read of people posing as electricity meter readers and gaining access to properties that way before robbing them. She had directed her local handymen to move their meter from the inside and place it on the outside of the property and thereby remove one more potential weak point.
Would have been nice if she had forewarned me but no damage was done and the power came back on a couple of hours later.
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3 comments:
Could they also be targets because of their ethnicity? Just wondering and not stereotyping. I know when people travel to some parts of the world kidnapping is an issue.
It's great that she's so aware of what's going on, though. Some people kind of just float along and wonder what happened when something foul comes their way.
Happy first day of spring, btw.! :)
rt, Not really while there are 6 or so expat families on the estate the majority are wealthy locals.
It was the first day of Autumn here in the Southern Hemisphere :)
That's good.
Oops, forgot you were in the other half of the world. :)
Enjoy autumn! ;)
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