Life is a little different when you live further from your neighbors. Emergency responders aren't that far away from us, but you still think differently.
Our first serious discussion about having a camera on property was when Carrie thought someone was trying to steal our hay. We later found out it wasn't a thief, but the wind was strong enough to pick up, throw, and break pallets!
I wasn't opposed to the initial idea of getting cameras, but I wasn't in a rush either. I figured it was fine to let Carrie do her research. It'd let her feel better and gather information.
It was weeks (or months) later one of our neighbors sent Carrie a text. She wanted to talk. Carrie called and the women told her that there had been two attempted break-ins after the recent storms. Her house (across and down the street from us) and our next door neighbor's house (Dinah) had found their locks damaged upon waking. One house was tested each night of the storm and neither family had heard or suspected anything until the storms passed. The woman on the phone had reported their incident to the police and said Dinah was thinking of doing the same. Carrie texted Dinah and confirmed they had a suspected robbery attempt.
There was talk of other arrests, too. I went online to confirm what we'd heard. The police did have the break-in attempt recorded, but the other bit of news were several miles down the road in town. I deemed them irrelevant to us.
But the camera discussion came back up again.
Carrie was worried. She was able to sleep at night, because she knows I do security sweeps and lock down the house (I learned my lesson when my laptop was stolen).
The research continued. Some other events happened here and there that further convinced Carrie it would be good to have a way to record when anyone was on property or if something happened in the fields. All the random pictures I take have served that purpose really well, but I'm not taking pictures 24/7.
Carrie eventually found a deal she liked and asked me if the price was fine (I think she asked before she ordered, too!). It's not fully set up around the outside yet, but it works!
We talked about whether or not we should get a chain to run across the driveway at night or to have a gate system. The chain would have been a temporary measure and I didn't want to pay for something just to have it replaced a short time later. All these things are deterrents and ways to keep a record of events.
And toys.
We definitely treated the cameras like toys when they first turned on.
"You know these things record, right?" Carrie asked.
....and no, I didn't find a way to transfer the recordings to Youtube....yet.
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