Kirk POSTED the following alert: Recently in Seattle a burglar confronted by a doggy door sized for a small dog used a piece of wire to unlock the deadbolt and enter a residence. Moral of the story from Kirk’s perspective is – Pet Doors are not safe unless they are locked when you are not at home or are asleep.   When Kirk asked me to review his BLOG I was reminded about my own Doggy Door which is similar is size to the one shown in the URL below:

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Thief-uses-doggy-door-to-burglarize-Seattle-home-313107481.html

This story serves to remind us all of the unintended security vulnerabilities we can introduce to our own residences from the best of our intentions.

It is almost the 4th of July and we have not had any rain to speak of in weeks.  Things are very dry folks.  That means when people set off fireworks, their chances of starting a wildfire are very good.

It would be a good idea this 4th if people in our Neighborhood kept a hose ready in case a stray spark landed near their house.

Recently we had an incidence of vandalism in the Neighborhood.  The brave vandal came around at 30 minutes after midnight and made a second pass through the Neighborhood at 38 minutes past midnight. He cruised down 136th turned down 117th toured 138th, then up to 136th, right to Jennifer Court back up to 136th, down to 138th then back up and out of the Neighborhood.  According to several people who looked at the pictures  he was driving a mid 1990s two door, dark Honda Civic.  He was wearing a hoodie and what looks like basketball shorts.  His photograph is below, showing his skinny legs and beard.  If anyone has seen him please give Dav or me a call or e-mail us. This vandalism was reported to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.

Thanks to all of you who gave me input for this post.

This morning in the wee hours (that translates to 0639hrs) I received a call in which a message recorded by a woman who spoke good English informed me (actually she informed whoever picked up the phone) that that after repeated attempts to reach me I was being given one last chance to avoid having the Government file a lawsuit against me.  I was to immediately  call the number they gave. {I have to wonder how they are going to file a lawsuit if they don’t even know my name.}

Thinking I could get the number from my Caller ID I simply hung up the phone.  Surprise!  My Caller ID said UNKNOWN NAME-PRIVATE CALLER. Well if nothing else, that made me certain that the caller was not from any branch of the US Government.

I’m going to post the information to the Do Not Call List  https://www.donotcall.gov/   {copy and paste this link to go directly to the National Do Not Call Registry}.  If you get a call like this I urge you to report it.