[mac4theblind] Re: David Poehlman, long-time list member, was robbed, read on

  • From: John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:27:21 -0400

    This was not meant to be a philosophical discussion about the value of home 
alarms.  There are a lot of details that Have not been presented here nor do I 
feel they are necessary or practical to do.  You are assuming that his computer 
equipment was all he lost and this is an incorrect assumption.  Additionally, I 
already pointed out that the robber had been casing his house and were watching 
him close enough to know exactly when he went out to get the mail.  They had 
five or ten minutes at best to take what they wanted and they took the most 
expensive items, as drug addicts will do in quick burglary situations.

    I have no doubts that an alarm would have prevented such a thing from 
happening in his situation and I know of many instances where this occurred.  
You can't change what has happened nor should one tell someone the obvious 
after they have had such a thing happen to them.  Would you like someone 
lecturing you on what you should have done after it's already too late?

     However, George, as I said, I have plenty of family who are members of law 
enforcement, and you'd be quite surprised and shocked by how even an alarm does 
not guarantee prevention against a determined and professional thief.  Alarms 
are just a speed bump to that crowd.  David was fortunate that these folks were 
in and out and didn't decide to take more and physically harm him to do so.  


Take Care

John D. Panarese
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On Jun 6, 2012, at 4:11 PM, George B wrote:

> Well I feel sorry for him, but here is the issue there has been listed every
> peace of hardware he had on this list and lets take a look at the cost of
> all these things plushis personal items.  Now, saying that it is kind of
> funny that the person or persons only took all his computer items and
> nothing els of his.  And unless he went to another county for his mail my
> gess would be that it was someone who knew what he had and where in the home
> he kept it.  now, looking at the cost of all these items.  I myself have a
> valuable list of things, too.  But you know what for $39 a month I have
> security in my home.  This is $480 a year and is garenteed if items are
> taken while the alarm is active will be replaced.  Thus I can not understand
> with so much of valu in a home as david has there was not a investment of a
> alarm system.  it saved my house for a term of the last 11 months while the
> homes on both sides of me were robbed several times and not us the middle
> home of the three.  The police cought the man and it turned to be the
> garabeg man who cassed his rout and once a week on wed. nite with Thursday
> his day off he cam and robbed homes.  
> Sorry dave for your loss, but maybe you should invest or should of already
> invested in a alarm system and then when you went to that other county for
> the mail the alarm would of went off when the perp. Intered your home.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mac4theblind-
>> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:51
>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: David Poehlman, long-time list member, was
>> robbed, read on
>> 
>> Oh so Ouwl I. There is an app I forgot what is' called but it is like a
>> car alamr for the mac and is even controled bya key ring thing like for
>> the car. Maybe this will help someone who wants to secure their mac
>> from beeing touched. and that alarm from what I'm told is sensitive and
>> loud as all heck. Sorry I cannot be of more help but this is just a
>> suggestion for others who might want to protect their macs.
>> On Jun 6, 2012, at 11:33 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
>> 
>>> You wrote:
>>> 
>>>> He didn't have the Find my Mac feature turned on, unfortunately.
>> That was the first question I asked him.
>>>> 
>>> Oh! Sh**!  Boy, that sucks!
>>> 
>>> So he doesn't even have a way to wipe it then?
>>> 
>>> God that would be freaky!  I'd be scared outta my head!
>>> 
>>> Chris.
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