17 Things Army Veterans Teach to Keep Intruders Away From Your Home After Collapse

My books are on sale now 📖 Ready for Anything, and the set of three. Grab them here: https://hankdockery.com The federal crime survey of American households found about half of all burglaries took no force at all, and 40% of break-ins to empty homes came through an unlocked door or window. Someone was home in about 28% of them. In January 2009, an ice storm left 350,000 Arkansas customers in the dark, and Hank's ridge went 19 days without power. Every sheriff's checklist he read starts with the same fix: 3-inch screws that anchor into the stud, from a 1 lb box posted at $9.58 this week. Subscribe to the channel: @hankdockery In this video, we talk about 17 ways to make your house the one that's too much trouble, including the strike plate's long screws, the deadbolt grade and the 1-inch throw, pins in the windows, a broom handle in the sliding door, solar motion lights for an outage, reflective house numbers the deputy can read, a door viewer, the neighbor plan, a battery driveway alarm, shrubs below the sills, not advertising what you own, chaining the ladder and the generator outside, gravel under the windows, why a timer is only good till the power goes, the fake camera Hank won't put up, the nightly round, and the room with a lock and a phone. 🔔 Subscribe so the next one reaches you before the next long night with the lights out. 💬 Comment where you're watching from and how long the screws in your strike plate turned out to be. 📢 Send this to somebody who lives alone on a dark road, on Facebook, Reddit or the family group chat. You're the reason this channel exists. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 03:12 The deadbolt and what the box says 05:53 The slider and a broom handle 08:26 The number the deputy can read 10:41 The neighbor plan 13:05 The shrubs below the sills 15:19 The ladder and the generator, chained 17:32 The timer, and why it's a maybe 19:51 The round before bed 22:40 The order a break in goes Sources: Cleburne County Sheriff's Office, Crime Tips & Prevention https://www.cleburnearso.gov/crime-tips-prevention Newberry County Sheriff's Office, Burglary Prevention Guide https://www.newberrycounty.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/departments/sheriff-s-office/id-1750.pdf Columbia County Sheriff's Office, Crime Prevention https://columbiacountyso.org/crime-prevention/ Bureau of Justice Statistics, Victimization During Household Burglary https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/vdhb.pdf LifeNet EMS, 10 Steps to Properly Display Your 9-1-1 Address https://www.lifenetems.org/911address/ BHMA, A156.36 Auxiliary Locks https://buildershardware.com/ANSI-BHMA-Standards/Hardware-Highlights/A15636-2020-Auxiliary-Hardware Natural Hazards Center, Metaphors Matter: Disaster Myths in Hurricane Katrina https://hazards.colorado.edu/archive/resources/socy4037/Metaphors%20Matter%20Annals%20paper%20Tierney%20Bevc%20Kuligowski.pdf DISCLAIMER: Educational content from one household getting ready. Prices and methods are real and researched, and prices vary by store, region and season. Nothing here replaces an order, a warning or an alert from your county, the National Weather Service or your fire agency. When they say leave, leave. #HankDockery #HomeSecurity #BurglarProof #DoorSecurity #StrikePlate #Deadbolt #WindowLocks #SlidingDoor #MotionLights #SolarLights #DrivewayAlarm #PowerOutage #IceStorm #GridDown #SafeRoom #Prepping #Prepper #EmergencyPreparedness #Arkansas #Ozarks