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The flip locks I got from Tru Value Hardware

Lowes has them painted or brass or bronze
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as a last resort you can get at home depot http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hardware ... reId=10051" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Divided Attention wrote:If you don't have a land line keep an old cell phone and a charger plugged in somewhere. They can all call 911 - If it is plugged in it will be ready, and if you aren't using it daily it won't get lost and be where you last put it.

Glad all are safe!!

I keep an old non-activated 2001 cell phone charged and have a house and car cord; it has E-911 (GPS-911) so 911 can find you if you fall off a cliff in the country.. I never activated it; it's a recycled phone no one wanted, it still calls 911 though without activating it or getting any phone service; they all do. I keep it handy and a spare battery charged for when power goes out (my magic jack requires electricity, so when power goes out= no phone ... after my battery backup Uninterpretable Power Supply runs out) When phone lines are down/electricity is out; it's a good backup in a storm... or out on the road ...if you have no CB/ham radio and GPS coordinates or Onstar etc So, if a burglar cuts a phone line thinking you can't call police or /cuts your power thinking you have an alarm/ you have a backup 911 phone

If you already have an old cell phone, it should work.
If you know anyone who needs one, help recycle these so people have 911 access and the landfills don't fill up witrh old electronics
If you have an old one you do not want, please recycle it this way instead of throwing it away; you may be helping 911 ambulance find some old geezer who fell off a cliff and can't get up in the country while hunting/taking a walk or a teen whose parents don't want to have a cell phone, but want to have 911 access (there aren't many pay phones to give a kid 2 quarters to call you with any more much).
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http://www.911cellphonebank.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I have no affiliation with the above, nor with boys and girls clubs or other organizations which recycle the phones.

chain on the door that would allow me to open the door slightly without opening it all the way.

Do not do that. They are way too easy to kick in or just push in after you open the door a bit. They just screw into the "trim" which fastens with headless finishing nails to the sheetrock or edge of the thin jamb

Instead get a *good* peephole
and

These locks are good for when you are home, Police spread my jambs to get past my deadbolt, then took about 20 minutes trying to break/kick through one trying to get in my house on a glass french door, they gave up trying to kick it in and just broke all the glass out and crawled through (I was out of town, a buddy called police to break in my house concern for welfare; he forgot I told him I'd be gone)
Couple dollars each at any hardware store (including tax) a good supplement for deadbolts
Fliplocks
We don't use for childproofing, but used them since the 1960s; they work, put them above and below deabolts so they reinforce the door while a crook kisks/tries to split the jamb at the deadbolt lock. I put them at about shoulder level and between the door lock and deadbolt.
In case of fire or a need to exit, lift/flip go quick and easy
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outdoor lighting

I spent about $700 on outdoor solar lights, some are worthless, but 3 I like are:
$29.00 uses 3 AA rechargeable batteries
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and I got a solar powered - photocell(won't come on in daytime) motion detector- LED floodlight for the side of the house where I have no electricity available easily for regular lighting.


Pajama options:
Shoulder holster
I wear a kydex IWB with a lightweight Diamondback DB380 if that's all I can wear on the elastic wasteland ... I have to switch to drawstring PJs instead of elastic sometimes for heavier hardware..

I use old fashioned peepholes, but I like the new LCD ones like cameras and phones have

Digital Peephole Door Viewer
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Motion activated peephole door viewer camera etc:
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