Ita
Where are we safe?
(Rhetorical question, obviously)
We just have to be on our toes 100% of the time.
It just seems like a woman cannot be too cautious.
And that people with evil intentions are still out there looking for victims. Sometimes reading WS can be just, overwhelming and depressing in the repetitiveness of the stories.
My community had a brush with a drug-fueled serial killer earlier this year and the effects of understanding what happened are still with me and still haunt me, even though I did not know any of the victims personally. I just know that it heightened my awareness of people around me and my property, and has made me change what I do for my security.
However it means I have less freedom than I did before. I can't go on long beautiful walks alone when I have a spare minute and no one else around to buddy up with. I don't plan long solo trips. I've spend money budgeted for other home projects to improve my security. I've got a concealed carry permit to carry firearms and I have a weapon in my home. I've got pepper spray all over the place. My workplace has special codes for security episodes and armed shooters, so I have a sledgehammer to break the windows out in my office to escape an armed attack.
But I still can't get my neighbors to keep their lights on in a few dark areas or to just check in when they plan to be away.
I'm so sad for this family and all her friends. 30 seconds one way or another and we wouldn't have known her name, or his.
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