Janice
Posts:108
 | | 07/17/2007 9:51 PM |
 Alert | For the sake of the neighborhood, please leave your coach lights on at night. Since there are no street lamps we need all the light we can get. Leaving them on all night, every night also makes it harder to tell if you are home or not since there won't be a pattern for others (thieves) to recognize.
It would be appreciated. Thanks to those already doing so! | |
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GilaGuy
Posts:789
| | 07/17/2007 10:52 PM |
Alert | | Buuuuuut....what about global warming? <img src='http://www.85239.com/desktopmodules/ntforums/images/emoticons/smile.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='Smile' align='absmiddle'> | | | |
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Janice
Posts:108
| | 07/18/2007 8:43 AM |
Alert | Global what? I have no idea as to what you are talking about. | |
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Sinbad
Posts:3046
| | 07/18/2007 8:55 AM |
Alert | It's a HOA requirement in the VREDS, it's not a HOA requirement for you?
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Just doing it one day at a time. Change is good and it should be looked upon as an improvment! not a problem.
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Janice
Posts:108
| | 07/18/2007 10:23 AM |
Alert | | Not sure if it's on the books. I assumed it was just common sense and a general courtesy. | |
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mikethegoalie
Posts:452
| | 07/18/2007 10:57 AM |
Alert | its not about global warming.. maybe light polluition..
We leave ours on all night..
Global warmer has happened to Mars at the same rate as earth... what does that tell you?! | | | |
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Sinbad
Posts:3046
| | 07/18/2007 11:01 AM |
Alert | | ????? WTH>>>>"???? | |
Just doing it one day at a time. Change is good and it should be looked upon as an improvment! not a problem.
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theotheramy
Posts:141
| | 07/18/2007 6:24 PM |
Alert | | Not many people on our street do... it drives me crazy!! | | | |
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GilaGuy
Posts:789
| | 07/21/2007 3:54 AM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By mikethegoalie on 07/18/2007 10:57 AM
its not about global warming.. maybe light polluition..
We leave ours on all night..
Global warmer has happened to Mars at the same rate as earth... what does that tell you?!</div>
Global warming must be a fact! They had a rock concert about it and everything! We must turn off our coach lights to save electricity and Mother Earth!
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twostep23
Posts:1689
| | 07/21/2007 9:51 AM |
Alert | We've got ours on a timer....sunset to sunrise. We've got the energy efficient bulbs. The cost is nothing compared to the safety and peace of mind. If there is an emergency then emergency personnel will be able to find our house.
Not only that but it helps to lighten up the street. Less of a target for would be thieves.
The timers are under $30 at home depot.....great investment. | |
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GilaGuy
Posts:789
| | 07/21/2007 3:28 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By twostep23 on 07/21/2007 9:51 AM
We've got ours on a timer....sunset to sunrise. We've got the energy efficient bulbs. The cost is nothing compared to the safety and peace of mind. If there is an emergency then emergency personnel will be able to find our house.</div>
You know, I see this all the time and I'm left to wonder...where did this idea that emergency personnel can't find your house without exterior lights or address painted on curbs come from?
Every piece of fire and police apparatus has either alley lights and spotlights on them. Since the house numbers are located in fairly uniform places on each home within a given development, the emergency responders are able to know where to look, and will be able to light up the appropriate area as they proceed up the street.
My personal experience was that exterior lights would shine at me and in my eyes as I searched for an address at night, which actually made it more difficult to cut through that glare and focus on the address. I know this seems counterintuitive, but try it for yourself sometime and see what you think.
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anewman
Posts:668
| | 07/21/2007 7:15 PM |
Alert | | They also have gps systems that are more current than anything you can buy (at least in the greater Phoenix area- not sure about out here) | |
"The jouney of life is as much in oneself' as the roads one travels"
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stinkerbell2
Posts:0
| | 07/23/2007 9:32 AM |
Alert | NO- You should just paint your address on the curb! tee hee hee I could not resist!!!!
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LML
Posts:11
| | 07/24/2007 2:24 PM |
Alert | | Does having your lights on all night attract more bugs? That is the only reason I don't do it. I don't need anymore critters. | | | |
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Janice
Posts:108
| | 07/24/2007 4:01 PM |
Alert | I'd rather be attacked by bugs than a stranger lurking in the darkness.
Is it true that if you switch to energy efficient or halogen bulbs they attract less bugs? I can't remember where I heard that.
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GilaGuy
Posts:789
| | 07/24/2007 4:33 PM |
Alert | I've noticed no change in bugs when I switched from incandescent bulbs to compact fluorescent energy-saving ones.
Of course, I also don't think leaving lights on is going to stymie a determined criminal. I suppose that makes me a heathen. <img src='http://www.85239.com/desktopmodules/ntforums/images/emoticons/smile.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='Smile' align='absmiddle'> | | | |
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theotheramy
Posts:141
| | 07/24/2007 6:51 PM |
Alert | | Hopefully it would at least deter some criminals if they can't do their dirty deeds in the cover of darkness... | | | |
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GilaGuy
Posts:789
| | 07/24/2007 9:32 PM |
Alert | Well, it's difficult for any of us to step into the criminal mind...but I am pretty sure the goal of any criminal is to get away with his or her crime. And in order to get away with the crime, he or she would want to do it without being seen.
But unless someone is out staring at the front yard at 3am, who is going to see a crime taking place anyway? Lights on, lights off...it isn't going to matter at that hour unless somebody's actually watching.
After all, vehicles have been stolen in broad daylight, and car vandalism has been reported on streets with streetlights and porch lights glaring. If leaving your lights on makes you feel safer, by all means go for it. But don't get too upset with your neighbor if he or she doesn't agree.
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Darci
Posts:513
| | 07/24/2007 9:38 PM |
Alert | | timer! Two step...thats a great idea. We leave ours on all night...and sometimes all day when we forget to turn them off. I'm going to get that timer this weekend! | |
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vytor
Posts:45
| | 07/25/2007 2:27 AM |
Alert | | I just don't like the houses that have 2 100watt bulbs outside, that totally hurt the effects of a darksky community. Get lower wattage, or better yet get lower wattage and motion sensor lights that are lower, and then brighten up with motion. | | | |
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