New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How do I make sure my mom's garage door is closed?
Ask HN: How do I make sure my mom's garage door is closed?
7 by xrd | 11 comments on Hacker News.
My mom is in her 80s. She is still driving around and very active. Having moved far away from her, I worry that she will leave her garage door open and an intruder will see it and enter her house at night. I was back home last weekend and went to a concert while she went out to see the meteor shower with a friend. I got home earlier than she did and she got back around 1 am. When I got up in the morning, the garage door was wide open, the lights were on, and anyone could have walked in the house unfettered. I don't think this happened often, but it did this weekend when I was there, and it was really worrying. Does anyone have suggestions on how I can make sure her garage door is closed when I live 3000 miles away? I don't need to close it remotely, but having a solution that will notify me (or my brother) that the door is open would be really helpful. I can then ask her or the neighbors to help. Usually they are attentive, but in this case, everyone was in bed at 1 am (except, I'm assuming, the people that have prowled the neighborhood and broken into garages recently...) Any suggestions?
7 by xrd | 11 comments on Hacker News.
My mom is in her 80s. She is still driving around and very active. Having moved far away from her, I worry that she will leave her garage door open and an intruder will see it and enter her house at night. I was back home last weekend and went to a concert while she went out to see the meteor shower with a friend. I got home earlier than she did and she got back around 1 am. When I got up in the morning, the garage door was wide open, the lights were on, and anyone could have walked in the house unfettered. I don't think this happened often, but it did this weekend when I was there, and it was really worrying. Does anyone have suggestions on how I can make sure her garage door is closed when I live 3000 miles away? I don't need to close it remotely, but having a solution that will notify me (or my brother) that the door is open would be really helpful. I can then ask her or the neighbors to help. Usually they are attentive, but in this case, everyone was in bed at 1 am (except, I'm assuming, the people that have prowled the neighborhood and broken into garages recently...) Any suggestions?
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