sorry to hear about that Tim. That would suck big time.
We have a house alarm, not sure which brand, but we have motion detector, and all the doors/windows pinned. When the alarm is off, if a door/window is open, the alarm gives 3 little blips...lets you know someone is coming or going.
We have never had ours monitored, though I do have a SECURE sign in my flowerbed with my address on it to make it look like it is. My neighbors HAD theirs monitored. They stopped because they said it was a waste of money.
The new thing here in Bako is that the thieves are using code rollers. They drive around a neighborhood with an electronic device that spits out codes. they drive around until they get a garage door to open up. they back their truck into the garage, shut the door, ransack the house, pull out of the garage, and BAIL
It has happened a couple of times in the last 3 months in my neighborhood. I figure that's what insurance is for.
"So, you say you had 24 PRE-BAN AK-47's with 50 rd clips?"