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Homeowner's ingenious way to keep homeless people away from his house
Daily Mail UK ^ | September 25, 2024 | Rachel Bowman

Posted on 09/25/2024 12:25:46 PM PDT by Morgana

A fed-up California homeowner developed a 'diversion security' device to prevent homeless people from camping out in his building's carports.

Santa Monica resident Stephen McMahon, 76, invented the Blue Chirper motion-activated device that emits blue strobe lights and a cricket noise to dissuade homeless people from getting comfortable.

Security footage has captured the device successfully scaring off people who have tried to sleep in the carports when alarm system starts going off.

'I call it diversion security, that is we're diverting them away from our 20-block radius somewhere else,' McMahon told KTLA.

McMahon said he has grown frustrated with the number of homeless people taking shelter in his carport.

He created the device after someone stole over $20,000 worth of items from locked storage in his building's garage, according to the Santa Monica Daily Press.

'I've lived here for over 30 years, and I've seen this neighborhood, which was just paradise, it was beautiful, deteriorate over the last five to six years,' he said.

'I want to push these people out of here and bring Santa Monica back to the way it was.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: california; homeless; santamonica
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"McMahon said he has consulted a lawyer to make sure his device is legal to use. Many of his neighbors, including local business, have inquired about getting a device of their own.

'Look, as long as it's a sound you hear in nature and it's not louder than an actual cricket, you're going to be fine,' he said. 'Nobody can complain about it.' "

In the video on the link he says "as long as it's a sound found from nature"

So can he build me one that has a tyrannosaurus rex bellowing? That is a sound found from nature.

1 posted on 09/25/2024 12:25:46 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Get me a recording of a genuine, living T-Rex bellowing and I’ll build it for you.


2 posted on 09/25/2024 12:30:43 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: Morgana
So can he build me one that has a tyrannosaurus rex bellowing? That is a sound found from nature.

What a wonderful idea. I love the sound of a tyrannosaurus roaring. it sounds like . . . like . . freedom.

3 posted on 09/25/2024 12:31:04 PM PDT by BipolarBob (You may call me blind, deaf and dumb but I'm a Pinball Wizard.)
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To: Don W

If I had a genuine T Rex I would not have a homeless problem. I’d have the ultimate watch dog.


4 posted on 09/25/2024 12:33:51 PM PDT by Morgana ( โ€œAbortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.โ€ โ€” Alice Paul )
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To: Don W

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3rIFjCVawc


5 posted on 09/25/2024 12:34:24 PM PDT by BipolarBob (You may call me blind, deaf and dumb but I'm a Pinball Wizard.)
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To: Morgana

why blue?


6 posted on 09/25/2024 12:43:29 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: Morgana

What happens when they steal your device?


7 posted on 09/25/2024 12:43:33 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Morgana

Junk yard dogs positioned at each corner with a 100 foot chain.


8 posted on 09/25/2024 12:47:54 PM PDT by albie (U)
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To: Morgana

Howler monkeys and humpback whales are natural sounds too. And so are rattlesnakes. Can we go with natural smells like skunks?


9 posted on 09/25/2024 12:48:17 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (7/13/2024:The day the Democrats and their SA chose assassination as their primary political tool.)
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To: Morgana

This is like the convenience stores that play operatic arias on speakers outside the store to keep homeless and other assorted thugs from hanging around the doors


10 posted on 09/25/2024 12:48:35 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Morgana

My dog identifies as a T rex


11 posted on 09/25/2024 12:48:57 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Morgana

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ.


12 posted on 09/25/2024 12:54:40 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there")
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To: xoxox

This is why you see a lot of public bathrooms with blue or purple lights.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/blue-lights-drug-users-high/story?id=56140028

How blue lights can help drug users from getting high

Blue lights on skin make it harder to see surface veins.


13 posted on 09/25/2024 12:57:35 PM PDT by Morgana ( โ€œAbortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.โ€ โ€” Alice Paul )
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To: ChildOfThe60s
๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ.

And that you pay boatloads of taxes for law enforcement services and get nothing in return.

14 posted on 09/25/2024 12:57:46 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: ChildOfThe60s

“๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ.”

I see your point but it would be upsetting for his neighbors if he had this blasting death metal every time it kicked on. So I see why they told him to use sounds of nature.


15 posted on 09/25/2024 1:01:29 PM PDT by Morgana ( โ€œAbortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.โ€ โ€” Alice Paul )
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To: Morgana

A friend who participated in the Great South-East Asia Two Way Marksmanship Contest swears that there’s a lizard in Viet-Nam whose call sounds like “f*ckYOUf*ckYOUf*ckYOU!!!”


16 posted on 09/25/2024 1:06:13 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Morgana

Americans have been ingenious in many ways for many years in bot good and bad ways.


17 posted on 09/25/2024 1:07:02 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Morgana

A pack of wolves howling at the moon should do the trick, too.


18 posted on 09/25/2024 1:08:32 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Morgana
"...as long as it's a sound you hear in nature and it's not louder than an actual cricket"

What a world the liberals have created. He should be able to blast them out of his property.

19 posted on 09/25/2024 1:09:51 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
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To: Morgana

It’s come to that, has it?


20 posted on 09/25/2024 1:10:14 PM PDT by xoxox
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