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I would add lock picking to the "skills to learn" list. Most of the locks we encounter are designed to keep an accidental thief away. In an emergency situation
by tiborsaas 6y ago
I would add lock picking to the "skills to learn" list. Most of the locks we encounter are designed to keep an accidental thief away.
In an emergency situation it could be life saving if you can open a door to gain access to something valuable.
- bob1029 6y agoNot just life saving, but you could potentially save very expensive property or business as well. We have been in a situation where electronic door locks failed in a power outage (hurricane) and we needed to access an email server behind those walls for an emergency retrieval of data. Everything was lights out, we were just trying to get the physical box out of the locked room. Ultimately had to crawl through ceiling tiles to circumvent the inoperative door lock.
- rtx 6y agoDo you work for a former politician or something.
- asdff 6y agocouldn't hire a locksmith?
- tonyarkles 6y agoDuring a hurricane-induced power outage? Probably challenging.
- mankyd 6y agoIf it's really life saving, break the lock and/or door. You're right - locks are generally meant to keep out less committed thieves, but lock-picking is hard for the average person. It takes a lot of practice, good light, and a steady hand. Picking a lock in an emergency situation seems impractical when you can just wrench the mechanism open.
- paxys 6y agoExactly. Unless you are very skilled, breaking open a door/window is always going to be a lot easier than picking a lock.
- tiborsaas 6y agoThe article is about prepping, lock picking is fun, so why not. Learning the basics is not hard and I'm sure you can imagine a situation when making a lot of noise or mess is not the best option.