Takeaway: Severe weather can threaten your home, vacation property, boat, cabin, business, and more. Learn how cellular security cameras can protect them by offering on-the-ground insight.
Severe weather can strike at almost any time. From tornadoes in the spring to hurricanes in the summer and blizzards in the winter, weather can be wild.
While wild weather creates complications for home, property, and business owners, it’s especially hard when valuable assets are not nearby. Summer cabins, beach homes, construction sites, farms, chicken coops, and parked boats and RVs can be especially vulnerable to storm damage, and the fact that they may be hundreds of miles away from the owner, or in an area with no Wi-Fi or power, just adds to the difficulty.
This is where wireless cellular security cameras come in.
Cellular security cameras like the DEFEND are the simple, powerful, and affordable way to keep track of your properties and possessions when severe weather hits. Let’s see how.
How Cellular Security Cameras Work
Cellular security cameras are affordable sophisticated tools that allow you to monitor your possessions from anywhere in the world. Cameras like the DEFEND have long-lasting batteries, with optional solar backup, that power a camera equipped with motion sensors and an HD lens. When motion is detected, or an on-demand image or video is requested, the camera records the imagery and uses a cellular data connection–just like what your cell phone does–to send the data to your phone or computer.
This camera set up has several benefits:
- Wireless design means it installs in minutes and can be moved on a whim
- Long-lasting batteries and solar power means you can set it up and practically forget about it
- Cellular data transmission means you don’t need to rely on Wi-Fi
- On-demand imagery and live-view access means you don’t need to wait for motion activation to check in on your site
Why Cellular Security Cameras Are Effective
Cellular security cameras are effective for property and possession management during severe storms for a number of reasons:
- Motion activation will send you a push alert if movement is detected–for example, a falling tree or an intruder
- If storms close roads or prompt evacuations, or if flooding prevents access, you can simply access live view to check in on your property
- You can check in even when the power is out and Wi-Fi is down thanks to the cellular connection
- The presence of the cameras will deter intruders
How Cellular Security Cameras Protect You During Severe Storms
Here are some ideas for mounting a DEFEND Camera to protect your assets during a severe storm.
- Boat: Mount the camera on the dock to monitor moorage
- Lake cabins: Position the camera so it can detect trees that might have fallen, rising waters, and interior damage
- Mountain homes: Angle the camera so it can view likely entry points, wildlife activity, water intrusion, or fallen trees
- Weekend getaways: As with a lake cabin or mountain home, position cameras to view fallen trees, flooding, and any intruders
- RVs: Mount the camera on a nearby post or garage to view any post-storm damage
- Garages: Get a view of the drive leading to the garage door to check for flooding, torn siding, and debris
- Ranches: Mount multiple cameras to check in on flooding, overturned troughs, gates blown open or closed, and any distressed animals
Learn More About DEFEND
DEFEND is the leading choice for protection against severe storms no matter what part of the country you are in or what you are protecting. Learn more about DEFEND here.