Hey everyone, as Stu already posted Underdogette and myself are traveling and not in Paradise so we are safe. Thanks so much for all your well-wishes and concern.
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@Magic9 said our town of Paradise is basically completely gone (85% - 90% of all buildings destroyed?!) which is absolutely heartbreaking.
We're waiting for confirmation that our temporary home (we sold the house last year and had been renting), shop, vehicles, equipment and building with tens of thousands of UDs worth of irreplaceable wood are among that 85-90% but it obviously seems likely. We will let you know once we get that confirmation.
Thankfully all of our friends and family are safe but all have lost their homes and possessions, none of them had more than 15 minutes to evacuate, the fire really burned thru that fast. Fortunately they all have insurance and will rebuild though it might not be in Paradise. There's 'talk' that the town might be abandoned altogether after this given that the entire infrastructure is gone as well. Time will tell I suppose.
As for us we are probably not so 'lucky' as our friends and family. Being that we were renting we were no longer able to carry insurance on anything but our travel trailer (because it was still being paid off) and $2,000 worth on the contents of a small rented storage unit. Nothing else will be covered so once we have confirmation that it's all gone we'll have to figure out where we're going and how we're going to rebuild Underdog from scratch with no home or shop, no equipment, no materials and no money to rebuild. We will rebuild UD but we're just not sure how.
As of now the only UD stuff we have is 2-3 months worth of vapes and accessories that are at the shipping office in Portland.
Right now we're just in shock, none of this seems real. We're trying to make arrangements to get back 'home'. Maybe once we're there and see the ashes with our own eyes it'll become reality. Until then it just seems to be a nightmare.
No black Friday sale because of the September sale, correct? Looking to obtain my first dog (finally decided on it over the evo. A bit cheaper and more durable) so just want to plan in advance.
Hope everything is okay as Magic said!
Thank you Saintcloud. We won't be able to have a black Friday sale this year and to be honest I'm uncertain if we'll have the inventory to even offer anything for our Holiday Sale either. Our limited supply of vapes might not even last that long.
I can report that they are ok. They are traveling and with spotty internet so I don't know if they'll be able to post here but I wanted to let everyone know they are ok. Their town...... not so much.
Thank you for posting Stu. We're still struggling to get enough internet to take care of the things we need to do online. Using our cell phones for mobile data at the moment but we're in Mexico and the international rates are, well, villainous I guess. If possible I might need you to post an update or two in the future until we get back to NorCal, sending you a message and having you repost will be way less expensive for us than navigating sites and posting directly.
