It was Oct 8th, 2017 & my girlfriend & I had just hosted @jasonmok, @anwaka & others at our home in Sonoma. We were worn out & ready to get a good night's sleep, but around midnight I suddenly had a sinking feeling in my gut that my life was in danger and we left on that feeling.
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We had no idea that there were any fires and at 12:30am, had come off the crest of our hill when we saw a faint orange glow in the sky. We thought, "What could that be? A spotlight? Fireworks?" Here is the photo from my phone:pic.twitter.com/mEgKxizYfc
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As we kept driving, it became clear that a fire had broken out but it was very far away from our house. We drove toward it and witnessed absolute pandemonium, called 911 immediately which was down and couldn't believe how quickly the fire was spreading. This is what we saw:pic.twitter.com/E62OeeuOCZ
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We saw red hot embers being whisked quickly across the ground which spread the fire extremely quickly from its starting point.pic.twitter.com/7pS2MylCOv
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Since it was so late at night, many people were asleep and without any sirens going off we started knocking on people's doors to wake them up. Afterward we headed home to pack our possessions and on the drive up we saw the red glow of the fire coming up our ridge.pic.twitter.com/5i1WRewoyd
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We knew it would be too dangerous to return to the house & risk getting trapped so we headed back to San Francisco. We got an automated call from ADT at 3:15am saying that the kitchen fire alarm had gone off & we knew the house was gone. 2 weeks later this was all that was left:pic.twitter.com/v1Fyn0EaTS
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So a gut feeling that my life was in danger that I had at midnight which caused us to head back to the city likely saved our lives with just 3 hours to spare. Here is where our bedroom was. If anyone ever has a similar feeling I implore you to listen to your gut.pic.twitter.com/tu7PIcST5n
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What followed a traumatic experience was a terrible experience. When I went to rebuild I was getting quoted $1000 / sq ft and 2-3 year waits for start times. For reference it used to cost $450 / sq ft to build in Sonoma. It felt like people were taking advantage of the situation
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We thought that there must be a better way and got quotes from out of region to rebuild my house that came in at between $250-450 / sq ft (!). Everyone wanted this solution so
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Now we are a couple years in and are coming out of stealth announcing $53M raised from
@ThriveCapital,@ForerunnerVC,@GVteam,@fifthwallvc,@craft_ventures,@sound_ventures_ & others. At Homebound we plan to forever transform how homes are built. Join us!https://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2020/01/16/she-almost-lost-her-home-in-californias-wildfires-instead-she-built-a-200-million-business/#6a9be5cf189d …Prikaži ovu nit
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