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+title: An unfortunate setback for Startup Sonoma County
+tags:
+- startupsonomaco
+- santarosa
+---
+
+Santa Rosa is a wonderful city located within Sonoma county, and I have been
+encouraging just about anybody who will listen to come visit since I moved here
+some years ago. Glossing over a bunch of details, one year ago today the fires
+began, which tore into Santa Rosa. In reaction to that, a few of my friends and
+I, along with a number of other hackers and volunteers created
+[Sonoma Fire Info](http://sonomafireinfo.org/). Some time after the fires were
+contained, a few of us set out to create something in response to rebuild in a
+different way, something would help invigorate the area we know and love, we
+created [Startup Sonoma County](http://startupsonoma.com/)
+
+Startup Sonoma County aims to be a nexus for startups and entrepreneurs in
+Sonoma County, one which we have been fastidiously building out throughout the
+past summer. Despite the challenging juggling of finances which accompanies
+every new venture, we were getting set to formally open some time in the month
+of October.
+
+
+Last Monday night/Tuesday morning Santa Rosa received its first strong rains of
+the season. For the fire risk, it was a great thing. For Startup Sonoma County,
+which due to a series of unfortunate events was having roofing work done, it
+was _not_ a great thing.
+
+The parts of the roof which were not being worked on, had partial failures, but
+the area above our office specifically had a fairly spectacular failure. The
+flowing water discovered that the quickest way down to the ground was through
+our ceiling and walls. My co-founders and I spent that Tuesday morning emptying
+hundreds of gallons of buckets and sweeping water out the front door, to
+prevent more damage from occurring.
+
+
+(_apologies for the poor focus  on the video, my jaw was open too far for me to
+notice_)
+<iframe width="853" height="480"
+src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ctvYefMyRoY?rel=0" frameborder="0"
+allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+Eventually the ServPro calvary arrived and started handling the situation. One
+week later, there are still dehumidifiers and fans operating in the office.
+Additionally, they are removing a large amount of the ceiling and walls that
+were affected.
+
+The positive aspects of this setback have been:
+
+ * None of the computers or other equipment was damaged. Only furniture and
+   some smaller items which are a bit cheaper and easier to replace.
+ * Our landlord is active, involved, and a genuinely friendly guy. One I look
+   forward to working with in the future.
+ * We were preparing to bring in a lot more furniture, which hadn't yet
+   arrived, and therefore could not be damaged.
+
+
+As of today, we don't yet have a timeline for when the rebuild can begin, and
+from then, we won't have an idea of when we will be able to open up again.
+
+
+October in Sonoma county is really quite beautiful, these last couple years
+notwithstanding.