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Topic: Paradise Cinema 7 and the Camp Fire
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Justin Hamaker
Film God
Posts: 2253
From: Lakeport, CA USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 11-15-2018 11:31 PM
Hello FT community.
I'm sure most of you have heard about the Camp fire which has completely decimated the town of Paradise in Northern California. The current statistics (as of 11/15) are almost 10,000 residences destroyed and 290 commercial buildings. There are 63 confirmed fatalities with over 600 people still unaccounted for.
Fortunately our theatre in Paradise was spared, aside from smoke and ash damage. However, the theatre will most likely be out of business for an extended period of time. I have heard estimates that it will take months to restore the power grid, and possibly up to a year to have clean water. So it's going to be a long haul.
All of the theatre staff are accounted for. However, most of them, including the owners, have lost their homes.
If you are interested in helping the people of Paradise, we recommend the Go Fund Me drive for Tri Counties Bank, which is based in Chico, just down the road from Paradise. Tri Counties will distribute 100% of the funds to local non-profit charities which have been vetted to be trustworthy.
Tri Counties Bank Camp Fire Fund Raiser
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Marcel Birgelen
Film God
Posts: 3357
From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 11-20-2018 08:48 AM
I wish you all the best of luck of getting your operations running again in Paradise, in the coming hard months, where people will be more preoccupied with reinventing their lives, than going to the movies.
Still, a movie theater can play an important role in keeping a community together and I hope you manage to ride it out.
I've just put $50 towards the fundraiser, maybe just a drop in the bucket, but enough drops and you can fill an ocean.
The biggest grief about GoFundMe is that they only take credit cards and no PayPal, which can be a hindrance to some people. I know that PayPal usually charges a ton of processing fees, but for charitable causes, they're known to make an exception.
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Justin Hamaker
Film God
Posts: 2253
From: Lakeport, CA USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 12-25-2018 03:29 PM
Tony
Thank you for the thoughts. I actually run our other location in Lakeport, CA. My boss, the owner, is handling most of the issues related to the theatre. I pass on what info I think might be helpful, but he's been extremely busy with little time to sit and talk. Besides he and his daughter losing their homes, he has to deal with the theatre, multiple insurance issues between their homes and the theatre, as well as town issues. He is no longer on the town council, but is still very involved with their rebuild planning.
The issue regarding the swabs by the insurance company is definitely something to keep an eye on. The main reason I commented on it was because it was something I had never heard of before. But I can certainly see how the insurance company might use it to limit liability. At the same time, with GDC ending support on our servers, it would be easy for the insurance company to low ball by saying they had exceeded their useful life.
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