[DeTomaso] Nor-Cal Pantera fire update :<(

Wed Oct 11 14:34:58 EDT 2017

Thanks, Mike and all, for the updates on our affected Pantera brothers and sisters. My heart aches for Mike Russo - or anyone who loses their car due to a natural disaster. 

Call it coincidence, but I called my insurance carrier (Grundy) to increase the agreed-upon value of the car and to change the garage address last week. Besides asking for updated photos of the car, the agent proffered some good advice: Take an extensive video of the Pantera on a smart phone, being sure to show all the upgrades and details you've done (including any invoices). Once you've documented the car, upload the file to a thumb drive and send it to a relative that does not live near you, or upload it to a "cloud" drive. 

It may not give any of us any additional peace of mind (disasters strike at whim), but at least my insurance company knows exactly what I have, and I could replicate the car if need be (God forbid).

Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected. 

Scott & Debi Mead

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> On Oct 11, 2017, at 12:21 PM, Larry Stock <larrys at panteraparts.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank You Mike for this update, I¹m sure we have been wondering about our
> extended family members. My heart goes out to those impacted especially
> Mike Russo, how tragic for them. Think about it for a moment, what would
> you do or say? Everything just poof! Keep us all posted.
> Larry Stock
> 
> On 10/11/17, 10:08 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Mike Drew via DeTomaso"
> <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
> detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
>>  All,
>>  I've received a number of inquiries from European owners concerned
>>  about the massive wildfires burning relatively near my house, so I
>>  thought I'd give an update to everyone.
>>  The attached map shows the burned areas.  My house is indicated by the
>>  blue dot in the center right area of the map; we are about 12 miles
>>  east from the nearest fire, and the winds have shifted from north to
>>  south so the fire is burning away from us.
>>  There are numerous PCNC members living in the region who have been
>>  affected to various degrees.  Mike Russo is a new owner, and his house
>>  was smack in the middle of the large fire region north of Santa Rosa
>>  (on the left side of the map).  We just spoke with him; somehow he
>>  missed the first notifications and he was awakened at 5:00 a.m. Monday
>>  morning and had literally only one minute to get out.  His power was
>>  out so he wasn't able to normally open his garage door, so they jumped
>>  in the cars parked in the street and raced away.  Their home, and all
>>  their nice cars including their beautiful big-block Pantera, were
>>  reduced to ashes. :<(
>>  Just to the southwest, there are two medium-sized fires with a round
>>  fire symbol pictured in between them on the map.  Another new owner,
>>  Tom Leonard, lives right in between those two fires on the road that
>>  runs directly north-south, outside the town of Glen Ellen.  Many of you
>>  met him at the Monterey POCA Fun Rally, as he was driving his Ford GT
>>  instead of his Pantera. He was awakened at 5:00 a.m. Monday morning and
>>  ordered to evacuate immediately.  He and his wife took the Ford GT and
>>  their pickup truck and fled to Petaluma, not all that far away but well
>>  away from the danger.  They then went back in the pickup to retrieve
>>  the Pantera, but the authorities prevented them from returning.  We
>>  have been watching the fire maps constantly, and it seems as though the
>>  'bulge' on the western edge of the fire on the east side of the road is
>>  approaching his house.  His road is in a small valley and his house is
>>  on the hillside on the eastern side of the road; there is a steep hill
>>  with a mansion at the top of it behind his house, and the fire is just
>>  on the other side of the hill, on the eastern slope, a few hundred
>>  yards from the mansion, which is a few hundred yards from his home.
>>  The fires are generally moving south so it seems at least possible that
>>  his home will be spared and his Pantera will survive, but that is FAR
>>  from certain.
>>  Chuck and Lori Banks live near the large grassy area on the eastern
>>  side of Santa Rosa; they are about equidistant between two fires, a
>>  mile or so away in either direction.  Last time I spoke with him, he
>>  had backed his Pantera out and was poised to make a getaway, and was
>>  hosing down his property with his garden hose.
>>  Ron Southern lives on the west side of Sonoma, near Hwy 116, and
>>  appears to be relatively safe, but he's not answering his phone,
>>  although he did post about Tom on the PI forum yesterday.
>>  Mike and Nancy Haney live in Napa on the west side of Hwy 29.  They
>>  have a large fire on the hill behind them a few miles away, but it
>>  seems to be moving south so they are probably safe for now.  I don't
>>  know if they have evacuated, and if so, if they took their Pantera
>>  (although as it is their only collector car, I would certainly hope
>>  they would do so).
>>  Our thoughts go out to all these people, but especially to Mike Russo
>>  who literally lost everything he owned in the blink of an eyea|:<(
>>  Mike
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