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Maui Wildfires
Maui is burning...
Current photo of "Haleakala" (that road is the start of the "Road to Hana"). There's housing all up and down that side of the mountain and it's immensely sketchy right now. Even Kihei is in danger (south central). Prayers to the locals and anyone who's trapped in this hellscape. Seemed as if the high winds caught them off guard. But beyond the loss of life of the worlds coolest tree (Banyan tree the size of a city block) is probably gone now (https://lahainarestoration.org/lahaina-banyan-tree/). Up to date map of the wildfire: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/09/hawaii-wildfires-maui-lahaina-dora/ |
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08-10-2023, 10:43 AM | #46 | |
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Jesus dude stop sucking government dick for ONE minute the order was issued 5 hours AFTER the fire was already 1,000 acres (per your own link)
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08-10-2023, 10:54 AM | #48 | |
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Sounds like it flared back up. https://www.mauicounty.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12622 Evacuations were ordered at 6:40 a.m. in the area surrounding Lahaina Intermediate School. There were two people at the Lahaina Civic Center evacuation shelter as of 8:50 a.m.
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08-10-2023, 10:59 AM | #50 | |
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Sounds like it flared back up. Yes, 36 people are dead so far and you're already on a rant about THE GUBMINT. Like I said, what the **** is wrong with you?
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08-10-2023, 11:02 AM | #51 |
Would an idiot do that?
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Uh, maybe we could not turn this thread into 100+ posts bickering back and forth after dude comes in with zero knowledge to tell us how embarrassing things are... that would be great, kthx.
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08-10-2023, 11:08 AM | #52 |
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Evacuating from the Florida Keys is a shitshow before the threat of a major hurricane… one main highway in/out and a small airport… and that is WITH much more advanced notice.
Trying to evacuate quickly with a rapidly developing disaster from an island… it’s a challenge. Not hard to understand… JFC. |
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08-10-2023, 11:30 AM | #54 | |
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But to your point, let's say you're right about the evacuation call. Maui County ****ed up. They were worried about calling a wholesale evacutation because that highway get's jammed up on good days and they didn't want a firestorm to descend upon a traffic jam (which at points hugs a cliff side) so they held off calling the evacuation until it was too late. Are they the bad guys? Or is it the piece of shit cooking fish during 60+ MPH winds on a red-flag day? Who should live the rest of their lives with the guilt? Keep in mind this town is packed with families that have young children. Now's not the time to point fingers. Last edited by seamonster; 08-10-2023 at 11:36 AM.. |
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08-10-2023, 11:32 AM | #55 |
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Oh good. Donger is here.
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But man it just feels like the amount of resources they could have brought in sooner. I get the not causing a panic bit but meh. And I know the West side, I've zip lined down the entire face of the mountain on the head. The East side I'd understand because the Road to Hana is ****ing crazy. But the West side of the island does have good highways.
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/stayed at lahaina 2 years ago glad I got a picture of the Bannon tree and front street.
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There really wasn't a lot of time unfortunately.
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Those water cannons can launch about 500 feet. Obviously that won't get you inland very far. I wonder if the beaches are just really shallow around there so they couldn't get anything in close enough to really make a difference. Or maybe they just don't use those anymore.
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This is cool but also terrifying. The text chain is really long so I left it in the tweet but it's worth a read.
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