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Hawaiian Electric Claims It ‘De-Energized’ the Power Lines Hours Before Second Maui Wildfire
Legal Insurrection ^ | 8/29/23 | Leslie Eastman

Posted on 08/30/2023 11:11:49 AM PDT by Valpal1

We recently reported that the County of Maui sued Hawaiian Electric for allegedly causing the deadly wildfires that swept through West Maui and completely destroyed the town of Lahaina.

Now Hawaiian Electric is pointing the finger back at the County of Maui. It asserts it had de-energized powerlines ahead of a second wildfire that broke out on the island in the afternoon.

The utility said power lines toppled by high winds likely caused the morning brush fire in Lahaina but electricity had been off for hours when a second fire occurred that afternoon.

Hawaiian Electric’s stock soared more than 40% on Monday.

“We were surprised and disappointed that the County of Maui rushed to court even before completing its own investigation,” Hawaiian Electric CEO Shelee Kimura said in a statement Sunday. “We believe the complaint is factually and legally irresponsible.”

“Unfortunately, the county’s lawsuit may leave us no choice in the legal system but to show its responsibility for what happened that day,” Kimura said.

This is consistent with an earlier video report that captured the start of the first wildfire, which was likely caused by a powerline. However, a second one was reported to have started several hours later.

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Currently, 115 remains have been retrieved, with only 43 publicly identified. The list of missing has been narrowed to 388.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; electric; hawaii; maui; powerlines
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A bit of good news about the missing.
1 posted on 08/30/2023 11:11:49 AM PDT by Valpal1
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To: Valpal1

Now I’m really wondering about those damn smart meters....


2 posted on 08/30/2023 11:13:04 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Valpal1

By design, sub stations give three relay closures. Each one shorted or overloaded allows the next until three strikes and you’re out. That’s why you see your lights flicker, then flicker, then drop out. It allows for phase bumping.


3 posted on 08/30/2023 11:16:16 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: mewzilla

I today’s world no less than at least 5 systems would have an extensive log of events.


4 posted on 08/30/2023 11:20:00 AM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: Valpal1

filthy Hawaiian pols learned it from California - blame the state-controlled electric utility for a wildfire, thus bilking rate-payers for any damages paid, creating a great source of corruption income, grabbing more regulatory power, and using it to push fake climate and anti-energy policies


5 posted on 08/30/2023 11:22:30 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Valpal1

Reenergized? Prove it


6 posted on 08/30/2023 11:24:05 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Valpal1

Do you really believe the government’s numbers? I don’t.


7 posted on 08/30/2023 11:25:29 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: Valpal1

They had to be Magic Wires
Arlen Specter


8 posted on 08/30/2023 11:29:25 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Valpal1

If true it only adds to the mysterious Lahaina incineration. I’m waiting to hear an explanation of how it came to be that five prior Hertz-rented Secret Service vehicles in Nantucket spontaneously combusted in late Nov. ‘22. What was the message being sent to Biden (U.S. government) and by whom?


9 posted on 08/30/2023 11:35:03 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Valpal1

“Hawaiian Electric’s stock soared more than 40% on Monday.”

Prices tend to go up with a new buyer of stocks comes in to take control. I wonder who that or they were?


10 posted on 08/30/2023 11:40:59 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: Glad2bnuts

11 MINUTES THAT SHOULD SCARE HELL OUT OF EVERY SANE AMERICAN.
IF IT DOESN’T ALSO MAKE YOU VERY, VERY ANGRY, BEND OVER AND KISS YOUR ASS GOODBYE BECAUSE “AMERICA”, THE HISTORICALLY UNIQUE IDEA IS OVER...FOREVER!
THEY WON!!!
AND WE’RE NEXT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWC642OdB5k


11 posted on 08/30/2023 11:44:52 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (=uran)
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To: Glad2bnuts

Well, they plummeted when the government’s lawsuit was announced. It stands to reason that they’d go back up when the utility made it clear it wasn’t going to roll over and intended to fight back.


12 posted on 08/30/2023 12:04:17 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: mewzilla

I read that the fire department didn’t completely extinguish the original fire. It reignited and then spread.


13 posted on 08/30/2023 12:10:51 PM PDT by 31R1O (The people who can control themselves ought to be able to defend themselves from those who can't.)
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To: Valpal1

Somebody is Lying.


14 posted on 08/30/2023 12:11:31 PM PDT by tennmountainman (FUJB)
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To: Dick Bachert

This stuff is the last desperate acting out of the deep state. They are running out of moves but you need to be thinking for yourself at this point. The deep state still has some evil left.


15 posted on 08/30/2023 12:13:21 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: eyedigress

But who’s got control of those, hmmm?


16 posted on 08/30/2023 12:15:12 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: 31R1O

If true, that sounds more like an EV fire...


17 posted on 08/30/2023 12:15:42 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: iontheball

The morning fire was supposedly put out by the fire department which left at 2 pm and at 3 pm a new fire was reported in the same general area, which subsequently grew out of control and burned down Lahaina.

This begs the question, was the first fire truly out, or did embers reignite after the fire team left?


18 posted on 08/30/2023 12:16:37 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: Dick Bachert
I didn't watch all of it. That video is taking too long to get to any point.

Can you just tell me what that video is trying to say?

19 posted on 08/30/2023 12:20:13 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Valpal1

or (maybe) arson


20 posted on 08/30/2023 1:05:17 PM PDT by SteveH
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