So what started the fires? Arson?
copying what I posted above. Also adding, an old friend lives on Maui and has been filling me in with details, which i have posted.
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These were wind driven fires, winds 60-80 mph. Fires started by trees falling on electric lines. Fires start that way very commonly around here. Wind driven fires are the very, very worst, burning embers can and do travel up to one mile or more and start spot fires. Fires can burn in a circle, as the fire burns, it creates a black area when all the fuel is burned, and the outside perimeter continues burning, which can easily be a circle.
People not familiar with wildfire behavior can see “mysteries” where there are simple explanations. That side of Maui is the dry side.
Thus, boats can easily catch fire from wind driven embers, no mystery about it. The wind was blowing in that direction, that’s why Lahaina burned to the ground, all those burning houses, vegetation, etc created embers that blew over the ocean and the boats caught fire from the embers.
Pinging LJ to 38special’s question:
38special wrote:
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So what started the fires? Arson?
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