Based on the videos I watched, the people in downtown Lahaina didn’t think the fire would jump the highway. It wasn’t until sometime in the mid afternoon when the wind gusts increased so much that flying embers started structures west of the highway.
It was around 2:30 pm when the first houses up across the highway started on fire. This is based on a YouTube video posted by an up country home owner. They witnessed the start of the fire a few hundred yards from their house. They lived across the highway and pretty far up hill from town. Their neighbors house caught on fire. They packed up their pets and as they were pulling away their house was catching fire.
I watched this video on YouTube last Saturday morning. I went back in my history to show it to my wife later that day and it was gone.
“I went back in my history to show it to my wife later that day and it was gone.”
Informative post. Thanks!
What do you make of the removal of the video from youtube?
Here’s a new favorite quote that I found a few weeks ago:
“When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie”
In this Maui mess there are going to be hundreds of truths and lies flying around, including lies of silence.
Thank you for that post!