C’mon, man. We want to believe in a conspiracy, and you’re ruining it!
It’s possible that it was the wind and the rusted C clamp as you said, but it’s entirely probable that those who wanted the Hawaiians out of the way so they can digitalize everything will exploit this crisis to their advantage.
Now if folks were to say that TPTB were taking advantage post fire then I could see things a little more believable—but it’s a small town of 12k people—the world model of the future to come will be Lahaina?
I remember post Paradise Fire of some guy spamming Twitter with satellites using directed beams causing the fire 🔥
High winds and a spark of ignition was the actual cause. Embers flying a mile ahead of the fire landed atop trees exploding them. Paradise was known for being heavily treed. That was part of its charm. A high speed rail ? Did anyone bother to look at a map to even find out where Paradise is located?