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It will cost $5.52 billion to rebuild after deadly wildfire devastates Maui, FEMA says
Channel 3000 News/CNN ^ | August 12, 2023 | CNN Staff

Posted on 08/12/2023 6:35:39 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

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"While it’s too early to determine the full scope of widespread destruction, Green estimates the losses are in the billions of dollars.

In Lahaina alone, “upwards of 1,700 buildings” were destroyed, the governor said, and it would take years to rebuild the historic town."

1 posted on 08/12/2023 6:35:39 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Did they figure out it was started by another eco-terrorist yet?


2 posted on 08/12/2023 6:36:41 AM PDT by Maelstrom (To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Who wants to bet the democrat controlled state of hawaii will magically get billions from the federal government?


3 posted on 08/12/2023 6:37:05 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Didn’t they say some of it was abandoned ?


4 posted on 08/12/2023 6:38:14 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Maelstrom

Little doubt in my mind that it was arson. We will just get a shrug and an “We don’t know how this happened” from officials.


5 posted on 08/12/2023 6:42:16 AM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Sorry, that money is going to Ukraine.

In all seriousness, I think they will get the help they need.
I would be leery of strings being attached via rich persons.


6 posted on 08/12/2023 6:42:40 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

In reality, at least double that amount.


7 posted on 08/12/2023 6:42:50 AM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Perhaps Biden should send money to Hawaii instead of Ukraine


8 posted on 08/12/2023 6:44:46 AM PDT by nandrew
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They absolutly will get billions...Oprah and other celbrities have homes there so the billions will likely funnel through as well to other places on the Island.


9 posted on 08/12/2023 6:45:13 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: butlerweave

So glad the insurance companies separated FL, CA and HI from the common risk pools that covered the rest of us who do not have tin and wood shacks valued at 1M dollars.

Hopefully the insurance companies will drive everyone to take care of the wildfire fuel that the folks in CA and HI let stack up on their doorstep.


10 posted on 08/12/2023 6:45:20 AM PDT by protoconservative (Been Conservative Before You Were Born )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“Too bad, Ukraine needs that cash.” -Joe Biden


11 posted on 08/12/2023 6:45:49 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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Video
Hawaii fires before/after aerial photos of Maui
https://rumble.com/v36c5mr-hawaii-fires-beforeafter-aerial-photos-of-maui.html


12 posted on 08/12/2023 6:47:22 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: Maelstrom

Yep. Did they catch the arsonist? All else is mere prelude. Catch him. Try him and fry him. It’s past time to get medieval with the ubiquitous lawlessness in America.


13 posted on 08/12/2023 6:47:57 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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To: Maelstrom

Or developers. Easier to buy up the lots now that the owners are homeless and have no where to live.


14 posted on 08/12/2023 6:48:32 AM PDT by Farmerbob
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

That anyone died is an abomination.


15 posted on 08/12/2023 6:51:12 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: caww

It’s a ridiculous amount of money. Either they have fire insurance, or they don’t.


16 posted on 08/12/2023 6:51:41 AM PDT by Oystir
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Likely don’t and if they do they’ll still cheat as people did in Covid and any other disasters who money is passed around.


17 posted on 08/12/2023 6:55:43 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

That’s nothing compared what we’re throwing away on the Ukraine.


18 posted on 08/12/2023 7:01:09 AM PDT by livius
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To: Trump20162020

Not my concern. - Pence


19 posted on 08/12/2023 7:01:10 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Put Tulsi in charge of it.


20 posted on 08/12/2023 7:01:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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