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Hawaii braces for crushing wildfire death toll with estimated 1,300 missing
Axios ^ | 08/16/2023 | Jacob Knutson

Posted on 08/16/2023 6:19:09 PM PDT by Drew68

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To: Drew68

This almost happened to Grand Lake Colorado in 2020 when the East Troublesome fire roared towards the town .


61 posted on 08/16/2023 7:54:56 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: NautiNurse

Here’s some more info on the nutty claims the low intellect types are pushing:

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/how-a-5-year-old-spacex-photo-fueled-maui-wildfire-conspiracy-theorists/


62 posted on 08/16/2023 7:55:07 PM PDT by Fury
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To: Sarah Barracuda

“….notice NO ONE has said what the cause of the fire was other than there was a fire.”

Yup, and not one journalist has the intellectual integrity to ask the pertinent questions.


63 posted on 08/16/2023 7:58:21 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

https://www.mauiinformationguide.com/maui-fire.php


64 posted on 08/16/2023 7:59:55 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: VTenigma

Is the grass routinely just allowed to grow? Has it always been allowed to grow uncut, if not when did that change and why?

I know here in blue Seattle lots of government maintenance types were fired/early outed/quit due to the vax mandate, some agencies remain shorthanded. I wonder if the same is true in Hawaii?

Remember the Hawaii nuke scare in 2018? I wonder if that has made local officials extra cautious about sounding alarms for things like this.


65 posted on 08/16/2023 8:08:58 PM PDT by M1911A1 (Drain The Swamp)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
… if you can’t buy them out, burn them out…

It has worked in California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, etc…. So why not? In addition to claiming land, mineral and water rights, they also get to declare Federal Emergency and receive slush fund $$$$. What’s not to like? Hey, we just burned your family alive? Heh. Collateral damage.

66 posted on 08/16/2023 8:11:52 PM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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To: Yaelle

Was Pelletier Chief of Police in Vegas? I heard he was an Incident Commander the night of Mandalay Bay, but had not heard Chief.


67 posted on 08/16/2023 8:15:22 PM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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To: Fury

Ha! I guessed Star Link. Not too far off with Elon’s SpaceX death-ray. ::::snicker::::


68 posted on 08/16/2023 8:15:43 PM PDT by NautiNurse (🇺🇸 Selling out the U.S.A.: The Briben Brand™)
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To: M1911A1

“Is the grass routinely just allowed to grow? Has it always been allowed to grow uncut, if not when did that change and why?”

Uh, we’re talking about wild grasses... Not native but growing wild ... we’re not talking about manicured lawns at Lake Union. You need to get out more.


69 posted on 08/16/2023 8:16:28 PM PDT by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: ponygirl

The Chief actually misspoke in the Press Conference today saying Nevada instead of Hawaii...

Today’s Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW_10UZiLn8

Drone footage of Lahaina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjcVXTpmtBs


70 posted on 08/16/2023 8:17:19 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: Bernard

In my town, they are paving the roads with “heat reflective” asphalt. When they’re done paving it, it’s worse than it was prior to paving. I’ve driven gravel roads in eastern North Carolina after a hurricane that are less of a washboard.


71 posted on 08/16/2023 8:20:34 PM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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To: libh8er

“climate change” code for “government failure”


72 posted on 08/16/2023 8:33:41 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: PeterPrinciple

The electric companies either turn the power off and get sued because people die from no warning because tv and cell towers are out or they leave it on to warn people and down lines start fires and they get sued.


73 posted on 08/16/2023 9:15:44 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Annie Savoy : The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness. )
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To: bravo whiskey; All

Most TV/cell towers have battery backup that lasts for awhile.

HECO could be forced into bankruptcy by the damage from the fires

Hawaiian Electric Company is being sued along with Maui county. And like utilities in other fire areas, the damages could be more than the company is worth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEldq_oA9cg


74 posted on 08/16/2023 9:19:26 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: FreedomPoster

I wonder if he would have okayed water to be used instead of revered if his house had been on fire.


75 posted on 08/16/2023 9:25:14 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (“Killer rabbit jokes have a long tradition in medieval literature.“ - Dr. James Wade)
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To: jjotto

Thank you. That answers many of my questions.


76 posted on 08/16/2023 10:05:09 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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Conspiracy Theorists Go Viral With Claim Space Lasers Are To Blame For Hawaii Fires

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/08/11/conspiracy-theorists-go-viral-with-claim-space-lasers-are-to-blame-for-hawaii-fires/


77 posted on 08/16/2023 10:11:06 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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Here is M. Kaleo Manuel, the Hawaii water official who refused to release water resources and let landowners fight the Maui fire, explaining his “philosophy” about water:

“Native Hawaiians treated water as one of the earthly manifestations of a god...We’ve become used to looking at water as something that we use, and not something that we revere...We can reconnect to that traditional value set.”

https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1692044616345014589


78 posted on 08/16/2023 10:50:14 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: Drew68

Oh my God.


79 posted on 08/17/2023 1:11:54 AM PDT by SE Mom
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To: Drew68

Back before the feminists pushed women into the workplace this much not have happened. Moms would’ve been home protecting their kids.


80 posted on 08/17/2023 2:17:17 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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