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‘We Need Some Help Here’: West Maui Residents Say Government Aid Is Scant
New York Times ^ | Kellen Browning and Mitch Smith

Posted on 08/18/2023 3:52:05 PM PDT by NoLibZone

Days after the wildfire that destroyed Lahaina, those staying nearby say private volunteers have served as far more of a lifeline than federal and local agencies.

Days after the deadliest American wildfire in more than a century ignited in West Maui, killing dozens and leveling more than 2,200 buildings, increasingly frustrated residents said that they were receiving far more help from an ad hoc network of volunteers than they were from the government.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: aid; fire; lahaina; maui; mauifire
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Or illegal and the aid will flow fast.


21 posted on 08/18/2023 6:55:31 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: NoLibZone

Next time don’t vote DemoRAT, they don’t give a sh!t about you island peons. You learned your lesson too late.


22 posted on 08/18/2023 7:20:22 PM PDT by wetgundog
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To: Fledermaus
Funny thing, the same is being reported on the flooding in China.

Private individuals and groups are doing a lot, the government almost nothing to help.

Hmmmm... Chinese communists, democrats, same but not much different.

23 posted on 08/18/2023 7:29:56 PM PDT by Mogger
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To: knarf

No, they won’t.


24 posted on 08/18/2023 8:20:01 PM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Noumenon
a FOX commentator put it into perspective . . . . Climate change priorities enforced by brain washed climate change "officials" burnt Maui down (I paraphrased).

Common sense just might get some traction . . . . finally !

25 posted on 08/19/2023 3:10:54 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: NoLibZone
FWIW update...

Lahaina fire death toll climbs to 114, 78% of burn area searched

26 posted on 08/19/2023 3:20:56 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: HighSierra5

The incinerated collection of bones of children found huddled with the bones of their parents didn’t “vote for this chit.”

Bugger off a-hole.


27 posted on 08/19/2023 12:56:16 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“He who lives upon hope will die fasting’’. Ben Franklin.

Stupid liberals. They voted for this.


28 posted on 08/19/2023 8:20:33 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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