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Hawaii Governor Issues Update on Maui Fires: ‘This Process Is Agonizing’
National Review, MSN ^ | 8/19/23 | Caroline Downey

Posted on 08/20/2023 11:44:42 AM PDT by DallasBiff

Hawaii’s governor on Friday released an update on the wildfires that have ravaged the island of Maui, noting that the process of searching for survivors after the disaster has been “agonizing” for families and the state.

“Lahaina will rise again,” governor Josh Green said in a statement on the crisis. “It will be a symbol of our resilience, our values, and our sacred bonds of Ohana. When it is rebuilt, it will be a living memorial to the loved ones we have lost.”

The death toll in the catastrophe that has wiped out large parts of the town of Lahaina reached 114 as of Friday, Maui County officials said. The fires haven’t been spreading for several days, the Maui Fire Department reported.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: fire; lahaina; maui
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Aww, poor baby, you have deaths on your hands.

Gov. Josh Green, grew up in the Pittsburgh area, in the exclusive Sewickly area(Quaker Valley school district).

Well the people of Hawaii voted for a democrat haole climate nut.

1 posted on 08/20/2023 11:44:42 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Look in the mirror and you’ll see who’s fault it is


2 posted on 08/20/2023 11:48:41 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: DallasBiff

Oh yeah? Not nearly as “agonizing” as holding back water for some in the name of diversity you useless Commie! On the other hand, it’s always difficult to muster up sympathy for bone heads that vote for this BS over and over


3 posted on 08/20/2023 11:49:18 AM PDT by albie
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To: DallasBiff

https://youtu.be/NzbhbetwYFU


4 posted on 08/20/2023 11:49:24 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: DallasBiff

Good golf course in Sewickly. Too bad they produce lackluster “leaders” like this buck-passer.


5 posted on 08/20/2023 11:50:57 AM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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To: DallasBiff
“Lahaina will rise again,” governor Josh Green said

I don't think so. Eighty percent of the town was totally destroyed.

When the fire started to rage out of control at about 3:30pm, police closed the Lahaina bypass road and residents were told to "shelter (or die) in place."

Here is the official Maui civic alert on 8 August:

Lahaina fire flareup forces Lahaina Bypass road closure; shelter in place encouraged
https://www.mauicounty.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12632
6 posted on 08/20/2023 11:52:53 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: DallasBiff

“...our sacred bonds of Obama.”

What’s that stinker got to do with it?


7 posted on 08/20/2023 11:56:14 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

“ shelter in place encouraged”
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And let’s NEVER let them forget that. NEVER!


8 posted on 08/20/2023 11:58:53 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX’)
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To: DallasBiff

As with New Yorker Abercrombie, they had a pretty good choice , in Republican , former judge and LG, James ‘Duke’ Aiona . I knew Duke personally for awhile and I can tell you he is a good man . Hawaiian heart , true Aloha. But these D dipshits out here rejected him, twice. They then vote for whatever mainland haole Democrat is running instead Every time ... Then, they go on & on about ‘sovereignty ‘ and ‘ occupation ‘ yadda yadda yadda . Most Hawaii voters are about as bright as a bag of rocks .


9 posted on 08/20/2023 12:09:52 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

you mean the easy gay boy of Moiliili?


10 posted on 08/20/2023 12:12:13 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: DallasBiff

Blackout

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hawaii-state-government-attempts-information-blackout-maui-fire-refuses-media-access

1500 dead kids will do that


11 posted on 08/20/2023 12:15:20 PM PDT by combat_boots
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To: DallasBiff

That’s what I never get. These people they voted in continue
to fail from one party, and these folks continue to vote for
them and the party they emerge from. Why?

It beats anything I’ve ever seen. California is being
destroyed, but by golly, the Leftists in this state will
still vote for the same folks who have gotten us to the
brink of destruction. Why?

While we talk about those getting graft from the state, it
still doesn’t explain away the fact even the money they
are given doesn’t pay for all they want. Can’t they figure
that out?

It’s like, “Well, I don’t mind sacrificing my life and
the life of my family members, as long as Leftist get to
turn out the lights when only ashes are left.”


12 posted on 08/20/2023 12:18:00 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: combat_boots

https://www.theronald.win/maui-wildfires-can-be-classified-as-first-woke-caused-disaster/


13 posted on 08/20/2023 12:18:29 PM PDT by combat_boots
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To: DallasBiff

Thanks for that. I didn’t know nothing about him but when I looked at his mug, “back east union thug” immediately came to mind. Then I wondered why Hawaii didn’t have a Hawaiian governor.


14 posted on 08/20/2023 12:19:38 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Welcome to Amerika! Have you filed a lawsuit today?)
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To: DallasBiff

Psychopaths are behind the fires occurring across the Country, just as they are behind the Covid Scamdemic. In both instances, they have declared war on the American people, killing off humanity and burning down their homes, all the while hiding the truth behind a veil of deceit and lies. They do this with arrogance because they see themselves as our overlords and fashion themselves to be so much smarter than you and I. How close to the end of their rope are they? With eyes and ears wide open, take a look and listen to this report on the engineered ‘wildfires.’

https://www.brighteon.com/c23a45ee-8f5f-4a02-8972-30284d0d525e


15 posted on 08/20/2023 12:21:00 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: LeoWindhorse

Hawaii votes for Jews and Japs, and complains that natives are ignored. They need to buy a clue.


16 posted on 08/20/2023 12:23:57 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

ʻOhana is a Hawaiian term meaning “family” (in an extended sense of the term, including blood-related, adoptive or intentional). The term is cognate with Māori kōhanga, meaning “nest”. The root word ʻohā refers to the root or corm of the kalo, or taro plant (the staple “staff of life” in Hawaii), which Kanaka Maoli consider to be their cosmological ancestor.


17 posted on 08/20/2023 12:32:14 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: DallasBiff

Normally, after major events like this, as the death toll rises, the count of missing decreases. It has remained at 1300 though...


18 posted on 08/20/2023 12:40:04 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: PghBaldy

And still no list from the ‘government’. One could easily reach the conclusion that most of those missing are in fact dead, and will never be found as they’ve been turned to ash. The ‘officials’ say they are developing a strategy for creating a list, as if such an event has never before occurred and they are starting from scratch. My gut is telling me they know it’s as bad as can be imagined, with many lost being children. The point in not coming out and stating so is a matter of controlling civil unrest, to put it mildly.


19 posted on 08/20/2023 1:02:47 PM PDT by drwoof
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To: butlerweave

Murderous democrats using multiple ways to murder people. This time it was an open air incinerator.


20 posted on 08/20/2023 1:16:33 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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