Reminds me of the Fawlty Towers episode where Basil explains that the fire alarm bell is a "semi-tone higher" than the burglar alarm bell. 
Posted on 08/23/2023 5:42:28 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - As the wildfire in Lahaina spread, the Pacific’s top disaster management leaders were together with many of Hawaii’s emergency officials at a meeting on Oahu educating them about how to respond in crisis situations, FEMA confirms to HNN.
The revelation is the latest twist in the ongoing effort to determine how Maui emergency management officials responded to the wildfires, as thousands were in the crosshairs of an inferno that claimed the town of Lahaina and more than 100 lives.
HNN Investigates has learned that on Aug. 8, the day of the wildfire, several of the nation’s top emergency management officials were in Hawaii hosting an annual conference. Those attending were quite literally the who’s who of disaster response locally and across the Pacific.
They were gathered in Waikiki for an annual FEMA disaster meeting, a half-hour plane ride away from a wildfire that would become the deadliest in the United States in more than a century.
The agenda listed 74 attendees at this year’s Pacific Partnership Meeting including FEMA leadership and several members of the Center for Homeland Defense and Security.
HNN confirmed the now-former head of Maui Emergency Management Agency — Herman Andaya — was also on hand along with as many as six state emergency management leaders, including Director Kenneth Hara, administrator James Barros and executive officer Don Aweau.
In an email, a state emergency management spokesperson said those officials were part of a “coordinating call about 11 a.m.” to discuss multiple wildfires that had sparked on Big Island and Maui. That spokesperson went on to say that HIEMA personnel were updated throughout the day.
FEMA confirmed the fires were part of discussions during the conference.
“There were consultations about the fires among local, state and FEMA participants,” said FEMA spokesperson John Mills.
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Government is almost completely useless. Need to dismantle it as much as possible.
Wasn’t there something very similar to this during the Sandy Hook shooting??
There was a crisis reenactment going on???????
And during 9/11 as well which was why there was no one nor any military planes available to respond????
Every one of these people need to face criminal charges.
Every one.
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Pity we keep repeating history...
Ain’t Democrats great. Can’t interrupt their conference for real world situation. Pathetic.
I heard on talk radio yesterday the Emergency Management Director was hired from among over 30 applicants and had ZERO experience in managing emergencies. Maui burned while he pondered where water should go based on equity.
Also to note, the Sheriff from Vegas mass shooting event is now Sheriff in Maui.
Incompetency can run and hide, but boy does it show up at the worst times.
Its been said that a lot of Hawaiian officials simply got their job based on ‘friendships’ or family connections.
How can you run out of water to fight fires when you are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean?
BTTT
Hawaii governor explaining why warning signals were not activated:
“When the warning sirens go off, it traditionally means a tsunami
and you should seek higher ground which in this case stupid
Mauians who cant tell the difference between a fire and a tsunami
would have run straight into the fire.”
Everyone would have checked their phones to see what's going on.
Have to say that is a curiosity of my own. Obviously, they didn't have any plan to do so. It would take separate infrastructure to use seawater very far inland and it would kill everything, including any of their limited soil. In reality, I doubt any previous planners ever contemplated having an Emergency Management Director that was not smart enough to use water to fight a fire. Hard to plan for stupid.
Reminds me of the Fawlty Towers episode where Basil explains that the fire alarm bell is a "semi-tone higher" than the burglar alarm bell.
Bottom line. They turned off the alerting system after the nuke scare and no one knew how to turn it back on. You get what you vote for.
This is what is known as situational irony.
Government is almost completely useless.
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As far as being competent, they ARE completely useless.
As far as subjugating us, they are VERY good.
These are Pacific Islanders we are talking about here.
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