How about if they had had pumps in the ocean and used that water instead to put the fires out?
> How about if they had had pumps in the ocean and used that water instead to put the fires out?
Sure. Absolutely.
However, that would require some degree of anticipation, planning, taxation, budget allocation, integration into an existing emergency plan (if any), ongoing training, and periodic maintenance at the county level.
evidently, the county emergency management was too busy attending a 3 day conference at a waikiki beachfront resort hotel (*) where perhaps these mundane considerations were somehow not being presented nor discussed.
(*) Alohilani Resort ($257/night)