I’m sorry for their loss but this is plain and simply a lack of situational awareness. The area is covered in a vegetation, namely an invasive species of grass, that gets very dry after the rainy season, and has a long history of wildfires. Everyone knew this. Then you have the winds from the backside of a hurricane, the probability of which was or should have been forecast by the NWS. Anyone paying attention would have known that any fire at all could be catastrophic and would have been prepared.
I live in tornado country and during the season I watch the NWS Storm Prediction Center every day. I know the risk and keep myself apprised of the situation on an hourly basis if it looks like I’m going to be affected. Situational awareness.
I get it, We have this happen in the Az mountains too. Just not staying on top of stuff like they should.
I just had to be sarcastic and also attribute it to the overall narrative.
Yeah, but low IQ trumps S/A.
” the probability of which was or should have been forecast by the NWS”
It was, on the Big Island NWS page we had red flag warnings due to the winds and relative dryness, if you call 50% humidity dry.