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A [Hawaii] State Official Refused To Release Water For West Maui Fires Until It Was Too Late
Honolulu Civil Beat ^ | 08/15/2023 | Stewart Yerton

Posted on 08/15/2023 1:13:31 PM PDT by rod5591

With wildfires ravaging West Maui on Aug. 8, a state water official delayed the release of water that landowners wanted to help protect their property from fires. The water standoff played out over much of the day and the water didn’t come until too late.

The dispute involved the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ water resource management division. DLNR delayed releasing water requested by West Maui Land Co. to help prevent the spread of fire, sources familiar with the situation said.

Specifically, according to accounts of four people with knowledge of the situation, M. Kaleo Manuel, a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner and DLNR’s deputy director for water resource management, initially balked at West Maui Land Co.’s requests for additional water to help prevent the fire from spreading to properties managed by the company.

According to the sources, Manuel wanted West Maui Land to get permission from a taro, or kalo, farm located downstream from the company’s property. Manuel eventually released water but not until after the fire had spread.

(Excerpt) Read more at civilbeat.org ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: disaster; fire; hawaii; lahaina; lahainafire; maui; mauifire; mkaleomanuel; nocomment; thebakedtater; water; werelookingatit; westmauilandco; westmauilandcompany
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To: G Larry

Is that last line you typed their end game?


41 posted on 08/15/2023 2:03:27 PM PDT by madison10
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To: OldWarBaby

You were a Man of Action when it mattered.
At least no Government person tried to penalize you for doing their work for them and exposing their ineptitude.
They can be petty about such things.


42 posted on 08/15/2023 2:05:29 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: woodbutcher1963

Officials said that civil defense sirens were not activated during the fire despite the fact that the state has the world’s largest integrated outdoor siren warning system, with over 80 sirens on Maui alone meant to be used in cases of natural disasters.


43 posted on 08/15/2023 2:07:43 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: tomkat

Diversity is our strength.


44 posted on 08/15/2023 2:13:59 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: dfwgator

Everything.


45 posted on 08/15/2023 2:14:54 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: OldWarBaby

Yup.


46 posted on 08/15/2023 2:20:38 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: woodbutcher1963

White liberal ‘elties’ will buy up the land cheap and build new mansions on ‘public servants’ salaries. Maybe Biden and his ‘family’ will build a new mansion there...


47 posted on 08/15/2023 2:20:44 PM PDT by GOPJ (FoxNews Debate first time Trump ran: Democrat Chris Wallace with a blond bimbo. And this time?)
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To: vivenne

Thats my theory for the West Coast. China wants it.


48 posted on 08/15/2023 2:22:10 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: rod5591

About the norm for government at any level in this country...

IAC, serfs must endure catastrophes, must be poor, and must bow to their communist masters...


49 posted on 08/15/2023 2:23:52 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: dfwgator

Shhh! They’ll take that as a challenge.


50 posted on 08/15/2023 2:24:05 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: rktman

Lots a seawater all around. Lots of Navy ships next door with powerful pumps that shoot water a long distance.


51 posted on 08/15/2023 2:34:19 PM PDT by Texas resident (We are living through Barak's fundamental transformation)
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To: madison10
All evidence suggest that it is.

They've actually announced that intent. Sorry I don't have the link.

52 posted on 08/15/2023 2:53:10 PM PDT by G Larry (It is RACIST to impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants by importing Cheap ILLEGAL Labor!)
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To: rod5591

Can you say criminally negligent homicide, sure you can...


53 posted on 08/15/2023 2:55:22 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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"Massmurderer Kaleo Manuel"

Pass the pineapple.

54 posted on 08/15/2023 2:57:51 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

obama will form a syndicate and buy it all up. most people have insurance...so its about jobs for a population of 13,000.


55 posted on 08/15/2023 3:13:52 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Texas resident

I’ve used those fire hoses before. 😁👍


56 posted on 08/15/2023 3:24:35 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: Larry Lucido

Need helos to suck up the ocean water to fight the fire. Bet they didn’t release them for use or don’t have any


57 posted on 08/15/2023 3:26:37 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: rod5591

Sounds like a hanging offense to me. Quick fair trial and ten minutes after the guilty verdict find the nearest tree or anything that will suffice.


58 posted on 08/15/2023 3:46:21 PM PDT by Boomer (X-Twitter is NOT a free speech platform. The scummy Marxists are back in charge. )
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To: Sacajaweau

The billionaires have been trying to buy out the natives for years, offering tens of millions per acre. The natives refused. The Hawaiian government has announced the natives are not getting their land back. The government is taking it for the greater good. I am not making this up.


59 posted on 08/15/2023 3:48:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: rod5591

Every single Institution and government entity is falling apart everywhere.


60 posted on 08/15/2023 3:53:07 PM PDT by Hildy
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