Hawaii braces for crushing wildfire death toll with estimated 1,300 missing

Axios ^ | 08/16/2023 | Jacob Knutson

[bankwalker]

chatGpt can write books ...

[ansel12]

“”””The chemtrails they have been poisoning us with for decades are full of metals that have saturated the plants and grass. The Maui fires burned so hot because of it that cars and houses burned almost completely to ash and the bodies are unrecognizable.””””

Fascinating post.

[jean michael]

Where are the parents saying that their children are missing?

[NautiNurse]

the fires were started by a Directed Energy Weapon.

Is this an alien attack or earthly domestic, like Elon's Star Link?

[Bernard]

I'm going to take a wild guess that soon somebody in government will make a statement about not having enough local tax dollars to do any maintenance because so much of the available money goes into government employee pension funds, there's not enough left to perform basic services.

That's the explanation in my small town why potholes don't get repaired and streets don't get repaved. At least it makes the speedster slow down...

[Mark17]

Is this the place, where arsonists were seen?

[MD Expat in PA]

Fascinating post.

If by fascinating, you mean bat guano crazy, I agree.

[yukong]

Thanks...I did not think of AI or Chat AI/Gpt

[abigkahuna]

During the Camp Fire, it was a smmiliar situation with the number of missing feared dead. It was a similar number IIRC—Fortunately, the number of dead did not reach those proportions

Ii am afraid the cause of the Maui Fire will be found similar to that of the Campfire. The speed of the Campfire precluded the warning system being enacrted. The fire just ran through the differen zones of evacuation until no notification could be done as the fire destroyed all modes of communication except for hand held radios.

Because here in Butte County we have the history of not only the Campfire, but other wildfires that have ripped through areas that blaming unseen forces wishing to burn out Lahaina to take advantage of the ensuing “Fire-Sale” is rediculous.

Granted, there are probably carpet baggers flying in to take advantage of the grief and loss—but they are not to blame for the fire/s..

The cause of the fire will ultimately be blamed on the local power company with no blame for the local government. (of course)

[quantim]

“The climate-change-related fires...”

Geez, and I thought the tranny-types were mentally ill.

[NautiNurse]

The cause of the fire will ultimately be blamed on the local power company with no blame for the local government.

See post #12 for the blame conundrum.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Why do I keep seeing this referred to as “wildfires”? I thought it was one fire caused by a downed power line that went out of control and burned down a resort and surrounding area. How did so many people die? Was it from bravado, ignorance, stupidity? I can’t imagine how so many people could be trapped on ground floors and not notice they might be in danger. Or am I missing some information?

[ansel12]

Let’s just say that I will be sharing his brilliant analysis with amused friends.

[FreedomPoster]

Technically, it was the state government, not the local, according to this report:

Hawaiian official M. Kaleo Manuel refused to release water in Maui as the fire raged

Manuel is deputy director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources

Here he is explaining that water should be revered, not used:

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1691909193656152465

[combat_boots]

Nero resurfaces

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Bookmark

[VTenigma]

The fire was so big and moving so fast being driven by 80 mph wind fighting it with ground based apparatus would have been suicide. The way to fight that fire was to drastically reduce the fuel loads beforehand. There was lots of overgrown vegetation and piled flammable junk in the area. The po co should have cut power too.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

“ But this is Hawaii. They may be incompetent just like the Russians. ”

Actually, they’re incompetent, just like Americans.

[DoughtyOne]

Power lines did fall in two places starting the fires.

Local people were on the news today explaining the power
lines that fell near the beach area. They set up their
own little fire brigade and saved a number of homes.

The fire department moved to another area from near them,
so they had no choice.

They were pretty creative getting large 400 gallon
containers and putting those on the back of a flat bed to
haul to fire scenes. They had pumps and fire hoses too.

Pretty ingenious.

[MinorityRepublican]

Actually, they’re incompetent, just like Americans.

Not true. We are quite industrious.

But of course all of that is changing now.

We are losing our identity so we are no longer exceptional.

Happened to the Romans too.