After ‘wildfires’ in Maui so far we know:
- no emergency sirens went off on the island to warn people to evacuate
- school was cancelled this day due to ‘high winds’
- when residents were trying to use hoses to extinguish flames that were approaching their homes they found out that the water was shut off
- fire fighters weren’t able to access the water either
- when people were trying to evacuate they met police barricading the road that prevented them to continue driving
- the temperature from the fire burned down entire cars yet pain on the roads and and street signs were not damaged
- entire houses were destroyed by the fire but in some occasions the wildlife around them was spared
- the fire hit so instantly that people were actually found burned in their car like they didn’t see flames coming their way to make an escape
- multi million dollar mansions despite of close proximity to fire remained untouched
- tourist were the first who were granted access to the area before the locals
- authorities were shutting down donations centers and stopping the locals to deliver needed goods
For years residents of the island were fighting the elites and investors from grabbing their land and being priced out of their familial homes and now there are talks about the mayor actually evicting fires survivors. Strangely, it looks like the wildfires seeped out the process.
I don’t know about you but I have uneasy feeling about this entire picture.
You?