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Tag: Hawaii fires

  • Hawaiian Electric Compromised the Investigation Into the Maui Wildfires

    Hawaiian Electric Compromised the Investigation Into the Maui Wildfires

    The Washington POST is reporting this information, it is now being dispatched on other news sources as well..

    The Hawaii power utility believed to have started the deadly Lahaina fire removed damaged power poles and other equipment from a key fire scene, potentially affecting evidence that is part of an official investigation into how the blaze ignited. 

    Hawaiian Electric — which acted quickly to restore power on the island after Aug. 8 — hauled away fallen poles, power lines, transformers, conductors and other equipment from near a Lahaina substation starting around Aug. 12, documents show, before investigators from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) arrived on scene. ATF usually responds to bombings and shootings. This is only the agency’s third wildland fire investigation, a spokesperson said. Usually, it’s the U.S. Forest Service’s role, but since the Maui fires were not on any national forest lands, ATF is the primary federal investigative force. 

    Those actions may have violated national guidelines on how utilities should handle and preserve evidence after a wildfire and deprives investigators the opportunity to view any poles or downed lines in an undisturbed condition before or after the fire started, according to court documents, letters and other records obtained by The Washington Post. 
    — Read on townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/08/25/how-hawaiian-electric-just-compromised-the-investigation-into-the-maui-wildfires-n2627513

  • Maui wildfire death toll rises to 80, with 1,500 still missing

    Maui wildfire death toll rises to 80, with 1,500 still missing

    These are scary numbers ..

    We offered up a link earlier on our Facebook page to a reliable site explaining where you can donate to get people in Hawaii help that they need.. that is being shared here ..

    https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/08/help-maui-fire-victims-heres-how-you-can-donate/

    Meanwhile the other information being reported:

    Maui County government said on Friday evening the death toll had risen to 80: a further 1,500 remain unaccounted for, with communications down..

    The death toll is rising steadily as rescue workers begin scouring the streets: the mayor of Maui said they are yet to go inside buildings.

    A 2022 report put Hawaii’s risk of wildfires as low, and the governor said the combination of hurricane winds and fires in urban areas was unprecedented 
    — Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12398843/Maui-wildfire-death-toll-rises-underestimated-risk.html

    During a press conference: Police chief on Lahaina fire recovery operation: “We’ve got an area we have to contain that is at least five square miles and it is full of our loved ones.”. .

    None of the 89 dead in the Lahaina fire has been initially identifiable by their remains. “The remains fall apart.” Authorities are using DNA to make identifications.

    CNN is speaking about Hawaii’s emergency warning system that sat SILENT during the wildfires!

    “There wasn’t really an evacuation notice for us,” Millington said. The real warning, he said, came from the “huge plume of black smoke” in the sky over Lahaina.

    Millington and his roommates had seen enough. They fled as wildfires began to scorch large swaths of the Hawaiian island of Maui, killing at least 89 people and destroying Millington’s home among hundreds of other structures.

    The cell phone alert “was useless,” said Millington, who owns a hot sauce company in the historic town. “We have tsunami warnings that I think should have been utilized… So many of us … felt like we had absolutely no warning.”

    In fact, the state’s vaunted integrated outdoor siren warning system – the largest in the world, with about 400 alarms – was not activated during the fires, according to Hawaii Emergency Management Agency spokesperson Adam Weintraub.