Maui to Rebuilt as a Smart Island

[herb749]

Living here in Maryland as far as I know there is no plan to cut off the power for any reason.
If cutting off the power is a plan maybe they should think really hard about burying the power cables.
Blocking the exit: What fool thought that up, and for what reason?
Sounding the alarm would have sent people to high ground. Was that bad? Did the higher ground burn?

The state is talking about buying the property, the real estate agents hit before the fires were out. Does that sound suspicious to anyone else?
What kind of moronic mother trucker would refuse water to the Fire Department?
Is it polite to ask how many fire trucks were burned when they were caught in front of the fire? and if they weren't in front of it where were they?

It was a govt run by democrats. That was the biggest problem.

 

[Ken King]

Sounding the alarm would have sent people to high ground. Was that bad? Did the higher ground burn?

That's what is being claimed, but once outside you would think that the smoke would have clued them in to what the emergency was. No warning at all didn't help anyone.

And as I understand the fire started uphill and burned down toward the town due to the high winds.

 

[GURPS]

The Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO), which Maui County just tried to make the scapegoat for the Lahaina fires, responded Sunday by blowing a hole right amidships of the S.S. Narrative. The Post-Millennial ran the story yesterday headlined, “Hawaiian Electric says power lines were shut off hours before wildfire.”

To further make the point, the sub-headline added, “Records "conclusively establish" that power lines to Lahaina had been de-energized for six hours when the afternoon fire broke out.”

Uh oh.

You may recall from last week’s C&C post that Maui County sued HECO, claiming that the power company negligently failed to cut the power off even though it had ample notice from windy weather advisories and Tarot cards about what was going to happen. Specifically, Maui claimed HECO “inexcusably their power lines energized during forecasted high fire danger conditions."

They were just guessing.

Maui County’s lawsuit went so far as to boldly claim the wildfires "could have easily been prevented" if HECO had only shut down the power. I mocked Maui for suing so quickly before anybody even knows yet what happened.

Welp. On Sunday, Hawaiian Electric announced that it had, in fact, de-energized all its power lines in West Maui hours before the devastating wildfires broke out. It even presented evidence. Whoops!

I guess HECO does not intend to take the blame for Maui.

In its statement, HECO said Maui’s poorly-conceived lawsuit "may leave no choice in the legal system but to show responsibility for what happened that day." Which is exactly what I predicted would happen.

Maui is going to regret trying to pin the blame on well-funded HECO, which can easily afford lawyers and investigators. So far, the government has carefully avoided picking fights with opponents its own size, who can afford full-on litigation, like when they let Wal-Mart and Amazon continue operating while they were locking down small groceries and stores.

Try again, Maui.

 

[herb749]

Next they'll blame republicans & Trump .

 

[Hijinx]

Next they'll blame republicans & Trump .

I thought they already did.

 

[herb749]

Still trying to tie Ukraine funding to Maui disaster relief. Here's $2 billion Maui and $24 billion to Ukraine. Will the stupid democrats still vote their party with how they are being treated .?

 

[Hijinx]

Still trying to tie Ukraine funding to Maui disaster relief. Here's $2 billion Maui and $24 billion to Ukraine. Will the stupid democrats still vote their party with how they are being treated .?

Yes.

 

[GURPS]

In Maui Fires, Defying Police Blockades Proved Life-Saving​

All Ms. Albinson, 47, knows is that people who stayed in their vehicles in traffic perished in the smoke and flames.

"They were driving to their deaths, basically. I acknowledged I was in control of my choices and needed to not listen to the police," Ms. Albinson told The Epoch Times.

"I recognized I would have to go around the barriers and do what it took because this was my life. I have grandchildren; I needed to get to my family."

Several other Lahaina residents and workers told The Epoch Times that they survived only by driving around or through the police roadblocks, acknowledging that the police were just "following orders."

"Common sense," said Grale, a West Maui resident who was working at a gated community in Lahaina on the day of the fire.

"Me? I'm in panic mode. I'm getting the heck out of here. Survival mode. Honestly, I couldn't believe how many cars on Front Street just burned."

 

[GURPS]

 

[GURPS]

 

[GURPS]

Maui Fire Victims’ Families Offered Up to $1.5 million in Compensation if They Don’t Sue State Agencies​

Over 6 months ago, a devastating wildfire swept through the Maui island town of Lahaina in Hawaii and incinerated much of the surrounding region.

Legal Insurrection readers may recall that a state water official delayed the release of water that landowners wanted to help protect their property from fires because water is to be revered and not used. Additionally, Hawaiian green energy mandates may have led Hawaiian Electric to divert fiscal resources away from fire-prevention practices.

There was also a delayed evacuation order.

A detailed timeline of events describes a series of calls to emergency dispatchers, reporting a fast-spreading fire at 2:55 p.m. Officers soon began evacuating neighboring areas, the report said.
But it does not explore the county’s delay before issuing a broader evacuation alert. The county made a decision not to use its all-hazards siren system and waited until 4:16 p.m. to send a cellphone evacuation alert. That alert was targeted at residential neighborhoods above the Honoapiʻilani Highway.
Fire had already consumed much of the area targeted for evacuation. At the exact time the evacuation alerts were going out, the new timeline shows, officers were reporting that the fire had spread all the way down to the highway and was jumping the road — toward waterfront areas that never received an evacuation alert.

Now, the relatives of fire victims could receive over $1 million in compensation…as long as they choose not to sue state agencies and companies involved.

The families of those who died in the Maui fire last year could receive up to $1.5 million in compensation if they choose to not sue state agencies and companies involved.
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) made the announcement at a press conference marking the six-month mark since a wildfire swept the tourist town of Lahaina, killing 100 people and displacing many more.
The One ‘Ohana Initiative is a $175 million fund with contributions from the state of Hawaii, Maui County, Hawaiian Electric Company, Kamehameha Schools, Charter Communications, Hawaiian Telcom and the West Maui Land Co.
“The 100 individuals that were lost all had families, and we have put together $175 million, if they choose, in a voluntary way, to accept a settlement of $1.5 million that would go to each family,” Green said.

 

[Kyle]

Blood in the water.