Maui Disaster

[gtb1943]

Right, ask Japan and Germany about that! We still have not left almost 80 years later.

are they complaining? No. So you have no point at all.

 

[triplets_93]

 

[triplets_93]

 

[triplets_93]

Hawaii power utility takes responsibility for first fire on Maui, but faults county firefighters

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...kes-responsibility-fire-maui-faults-102621518

 

[gtb1943]

Hawaii power utility takes responsibility for first fire on Maui, but faults county firefighters

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...kes-responsibility-fire-maui-faults-102621518

It is true that their slow pace in covering bare wires caused the fire; but they are also correct that the damage and deaths would not have been so bad if pretty much every official and government organization screwed the pooch in fighting it.

This is all postering for the inevitable court proceedings that will be going on for years.

 

[triplets_93]

It is true that their slow pace in covering bare wires caused the fire; but they are also correct that the damage and deaths would not have been so bad if pretty much every official and government organization screwed the pooch in fighting it.

This is all postering for the inevitable court proceedings that will be going on for years.

It's becoming a finger-pointing Extravaganza...

 

[triplets_93]

HNN: "The Bissen Administration still won't tell us who was calling the shots that day, while the head of Maui's Emergency Management Agency was off-island attending a FEMA conference."

 

[Tabascocat]

Something stinks in Maui and it wasn’t the smoke. I would like to believe it was just ineptitude, but……...

 

[triplets_93]

Something stinks in Maui and it wasn’t the smoke. I would like to believe it was just ineptitude, but……...

 

[Rockport]

Something stinks in Maui and it wasn’t the smoke. I would like to believe it was just ineptitude, but……...

Unfortunately, it was ineptitude but only in the sense that this was an unprecedented event.

 

[triplets_93]

HNN - Maui’s mayor ‘not sure’ who was in charge at emergency management center as Lahaina burned

 

[gtb1943]

Unfortunately, it was ineptitude but only in the sense that this was an unprecedented event.

BS. Government screwed the pooch and that is that. Make all the excuses you want. They are supposed to be ready for all types of disasters from hurricanes to fire to volcanos and they were not.

 

[triplets_93]

 

[triplets_93]

Fateful decision in Maui: Firefighters left the scene, blaze began its deadly march unchallenged

https://www.latimes.com/world-natio...fighters-left-lahaina-fire-began-deadly-march

The response of Maui firefighters is one of several areas of scrutiny. Island officials had been warned about the high fire risk to Lahaina but did little to address it. And Hawaiian Electric, the utility company, had no plan to cut off electricity ahead of the extreme fire weather, reducing the risk of sparking power lines, which is a standard procedure in California.

By early afternoon, the winds were still raging, Juan said. But between 1 and 2 p.m., the few firetrucks that had remained on the hillside left, both Advinculas said.

“Why are they going?” Juan remembered asking his wife, as he looked out the oversize windows in his family’s second-story living room. “They need to watch the embers and stuff. Hopefully it doesn’t fly off.”

 

[triplets_93]

Maui’s mayor says he wasn’t aware of deaths in Lahaina until morning after devastating blaze

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/...elevised-address-wildfire-response-continues/

 

[gtb1943]

Maui’s mayor says he wasn’t aware of deaths in Lahaina until morning after devastating blaze

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/...elevised-address-wildfire-response-continues/

ITs like the Keystone Kops. Except in a tragedy not a comedy.

 

[triplets_93]

A Side Note:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-bobcat-fire-lawsuit/story?id=102874015

The Department of Justice is seeking damages for one of the largest wildfires that's ever burned in Los Angeles County.

In a complaint filed on Friday, federal prosecutors allege the Bobcat Fire, which burned over 114,500 acres in 2020, was caused by the negligence of utility company Southern California Edison and its tree maintenance contractor, Utility Tree Service.

The lawsuit alleges the two companies failed to properly maintain trees that came into contact with powerlines.

Forest Service investigators determined the Bobcat Fire ignited on Sept. 6, 2020, within the Angeles National Forest when a tree came in contact with a power line owned by Southern California Edison and maintained by both the utility company and Utility Tree Service, according to the complaint.

The lawsuit alleges the two companies knew of the danger posed by the tree but "failed to take any action."

 

[gtb1943]

A Side Note:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-bobcat-fire-lawsuit/story?id=102874015

The Department of Justice is seeking damages for one of the largest wildfires that's ever burned in Los Angeles County.

In a complaint filed on Friday, federal prosecutors allege the Bobcat Fire, which burned over 114,500 acres in 2020, was caused by the negligence of utility company Southern California Edison and its tree maintenance contractor, Utility Tree Service.

The lawsuit alleges the two companies failed to properly maintain trees that came into contact with powerlines.

Forest Service investigators determined the Bobcat Fire ignited on Sept. 6, 2020, within the Angeles National Forest when a tree came in contact with a power line owned by Southern California Edison and maintained by both the utility company and Utility Tree Service, according to the complaint.

The lawsuit alleges the two companies knew of the danger posed by the tree but "failed to take any action."

Sure it was not because some tree huggers would not let them do anything? We are talking Kalifornia here....

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Sure it was not because some tree huggers would not let them do anything? We are talking Kalifornia here....

Go kick your dog boy.

 

[Rockport]

Sure it was not because some tree huggers would not let them do anything? We are talking Kalifornia here....

Tare your politics somewhere else.