Posted on 08/23/2023 11:26:01 AM PDT by george76
Those who disobeyed the barricaded road closures during the Maui fires survived the disaster, while many of those who heeded orders to turn around perished in their cars and homes with no way out...
At least 114 people were killed in the fires earlier this month, and the FBI is estimating that up to 1,100 more are unaccounted for. Officials are facing increased scrutiny for the emergency response, including why the emergency sirens were not set off and whether closing the roads prevented people from getting to safety.
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Officials closed Lahaina Bypass Road due to the fires, blocking the only way out of Lahaina to the southern part of the island.
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One family swerved around the barricade set up to escape the flames, while another resident took a dirt road uphill to climb above the fire... However, many others who stayed in the cars on that road were stuck in a gridlock, with fires surrounding them on most sides
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Nate Baird and Courtney Stapleton recounted their experience to the outlet, saying they loaded the car up with their two sons, Baird’s mother and one dog to escape the flames. When they turned south to escape Lahaina, they were met with cones and were told to turn around to Lahaina, which was already burning.
Instead of turning around, they swerved past the cones and escaped to a neighboring town.
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we literally had minutes and one wrong turn. We would all be dead right now.”
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they had 10 more minutes, they could have saved children who were left home alone in their neighborhood during the fires.
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Kim Cuevas-Reyes said that she survived with her two sons by ignoring orders
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Go ahead and fact check it:
Didn’t warn people with warning sirens
Turned off the water, even to fireman
Barricaded people from leaving disaster
Government benefited from death toll by taking property
Now media censorship and blaming on CO2 climate change.
There is absolutely no comparison to Katrina when:
People told to leave. Transportation available.
Nobody blocked exit
Nobody denied available services
Government didn’t benefit from death toll.
No censorship. Republicans to blame for climate change.
Liberals think Katrina worse but
This is probably the most preventable loss of life by negligent or malicious government in US history. It’s the poster child for why Socialism doesn’t work (paid for government services useless) and why it leads to censorship (government covering up facts) and government misdirection (climate change, not horrible decisions to blame).
Welcome to Fascist Government!!! “You will know them by what they do”
If not deliberate, then at the very least probably a “never let a crisis go to waste” opportunity for long waiting land investors.
Well, they couldn’t let the local riff-raff get into the richer areas of town. /s
Lesson learned. Never leave home unarmed.
Tell me I can’t get away from an inferno, and even declaring I have to turn around and go back?
If that’s really what happened, then it would be me shooting my way out of that inferno I suppose.
People who obeyed, died.
Please name ONE REPUBLICAN in Hawaii!! ONE!! Anyone a d everyone who votes for Democrats are either MORONS or EVIL.
MFM.
They hold about 8 seats in the Hawaiian legislature, 8 of 76.
The NWO chose the first short term option.
There most famous HI Republican was one of their first two senators: Hiram Fong, who supported Nixon.
And they refused to set off the sirens that warn of fires and tsunamis.
And they refused to turn on the water to fight the fire because in might not be equity.
Absolutely ! The Maui County Poli e Dept directly caused many deaths by enforcing their stupid barricades . “ Just following orders” claimed the officers on the scene . People should have crashed the barricades and totally bolted , regardless. It will all come out noe , but too late for those who have died from this cop stupidity
I hate to say it but it was probably a mistake to make HI the 50th state in 1960, when it sent competing elector slates for VP Nixon and for John F. Kennedy, who was proclaimed the winner in the new state. HI did voted Republican for president at least twice, 1972 and 1984.
And people in HI will continue to vote Democrat ad nauseum.
Having lived on Oahu...
I can confidently say Hawaii is run by the most incompetent racist scumbags available. And the idiot Hawaiians vote for them over and over. Just look at Mazzie. It is incurable stupidity running those islands and that’s how the people of Hawaii want it.
The HRP is an unmitigated disaster and has been for years
No thanks, and her voice is even worse.
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