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Many of the Lahaina wildfire survivors who were placed in temporary housing at hotels are now living in tents on local parks, beaches, and parking lots, eight months after the deadly blaze .. Locals complained .. that little is being done to help displaced residents find rental homes, while 70% of the town's rental units are operating as Airbnbs for tourists.. Lahaina resident Benny Reinicke, 30, .. it's 'insulting' that FEMA is offering families cash to relocate elsewhere and says the agency should focus on rebuilding homes in the town itself.. It's an incongruous sight. On one side, there's glorious...

The UK's DragonFire laser weapon being tested in an undated handout. MoD/Qinetiq Britain has tested a powerful new laser weapon that can take out swarms of drones, the Ministry of Defence says. The DragonFire laser weapon system. UK's Ministry of Defence The DragonFire laser weapon fired at several aerial targets for the first time at a range in the Hebrides in Scotland, a press release said. The Times reported that politicians in the UK were now hoping to speed up its deployment following growing attacks by Houthi rebels against ships in the Red Sea. "These trials have seen us take...

After suffering devastating wildfires in the area of Lahaina, a historic town in Maui, it has officially reopened to residents and business owners. The move announced on Monday, comes three months after the deadly wildfires torched the island and killed over 100 people.Areas that were reopened included the Banyan Tree Park, with the 150-year-old banyan tree burned in the August wildfires that takes up over an acre of land, according to the Associated Press.

Hawaiian life on Maui goes on as though there was no horrendous fire in Lahaina in August. Tourists are back, although not snorkeling with dead bodies floating in the ocean; the state is doing a land grab around Lahaina, under the guise of land being donated; islanders have stopped talking about the fire. No one is now mentioning that the most elaborate alarm system in the U.S. failed to warn residents of the fire, or that water was not released for five hours until permission was given by farmers who control the use of 61% of the reservoir water in...

Floyd Mayweather felt compelled to help after watching the Hamas terror attack, so the boxing legend arranged to send his private plane, chock-full of supplies, to the front lines in Israel. TMZ Sports is told Floyd, who teamed up with a relief organization in Israel, arranged to send "Air Mayweather" to the Middle Eastern country this weekend ... and deliver supplies. We're told they're planning to bring everything from food and water to bulletproof vests for the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) and civilians. Mayweather's pilots, AJ Ramey, Chris Javier, Sam Kniskern, and Freeman Blakney, will be flying the plane as...

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Reviewer: Last January, there was a Smart City Conference in Maui to turn it into a complete 15-minute smart city island. A contract was signed last year to build high-rise condos and businesses in Lahaina which was a historical town that couldn’t have any new development done to it… but now It can. An executive order was signed in July stating they could take your land if you needed to be relocated.”

Ivanka Trump, daughter of former President Donald Trump, made a trip to Hawaii to help those who are still suffering from the tragic wildfires that took place last month.

Hawaii's Gov. Josh Green is a bald-faced liar and claims that only 31 people are still missing from the Lahaina fire that burned so hot it cremated people. It also appears that the medical examiner, Dr. Jeremy Stuelpnagel, can bring back the dead. Stuelpnagel “confirmed” 115 dead on the island weeks ago, but now says the number is 97. He claims the discrepancy is because some people were counted twice and some were actually animals. Did he not learn the difference between Man and animals at Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, where he graduated in 2008? The claim is made that...

Do you recall the days when a celebrity endorsement actually meant something? It’s a journey back in time, but there was an era when a celebrity’s words carried a lot of influence, and people paid attention to what they said. I understand that might sound somewhat unbelievable, given the current landscape we’re in. Celebrities have plummeted in the ranks to the point where folks often do the exact opposite of what Hollywood elites suggest just to snub their noses at them. There was a poll conducted in 2019 about “celebrity influence” and how it was significantly dropping. Imagine how much...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The official death toll from the Lahaina wildfire disaster has been revised down from 115 to 97 amid new DNA analysis and a painstaking effort to catalog remains, many of which are incomplete and in a very degraded state, Maui police announced Friday. Of the 97, authorities said 74 people have been officially identified. Meanwhile, police said the number of unaccounted for stands at 31. Each of those people has a missing persons report filed with the Maui Police Department, said Maui Police Chief John Pelletier. He added the new accounting helps to paint a clearer picture...

How did everyone enjoy their trauma this August? Admit it was thoroughly engaging, a blockbuster, tragic and comic by turns, everyone’s favourite Maui town incinerated and 1,000 children and hundreds of elderly dying in the worst way imaginable. Add in the keystone cops incompetence of administrators, the carelessness, the heartlessness was psychopathic. No, I don’t think that not sounding the siren was a mistake. No, I don’t think One Hawaii’s Smart Water program of shutting off the water on that day, was a mistake. No, I don’t think it was an accident that schools were closed for the day. Yes,...

James O’Keefe Exposes Massive Corruption In Maui Wildfire Aftermath

The O’Keefe Media Group filed a lawsuit this week against Hawaii’s Democrat Governor Josh Green and the County of Maui after being told he could not take photographs or video on public land during a trip to investigate the aftermath of the devastating fires that burned the area to the ground.In hidden camera footage taken during the investigation, law enforcement officers in the devastated area told OMG journalists that due to the governor’s emergency order in response to the fires, they were prohibited from taking pictures or video on public land and even threatened founder James O’Keefe with arrest if...

Cars, not near the fire were turned to dust. Dustified engines. Same thing with Paradise CA and other areas. Melted, temperatures so hot it melted metals and turned things to dust. But things made of the color blue not so damaged. Listen to this short very logical explanation. Folks we are being incincerated. This is like 911 all over again. Go to Youtube and search Hawaii Real Estate . See the videos posted by Eric West the owner. And now I heard Keller Williams has fired him or let his office off their list… for him just reporting what is...

The Hawaiian wildfires, which began on August 8, killed more than 100 people and burned over 2,000 acres in Lahaina, as well as hundreds of acres in Kula and Olinda on the island of Maui. The resulting destruction of homes, businesses, infrastructure and loss of tourism may result in up to $6 billion in economic losses, according to an estimate from Moody’s. A motion from the plaintiff’s attorneys says they want “to bring similar claims against additional defendants for their own conduct that caused and/or contributed to the fire.”

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - One month after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, basic questions about the government’s preparation and response to the blaze that destroyed Lahaina remain unanswered — as the painstaking task of identifying remains continues. No one will say who was calling the shots as the disaster unfolded or why the Bissen Administration waited until after the town had burned to ask the state for help. Between county officials dodging basic questions and state agencies playing word games, deciphering who knew what — and when — has been incredibly complicated. What is clear is that...

"Just got back from Maui. Our crew, myself included, secretly recorded state and federal officials along the burn zone being honest. Stay tuned Thursday PM for Part 1 of our *Undercover in #Lahaina* installment. @GovHawaii fasten your seatbelt. #OMG indeed…"

Now, while we (few) pass this around, chortling at that “gaffe,” let’s give some thought to the far graver question as to where all those children are, and why “our free press” isn’t asking. Here’s an excellent overview, by Peter and Ginger Breggin, of all that’s deeply, weirdly wrong with the response—or non-response—to the catastrophe:

Only Oprah Winfrey’s problem seems to be one of self immolation by association vice actual flames tickling her toes. For such a carefully cultivated image after all these decades, old girl’s been coming apart at the seams these past few weeks, with jarring, insensitive gazillionaire misstep after misstep. The things that might have passed unnoticed otherwise have been magnified by the enormous loss of life and property, the scope of the overall devastation, parcity of the emergency and relief response, and miserable performance of elected officials. Let’s face it – Maui residents are pissed off. They might have been a...