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Maui wildfire death toll, already highest in modern U.S. history, could surge
NBC ^ | 8/19/23 | Jon Schuppe, Erik Ortiz and Daniel Arkin

Posted on 08/20/2023 10:49:34 AM PDT by DallasBiff

LAHAINA, Hawaii — The windswept wildfires that scorched Maui last week were the deadliest in modern U.S. history. Authorities now fear that the death toll will only rise in the days and weeks to come, intensifying the pain of islanders already scarred by catastrophe.

At least 114 people have been confirmed dead, and officials say an estimated 1,000 more could still be unaccounted for, further complicating the arduous process of locating deceased victims and confirming their identities.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: danielarkin; erikortiz; fire; jonschuppe; katrina; lahaina; maui
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Remember when G W Bush was pinned by the commie media as the cause of Katrina, even though the victims had substantial warning to get out, and I still remember the picture of school busses that could have been used to get people out laying vacant in a flooded parking lot.

About Maui, crickets from the commie media, they have their neo-stalin to protec.

RIP the victims of the maui fire and Katrina.

1 posted on 08/20/2023 10:49:34 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

President Retard just started another vacation in Tahoe

Glad I didn’t vote for the sorry SOB


2 posted on 08/20/2023 10:51:12 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: DallasBiff

Mass murder by an open air incinerator just happened and nothing will be done about it.

This is the inevitable end state of a society that murders babies by the millions.


3 posted on 08/20/2023 10:52:03 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: DallasBiff

Are they going to count all these poor souls as death by climate change?


4 posted on 08/20/2023 10:52:29 AM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: DallasBiff

The only people missing, if any, are those who want to never be found.
The rest are deceased.


5 posted on 08/20/2023 10:54:29 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: DallasBiff

“ President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Nevada late Friday for more rest and relaxation”.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/08/19/biden-takes-second-vacation-in-august-this-time-to-lake-tahoe/

What fire?


6 posted on 08/20/2023 10:54:30 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: PROCON

Yes they will. This fire is blamed on climate change , so the deaths and destruction are blamed on climate change.


7 posted on 08/20/2023 10:54:32 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: DallasBiff

The Climate Cult strikes again


8 posted on 08/20/2023 10:55:34 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: NWFree

NO COMMENT!


9 posted on 08/20/2023 10:57:08 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
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To: NWFree

He’s the master of showing how much he cares isn’t he.

The other day he flew directly over the sight of that large
train disaster earlier this year. He promised to show up
there, and didn’t even bother to do it, even though he flew
right over it.


10 posted on 08/20/2023 10:57:48 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“We’re looking at it.”


11 posted on 08/20/2023 10:58:54 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: DallasBiff

And these pinko-Dim government officials claim there is nothing they could have done to prevent it. 😡


12 posted on 08/20/2023 10:59:02 AM PDT by vpintheak (There is no Trans. There is only mentally ill)
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To: DallasBiff

Joe really cares about Americans.

Maybe they could offer him some bribe money.

He’d come running then.


13 posted on 08/20/2023 10:59:27 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: DallasBiff

Kids at home dying alone...DEMS ARE GARBAGE...PURE NAZI GARBAGE


14 posted on 08/20/2023 11:01:04 AM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: DallasBiff

Reagan’s fault, Bush’s fault, Trump’s fault.
Biden?


15 posted on 08/20/2023 11:01:19 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: DallasBiff

“...the deadliest in modern U.S. history.”


Just curious, when did ‘modern U.S. history’ begin?


16 posted on 08/20/2023 11:01:41 AM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: DallasBiff

Still thousands missing??
Death count has stood at 114 for days & media silent
Wth is going on in Lahaina?


17 posted on 08/20/2023 11:02:20 AM PDT by rainee (Trump won! )
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To: DallasBiff

The price paid for electing a one-party government which also controls the media. They went from the chance of having a representative republic to dispossessed serfs. The nobles wanted them off the land so ...they’re off.


18 posted on 08/20/2023 11:02:28 AM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: DallasBiff

Most of the fires in Lahaina started in the afternoon/evening right? Why were there so many deaths? I could understand if it happened in the middle of the night when people were sleeping.


19 posted on 08/20/2023 11:03:20 AM PDT by Farmerbob
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To: hanamizu

After 1871


20 posted on 08/20/2023 11:04:15 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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