Posted on 08/15/2023 11:59:17 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Biden can’t go to Hawaii until OBozo gives him the green light.
Biden probably wants to stay at Obozo’s mansion but can’t promise not to crap his pants and ruin the furniture or stink up the place.
They’ll have the official narrative blaming it on Climate Change all ready to go by then, justifying the “Climate Emergency”.
He needs to get commitments from MSM to NOT ask him questions before he goes.
DC is a disaster area.
LOL the demented douche bag doesn’t want to get in the way..no, the REAL reason is because he knows that Hawaii being a deep blue state, they will vote for him regardless so he can give a giant F U to them and still get their vote. Remember, this state chose crazy maizee to be their senator so there ya go..besides, Biden probably has been told the real cause of this disaster and it was NO accident, so he wants clean hands
In support of he and all prior presidents, it's a worthless gesture and nothing but symbolism over substance.......
Just stay away and let the rescue efforts do their jobs.....They don't need the distraction.
Sheet,,,demented Joe....just go to downtown Los Angeles...Sheet...go to downtown Chicago!!!
“Ever been to East Palestine, Ohio?”
But those were ultra-MAGA Republicans. Hawaii’s solid Dem. So I have to care if they live or die. So let’s do this thing. We’ll visit Hawaii so I can sniff the hair of those grass skirt chicks, and we’ll see Maui over the horizon, and some smoke, and maybe even a few dead bodies floating in the surf.
He’s heading to Lake Tahoe right now and will stay there a week. I predict it’s a stop on the way to Maui.
Interestingly, I also happen to be staying in Lake Tahoe the same time he is, and then also plan to go to Maui the week after that (not near Lahaina obviously).
Following Biden around I guess. I’m blessed enough to have access to the vacation areas for presidents and kings. . .
Money Badger don’t care...
Who started the fire? I’ve been to Maui many times and it is a rainforest with almost now lightning storms.
Likely more Climate Change nonsense.
His first comment to the people will be “I’m sorry for our loss...I know how you feel as I had a son die in a wildfire...”
“make impromptu comments”
My son Beau also died in a fire...
I remember when Corn Pop started a fire. I put it out.
Hey, where are all the Hula girls?
Hey, my VP Kamala was from Hawaii
Hey, who thinks they can do more push ups than me
“My wife Jill and I are going to travel to Hawaii soon for vacation. If we can fit in a side trip to Maui, we will.”
Biden can afford to be cavalier about the situation in Maui because Hawaii is an indigo-blue state which will vote for him again, no questions asked.
“Who started the fire?”
There are lots of conspiracy theory threads on FR about that.
Most likely cause is that downed electrical lines or arson started the fires. They had a brush fire up the hill from town under control and then pulled the fire fighters off to another fire on the island. The fire reignighted then caught houses on fire. The winds were blowing 60-70+ mph. Coming down off the mountains and running down to the ocean east to west. The majority of Lahaina was older wooden structures(not concrete).
Once the flames caught one house the embers were flying through the air spreading from house to house. Eventually most of the town went up.
I have watched dozens of YouTube videos over the last week about this tragedy. The other main factor at least on Maui is that all the old sugar cane fields are no longer planted with cane or pineapples. It is cheaper to produce in Brazil, Philippeans or other places. Those fields are now just grasslands and scrub brush that runs right down to the edge of town. The grass grows up in the winter/spring and then drys out to straw in the summer/dry season.
You stated that you have been to Maui many times. The west side of the island is very dry. Most of the rain falls on the Hana and east side of the mountain ranges. It typically does not make it over the mountain peaks without dumping the rain. North of Lahaina up by Kapalua is one of the windiest places on the planet. The only place I have ever been that was more windy was Aruba.
The other thing I noticed on several YouTube videos were the broken power poles. One of the videos I watched last night was filmed by a guy walking around Lahaina in the afternoon early evening of the fire. He was walking around downtown. The wind was howling. Traffic was already backed up on Front Street.
There were already broken power poles and power lines down in the middle of the street everywhere. I assume they were not powered because the guy filming was just casually stepping over them. He filmed until dark. Then had to stop because he had to run to save his life.
This is a old infrastructure issue. IF you go to Caribbean islands or even Mexico most of the power poles are not wooden poles. That is because they will not stand up to hurricane force winds. They break because they are top heavy. In hurricane zones the power poles are steel reinforced concrete.
I visited Lahaina around 1999/2000. Had lunch at Cheeseburger in Paradise right on Front Street. It was a quaint town. However, get off of Front Street and it was a old dumpy town full of old tin roofed houses that were very close together.
It was not like the rest of Maui. Frankly, I am surprised it did not burn down sooner.
Remember when the tsunami hit Thailand or some country? Shortly after the US Navy had a carrier right off shore to supply food and medical needs.
Have any Navy ships been sent to Maui? There is a Navy base nearby.
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