#Maui Epilogue 08/16/23/1530PDT: "always how climate works — not single-handedly but together with randomness" (Wallace-Wells, NY Times). A calculus equation of disaster with innumerable independent variables, rf: #wildfire, island, Hawaii, Maui.
#Maui Fire Probe 08/16/23/0800PDT: Mainland media AP narrative of power lines sparking #wildfire erroneous & negligent; cite Marshall Fire, Colorado 2021: "An industry technicality which would have classified the lines as 'unmoored'. " rf: Maui, Hawaii. https://cpr.org/2023/06/08/marshall-fire-announcement-boulder/
#Maui Fire Probe 08/15/23/1830PDT: "“Some of them can be as big as your hand. The wind will just carry the embers for miles," (Anne Cope, Marshall Fire) Same theory for #wildfire, island, Hawaii, Maui: embers landed near downed power lines seen in video. https://marshallfiremap.com
#Maui Fire Probe 08/15/23/1800PDT: Lahaina #wildfire, island, Hawaii, Maui same modus of Marshall Fire, Colorado, December 2021: "small shed burned on property owned by the Twelve Tribes religious sect," high winds, not power lines, no call or text. https://marshallfiremap.com
#Maui Fire Probe 08/16/23/1800PDT: "By 9 a.m., Maui officials declared the fire '100% contained,' " which means a perimeter was set and it may have still been burning, island, Hawaii #wildfire. AP suggests "multiple blazes may have been ignited."
#Maui Offshore 08/14/23/1600PDT: USCG buoy-laying vessel "Juniper" off Lahaina (LHN), island, Hawaii, Maui, undisclosed mission, possibly related to recent #wildfire devastation. Marine Traffic-- fwd: Oprah..
https://marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:430246/zoom:12
#Maui Traffic Map 08/14/23/1515PDT: Google traffic map, coast highway into Lahaina, HI-30, closed from Kahului until 20 August; island, Hawaii, Maui. fwd: Oprah.. https://google.com/maps/@20.8438386,-156.5594403,12.17z/data=!5m1!1e1?hl=en&entry=ttu
#Maui Epilogue 08/14/23/0000PDT: "not living with the continuum of regret, regret and regret." Unfortunately, Mick, due to social media hashtag, it's "forget, forget, forget." Restaurant (note "X"), island, Hawaii, Maui, destroyed by #wildfire. rf: Oprah.
#Maui Pipeline 08/13/23/2100PDT: "These two firefighters declined to be named" (M. Baker et al, NY Times). Wells went dry, pipes blew, hydrant pressure went to steam on island, Hawaii, Maui and responders turned to rescue in #wildfire. fwd: Oprah
#Maui Recovery 08/13/23/2020PDT: "The FBI has brought in a mobile morgue to house the final remains of victims." (Harriet A., Daily Mail) Samples of DNA expected to identify victims, #wildfire, island, Hawaii, Maui, coastal tourist town of Lahaina.
Maui Recovery 08/13/23/2000PDT: Oprah gets a green card, CBS gets the boot from refugee shelter, island, Hawaii, Maui, following #wildfire disaster, Lahaina, home of many celebrities.
#Maui Probe 08/13/23/1900PDT: Cheap sugar, no water & high energy costs drove the plantations off the island, Hawaii, Maui, setting the stage for an irreversible disaster such as #wildfire that swept across Lahaina, dependent on tourism and celebrity presence to sustain economy.
#Maui Fire Probe 08/13/23/1330PDT: Initial brush #wildfire report issued on Tuesday, Hawaii, island, Maui: "100% contained shortly before 9 a.m." and "power outages are impacting the ability to pump water" to douse fires.
#Maui Power Grid 08/13/23/1300PDT: "Preemptive, short-notice power shutoffs have to be coordinated with first responders." #Wildfire under containment, island, Hawaii, Maui; legal blaze beginning over whether power should have been cut in high wind.
#Maui Recovery 08/13/23/0900PDT: "an area that we have to contain that is at least 5 square miles;" cadaver dogs have swept 3% for 93 confirmed deaths; island, Hawaii, Maui. Extrapolation on lower end would place total somewhere above 750 casualties.
#Maui Wind-Fire Warnings 08/12/23/1800PDT: Red flags, texts & evac orders were plentiful, contrary to the "frustrated, angry" residents who didn't comply, ignored them. Hawaii News issued numerous ones early Tuesday, island, Maui: MEMA alert, 0830 AM.
#Maui Windstorm 08/12/23/1545PDT: Maui Now reported effort to restore power during windstorm, instead of shutting grid off completely, island, Hawaii, to prevent #wildfire possibility; as in mainland Sierra Pacific & Edison Electric, California lessons.
#Maui Reconstructed 08/12/23/1530PDT Power pole map from MECO generating station, through Kaheawa wind farm, to beach town, Lahaina, island, Hawaii, Maui, devastated by #wildfire: https://google.com/maps/place/MECO+-+Maalaea+Generating+Station/@20.8166892,-156.5949766,17376m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x7954d16b6f19a55b:0xb0f2735f92d22103!8m2!3d20.8011594!4d-156.4955222!16s%2Fg%2F11cs6f8692?authuser=0&entry=ttu
#Maui Reconstructed 08/12/23/1500PDT: Lahaina, beach town, island, Hawaii, Maui, before destroyed by #wildfire, on Google Earth, 3D, various still frames: Link: https://earth.google.com/web/@20.87108651,-156.67774892,4.96456322a,160.96045446d,35y,-113.53659799h,57.50208231t,0r
#Maui Failure to Communicate 08/12/23/1400PDT: Yet another report overlooking the anemic communication system that collapsed entirely when island, Hawaii, Maui, burned last week. Root cause of deaths blames climate & weeds overgrowing in neighborhood. https://cnn.com/2023/08/11/us/hawaii-wildfire-threat-invs/index.html
\ #Maui Failure to Communicate 08/12/23/1200PDT: Overreliance on gadgets--warning systems, cellphones, red flags. No preemptive action: ignored high winds, no fire watches, roving patrols; blaming technology a deadly excuse--#wildfire, Maui, island, Hawaii.
#Maui Failure to Communicate 08/12/23/0900PDT: Climate change-disaster scenarios are useless unless they begin to include a prediction of the total collapse of the communications grid, as was the case on Maui, island, Hawaii, last week.
#Maui Wild Blue Yonder 08/11/23/2100PDT: Air traffic map/departures, Honolulu (HNL), Hawaii--may become extremely congested following deadly #wildfire, island, Maui-- https://airports.hawaii.gov/hnl/flights/
#Maui Commo Uplink 08/11/23/1345PDT: Specs on Verizon tac-response system--possible immediate insertion, island, Hawaii, #wildfire disaster..c/rf: Maui
#Maui Commo Uplink 08/11/23/1330PDT: Verizon out on point with hotspot (not #wildfire) links for internet, cellphone, portable for island, Hawaii, Maui..
#Maui Communication Breakdown 08/11/23/1315PDT: Portable hotspots for island, Hawaii, recent inferno, #wildfire, Maui: "Verizon reported that its team has deployed satellite-based mobile hotspots at evacuation sites" Link to article:
#Maui Communication Breakdown 08/11/23/1300PDT: Chelsea Davis on Wednesday: "Communications are exceptionally poor." Cellphones, towers, internet, computers, AI--billions of $ of worthless junk when major disaster, #wildfire, strikes island, Hawaii, or anywhere else. c/rf: Maui
#Maui On the Radar 08/10/23/1930PDT: "Our plan was to go to Lahaina and go whale watching" (SF Gate)- Thousands homeless from Hawaii #wildfire, tourists worry about airline refunds; 50+ dead as politicians hog the front pages of internet news. rf: Maui https://abc7news.com/maui-travel-flights-airfare-cancel-flight-to/13630401/-
Hawaii On the Radar 08/10/23/1900PDT: Part of problem seen in photo: Lahaina directly on ocean, Front St., seawall, no beach; no escape on shoreline from #wildfire that swept across Maui; town planning not just tourist trap, but death trap. c/rf: #Maui.
#Maui On the Radar 08/10/23/1315PDT: Zoom Earth indicates residual heat signature, Lahaina, with other #wildfire areas inland. Cat 4 #Dora, now moving toward the Far East, with extreme #hurricane force winds. c/rf: Maui, island, Hawaii. https://zoom.earth/storms/dora-2023/
#Maui On the Radar 08j/10/23/1300PDT: Evac flight tracker from the island, Hawaii, #wildfire emergency, c/rf: Maui Kahului Airport (OGG) --Flight Radar link-- https://flightradar24.com/20.89,-156.42/14
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#Maui On the Radar 08/10/23/1300PDT: Additional FAA flight restrictions across the island, Hawaii, due to #wildfire emergency..c/rf: Maui--Sky Vector link: https://skyvector.com/?ll=20.852138543961317,-156.34213256696302&chart=301&zoom=2
#MauiFires No Fly Zone 08/09/23/1630PDT: FAA, just posted, NOTAM FDC3/1534, over Lahaina, Maui, island, Hawaii, #wildfire danger to aircraft, evacs, and firefighting efforts.. Sky Vector link: https://skyvector.com/?ll=20.870938349530153,-156.43824004987923&chart=301&zoom=1
#MauiFires 08/09/23/1600PDT: Zoom Earth #wildfire heat map, Hawaii, island, Maui, including Lahaina: severe wind NE, drawn in by Cat 4 #Dora, major #hurricane 2000 miles south, HNL Star-Advertiser called cyclone "minimal impact".. https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/#view=14.3,-156.9,5z/overlays=heat,fires
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