Hawaii is on fire

[GutterBoy 2,898]

 

Was there in 2000, loved it. :sad:

[thegeneral 2,896]

Just finished booking a trip to Maui in December (way down south of this) and saw this story this morning. Huge bummer.

When the winds get going they go and there are super dry areas with tons of fuel for a wild fire all around the island. No bueno. 

 

[thegeneral 2,896]

Whoa hadn't clicked on that link in the OP and just started looking online more.

Terrible news and very scary. Doubt Hawaii is very prepared for something like this. 

[GutterBoy 2,898]

 

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,237]

39 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

 

sh1t one of my good friends lives in Lahaina

I cant get ahold of him, texts aren't going thru cry

[GutterBoy 2,898]

3 minutes ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

sh1t one of my good friends lives in Lahaina

I cant get ahold of him, texts aren't going thru cry

Yeah I saw power is out everywhere, I'm sure cell service is down.  Hope your friend is ok.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,237]

Just now, GutterBoy said:

Yeah I saw power is out everywhere, I'm sure cell service is down.  Hope your friend is ok.

thanks, i see they are being evacuated to the water, I guess you really have no choice, also I think its like 2:30 am there right now I didnt factor that

 

[Hawkeye21 2,381]

I never thought it could be dry enough there.  I always thought it was dewy.

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/11027fb0-f462-4395-ae25-923ecba30fad

[Voltaire 5,182]

Heard this on the radio, hope for the best there 

 

[TheNewGirl 1,347]

2 hours ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I never thought it could be dry enough there.  I always thought it was dewy.

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/11027fb0-f462-4395-ae25-923ecba30fad

The islands are interesting, really. Being basically new volcanic islands, one side of each island is usually called the "tropic" or "wet" side and the other with a lot of the volcanic lava is the "dry" side. 

[TheNewGirl 1,347]

My BFF lives in Oahu. It's really devastating to everyone there, too. People jumping into the ocean to save themselves. 

 

[cmh6476 1,010]

6 hours ago, thegeneral said:

Just finished booking a trip to Maui in December (way down south of this) and saw this story this morning. Huge bummer.

When the winds get going they go and there are super dry areas with tons of fuel for a wild fire all around the island. No bueno. 

 

Maui isn't that big in general.  We stayed in Kihei last year, which you'd still venture out to Lahaina to see some things and eat at some places.  We went to a luau in Lahaina when we were there

[cmh6476 1,010]

46 minutes ago, TheNewGirl said:

My BFF lives in Oahu. It's really devastating to everyone there, too. People jumping into the ocean to save themselves. 

 

can size?

[IGotWorms 4,057]

6 hours ago, GutterBoy said:

 

Lol “the popular tourist town on the island.” The whole damn thing is touristy

That said, I liked Lahaina and it’s too damn bad  

[GutterBoy 2,898]

[thegeneral 2,896]

2 hours ago, cmh6476 said:

Maui isn't that big in general.  We stayed in Kihei last year, which you'd still venture out to Lahaina to see some things and eat at some places.  We went to a luau in Lahaina when we were there

Been there a handful of times. We will be camped out down in Wailea but always do a drive all around and would always hit Leoda’s Pie Shop and usually at least walk through Lahaina.

Big time bummer here and hope Hi gets all the help they need to rebuild quickly. 

[Bier Meister 1,657]

[JustinCharge 2,397]

I thought it was always on fire as fresh lava flows burn vegetation, sometimes homes.   Seemed inevitable theyd have a big one

[cmh6476 1,010]

Just seems to be getting worse

 

 

 

[cmh6476 1,010]

chiming @JustinCharge

 

[cmh6476 1,010]

holy fock

 

 

[cmh6476 1,010]

 

[thegeneral 2,896]

14 hours ago, JustinCharge said:

I thought it was always on fire as fresh lava flows burn vegetation, sometimes homes.   Seemed inevitable theyd have a big one

Maui hasn’t had lava flow in a long, long time. Big Island is the one with the active flows.

Large sections of Maui are super dry and it gets really windy, the hills nearby this town are filled with windmills that gives them like a quarter of their energy, so is a recipe for disaster.

These latest videos are so messed up.what a complete disaster. A whole town just gone in one night. Death total up to 36.

[bostonlager 2,664]

 

[Hawkeye21 2,381]

Is this guy literally insane or just catering to his base?

 

[GutterBoy 2,898]

14 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Is this guy literally insane or just catering to his base?

 

Probably a little of both.

[GutterBoy 2,898]

Here we go

 

[DonS 3,292]

Is Lahaina where that ginormous banyan tree is?  Or should I ask "was"? 

[GutterBoy 2,898]

Why does EVERYTHING have to be a conspiracy with these people?  It's ridiculous.  Rotted brains.

[IGotWorms 4,057]

2 hours ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Is this guy literally insane or just catering to his base?

 

Catering to the loons — they lap it up  

[thegeneral 2,896]

2 hours ago, DonS said:

Is Lahaina where that ginormous banyan tree is?  Or should I ask "was"? 

Yep. There are pics of the tree that you can see it’s pretty burned but not totally gone either. 

[thegeneral 2,896]

2 hours ago, GutterBoy said:

Here we go

 

Good grief 

[IGotWorms 4,057]

Apparently the banyan tree is burnt but may survive 

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,237]

my friend lost the entire neighborhood, but he and his family are ok

 

[MLCKAA 540]

Just saw a headline calling this the “Worst Disaster in Hawaii History.”

Uhhh, Pearl Harbor??

[GutterBoy 2,898]

3 hours ago, MLCKAA said:

Just saw a headline calling this the “Worst Disaster in Hawaii History.”

Uhhh, Pearl Harbor??

I think they meant to say "natural"

[The Real timschochet 6,407]

Cheeseburger In Paradise burned to the ground. So sad. 

[League Champion 1,896]

On 8/11/2023 at 10:29 AM, GutterBoy said:

I think they meant to say "natural"

 

[League Champion 1,896]

 

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,237]

I hear Hawaii plans to start identifying as Ukraine