Caught a thread on X , that showed Lahaina , all of it, in flames. This is crazy , this is sad.
Hearts go out to Maui and the Big Island
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I feel for all those effected. If you haven’t spent time there, you don’t think of fire and Hawaii together. Prayers.
I never pay attention to news, all I heard yesterday was the Mrs., talking about big fires on what we call on Maui the West Side.
Maui has had a past history of wild fires here and there, which is certainly a given, considering there are many extremely dry places on the island.
We live on the South Side, so nothing ever came our way, it’s life as usual around here. Holy Crap, it is certainly not life as usual on Maui today.
We could see a big plume cloud like smoke in the air, and the sky looking quite reddish orange as the sun set, and the smell of smoke in the air.
There’s still a smell of smoke here in the air on the South Side today.
I have a daughter and her husband that live on the West Side, they’re ok, but I can’t imagine living there, what they are now going to see, and how difficult it might make life for them. The sad thing for them, they have their house up for sale. They bought a house in North Carolina, and they are moving from Maui for good. I hope they can still get their place sold, in the wake of such tragedy.
wow wow wow
Maui has had a past history of wild fires here and there, which is certainly a given, considering there are many extremely dry places on the island.
We live on the South Side, so nothing ever came our way, it’s life as usual around here. Holy Crap, it is certainly not life as usual on Maui today.
We could see a big plume cloud like smoke in the air, and the sky looking quite reddish orange as the sun set, and the smell of smoke in the air.
There’s still a smell of smoke here in the air on the South Side today.
I have a daughter and her husband that live on the West Side, they’re ok, but I can’t imagine living there, what they are now going to see, and how difficult it might make life for them. The sad thing for them, they have their house up for sale. They bought a house in North Carolina, and they are moving from Maui for good. I hope they can still get their place sold, in the wake of such tragedy.
wow wow wow
Wildfires are no joke, hopefully they get it under control ASAP.
On a lighter note, haven't actually come across anyone who's referred to the Artist Formerly Known as Twitter as X yet - gave me a chuckle.
5:25pm here, looking towards the West Side, quite smoky/hazy looking outside.
Now the smoky smell has turned to a burnt/charred smell in the air too.
Looks like a war zone, and bombs hit from pics I’ve seen, unbelievable, wow.
Now the smoky smell has turned to a burnt/charred smell in the air too.
Looks like a war zone, and bombs hit from pics I’ve seen, unbelievable, wow.
I thought this was a post about the new legislation regarding pipe tobacco sales and shipping into Hawaii. That’s horrible. I just saw some pictures of Lahaina this morning, what a tragedy. From what I hear, it’s not over yet either, with fires still burning in multiple areas. I wonder how this will impact tourism dollars in this region over the upcoming winter.
I saw the pictures on the news this morning. That's truly a horrible situation. I really hope the loss, especially the loss of life, is kept to a minimum.
As someone who investigates Wildland Fire I can tell you what a hell scape it is.
People underestimate the speed at which a fire can travel in mixed vegetation.
Here’s a link where you can see more about these types of fires.
It doesn’t have Hawaii listed yet, but it still has important information.
People underestimate the speed at which a fire can travel in mixed vegetation.
Here’s a link where you can see more about these types of fires.
It doesn’t have Hawaii listed yet, but it still has important information.
I doubt it. Lahaina is/was a beachfront tourist town. I've visited there a couple of times and never once thought "fire risk". It's a bunch of stores, homes, churches, restaurants, etc. on the beach after all.
My cousin lives on the other side of the island. He has five friends in the fire zone that he has been unable to contact. My heart goes out to everyone touched by this horrific disaster.
I'd never have associated wild fires with Hawaii. I worked with a Hawaiian born and raised, dad was Polynesian and his mom was of Chinese dissent. He was steeped in the oral tradition and spent many hours regaling me with Hawaiian lore, but nothing about wild fires.
In the Navy, I spent eight months on Midway Island which is part of the Hawaiian chain though hundreds of miles from Honolulu. I don't think there is enough vegetation to make a wild fire, though there are Australian ironwood trees planted by earlier tenants on the island. The hazards there are rising water levels, since there are only a few feet of elevation from sea level, and a vortex of plastic trash that endangers the wildlife, many species of birds, seals, sea turtles, and vast nesting of albatross.
In the Navy, I spent eight months on Midway Island which is part of the Hawaiian chain though hundreds of miles from Honolulu. I don't think there is enough vegetation to make a wild fire, though there are Australian ironwood trees planted by earlier tenants on the island. The hazards there are rising water levels, since there are only a few feet of elevation from sea level, and a vortex of plastic trash that endangers the wildlife, many species of birds, seals, sea turtles, and vast nesting of albatross.
Lahaina has always been one of my favorite tourist traps. We had a couple of condos in Kehei. Hope that big, old, magnificent Banyon tree survives.
Hopefully we get it under control soon. Not sure with Maui but the severity of wildfires in the continental U.S. Comes from a very bad practice of fighting all forest fires if possible. Which means more fuel being left over which means it's easier for fires to start and way easier for them to get huge and out of control. Kind of what sucks about being human right there... We have to live with the bad choices our ancestors made (same bad choices we easily could have thought were good too) and then have to try and figure out how to argue against the past and convince people that certain things should change.
This kind of thing is going to happen more and more and get worse
I have and they said it in the same way your friends might refer to you by a lame nickname you insisted they call you by. "Oh that's king pipe smoker and lord of making ladies happy" said while rolling their eyes and with a tone that says only because he insisted that's his title.
As a resident of Maui since 1991, I can certainly share.
Maui has the greatest topographical diversity/change of any Hawaiian island.
Lahaina means Merciless Sun in Hawaiian, Lahaina is always typically dry, and hardly ever sees rain.
You can be in Lahaina, and then drive only 10 minutes over to the next town Kaanapali, and it’s being flooded by intense rain.
Go to Hana, it’s a rain forest, then go on the backside of the island, just around the corner from Hana, and it’s a desert.
Maui is called the Valley Isle, mountains and valley peaks, extreme winds are always built up and generated whipping through these Valleys, which can also lend hand to generating or adding to heavy winds to create a situation like this.
Maui has seen, since I’ve lived here a history of small wild fires, but never on this scale.
Fires and Maui, I don’t believe anyones considers bizarre, given how so much of the island is extremely dry, and never sees rain. It’s just that, I’m sure no one ever considered to see it on this scale.
Maui has the greatest topographical diversity/change of any Hawaiian island.
Lahaina means Merciless Sun in Hawaiian, Lahaina is always typically dry, and hardly ever sees rain.
You can be in Lahaina, and then drive only 10 minutes over to the next town Kaanapali, and it’s being flooded by intense rain.
Go to Hana, it’s a rain forest, then go on the backside of the island, just around the corner from Hana, and it’s a desert.
Maui is called the Valley Isle, mountains and valley peaks, extreme winds are always built up and generated whipping through these Valleys, which can also lend hand to generating or adding to heavy winds to create a situation like this.
Maui has seen, since I’ve lived here a history of small wild fires, but never on this scale.
Fires and Maui, I don’t believe anyones considers bizarre, given how so much of the island is extremely dry, and never sees rain. It’s just that, I’m sure no one ever considered to see it on this scale.
Yup. At one time it had the second wettest spot in the world and Makena Beach was the driest spot in the Pacific. Rainforest to arid desert beach with cactus in an hour's drive.
Set fires to burn cane fields were the most common fires dropping ash on the tourists. A lot of weed fields were consumed at the same time. Growers used to hide the weed plantings in the middle of the cane. Dangerous places for a sight seeing walk.
Set fires to burn cane fields were the most common fires dropping ash on the tourists. A lot of weed fields were consumed at the same time. Growers used to hide the weed plantings in the middle of the cane. Dangerous places for a sight seeing walk.
The wind from a passing hurricane really spread the fire like crazy, the perfect storm for chaos scenario, truly tragic this...As someone who investigates Wildland Fire I can tell you what a hell scape it is.
People underestimate the speed at which a fire can travel in mixed vegetation.
Here’s a link where you can see more about these types of fires.
It doesn’t have Hawaii listed yet, but it still has important information.