re: Wildfires on Maui Island - Evacuations - People Fleeing into Ocean

here are lots of pics

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People Fleeing into Ocean

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Seems a bit dramatic no?

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Seems a bit dramatic no?

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People generally aren't fireproof, and if there is ever a time to panic it is when flames are rolling down your street.

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One problem is that we have taken land/fire management out of the hands of Native people/tribes. They spent generations managing the land with fire. They know more about doing this than probably any other entity. That has been curbed significantly over the decades.

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From what I saw when living and frequently diving in other islands in the Pacific Rim, much of the local controlled burn practice was done by poachers using fire to chase animals into clearings rather than responsibly managing anything. The run-off of the charred debris and acidic ash slurry were being blamed for coral bleaching, so there are conflicting opinions about this native practice of random self-serving burning being all that beneficial.

Those are Gamecocks ... or, as the natives say, fighting red jungle fowl that were released by other pacific asians as sporting game birds hundreds of years ago.

My wife and I had a condo on the Ala Wai canal (on the golf course) overlooking Waikiki and Diamond Head for years but ... we used to hop the other islands when we had the time.

The wife spoke with a friend over there this morning .... this fire is bad and, no one is saying it in the press but, the locals are saying all three fires were set by arsonists strategically and intentionally. There's no other explanation. She told my wife that everyone over there knows this is arson plain and simple.

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From what I saw when living and frequently diving in other islands in the Pacific Rim, much of the local controlled burn practice was done by poachers using fire to chase animals into clearings rather than responsibly managing anything. The run-off of the charred debris and acidic ash slurry were being blamed for coral bleaching, so there are conflicting opinions about this native practice of random self-serving burning being all that beneficial.

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Equating all native fire practices to "random self-serving burning" is a pretty narrow view of it. Also, insinuating that all those were natives doing the burning isn't helpful, or l
likely even true.

Areas of the country that have worked to bring the native population back into the fold (with planned and and safely carried out prescribed burns) have seen marked improvement over areas that still fight the notion.

At the very least they should be "allowed" to burn on their own lands.

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The wife spoke with a friend over there this morning .... this fire is bad and, no one is saying it in the press but, the locals are saying all three fires were set by arsonists strategically and intentionally. There's no other explanation. She told my wife that everyone over there knows this is arson plain and simple.

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On the face of it, playing odds would say that is the case, or at least human caused in some way.

Given the high winds along with reports of downed power lines, though, a more natural cause wouldn't be surprising.

Death toll up to 36

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This is God's retribution for re-casting Magnum P.I

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Sorry to deviate from the more important topic at hand- but in all seriousness, i cant believe that abomination is still on the air.. i mean, the guy who plays the new Magnum looks like a chick .. it’s sacrilege .

Cause?

Property managers there say homeless encampments.

Link for cause?