interesting, at around 3:36 you can see all the dry palm fronds and grass that's been blown down and into the roadsides by the wind. This would have been tinder dry and gone up like instant firestarter. no wonder it spread so fast and got so hot! imagine a fire that's burning on unlimited twigs and kindling... scary
I know that exact feeling. 2 yrs ago when the wildfires were raging and out of control here in north central Texas and watching it coming straight for us. It's gut wrenching . Knowing that it totally out of your hands. What didn't burn the 1st round of fires , did the 2nd and 3rd. We are under high alert , red flag, and have been for 3 weeks. God bless all of you. I am so sorry. Prayers going up .
Looking at all the dead palm fronds and wood lying on the road. That town was a tinder box. Lots of trash and overgrown brush. Why did people not heed the raging fire and smoke nearby and leave sooner, especially with the hurricane force winds blowing in every direction?
It's sad to think there is a good chance that some of these people seen in this video didn't make it out. This seems like pompeii, in current times. The winds where so strong people should have been evacuated from the area. Any fire in the distance, with that smoke moving that fast, in that direction it like pompeii where people went about business until circumstances took their lives away.
I don't understand why when they realized the so called alarms were down they didn't alarm at coast from ship or military aircraft? I get there was no power or cell phone but reliance on those was your " plan"? I hope all the decision makers in so called leadership lose their jobs over this and have to attend all 92 and counting funerals .
My question is, what circumstances were needed to take these lives away? Fire started at the solar farm/power station by the school, on an isolated grassy area, outside town. If it looked iffy, why no evacuation attempt? Why block them in, re routing them in, not away? Why was the water turned off All these videos, I don't see a single police or fire tender. Apart from the arse hole following orders to kill. .
Assessing the situation most likely. Trying to determine what roads were passable and where trees and power lines had fallen. My question is why were people not leaving at that point. I don’t need police to tell me what to do when there is a raging wildfire so close with high winds blowing every direction. I am packing my family and leaving.
Reason why he was filming and not fleeing. Because no one thought the fire would actually consume the town. Definitely not at the speed it did. Had the sirens gone off I’m sure a lot of people would still be here today
This fire reminded me of the HUGE Bastrop, Texas fire. I just saw videos of the catastrophic floods in China. There people are flooded and stranded inside mid-rise bldgs, on roofs, no food, no clean water, and no one will ever show up to help.
Unfortunately! This is weak up call! Most people never pay attention about wildlife in Maui, because it had been happen every year since sugar cane business stop, no more water from the field to feed the soils.
That’s why people died. In California people who have been in a wildfire don’t sit around doing videos and hanging out. We know how fast they can turn on you if the wind changes direction. Not to bright to hang out. Fire can outrun a car.
you're expecting cartoonishly frightened expressions on everyone's faces? when a disaster hits, the people who panic are the worst ones to be around. the people you're seeing are the ones smart enough to be outside, they're quite safe compared to the people stuck in their cars and houses.
Im starting to realize Lahaina was a really laid back town and people might not have understood how serious this was...both authorities and citizens. Just my impression. They didn't deserve it, though.
I don't know about you, but in Florida when a hurricane is out there the news is on 24/7 warning. these people seemed complacent. Fire is nothing to play with. Sorry they didn't feel it was urgent
Apparently authorities were trying to find a way to stop the fire. With that much fire and smoke, downed wires and all, how would they direct people on where to go if there was alarms? It happened too fast and hard to figure out anything. I think everyone was in shock. I wish the blame game would stop and start finding ways to send money to help those without a home now.
I agree with others on here that this video is disturbing on so many levels. I've noticed in many of the Lahaina videos, that low hanging criss-crossing power lines were an issue. It appears they were already this way before the fire. Lots and lots of trees, including dead palm fronds on the ground, and all very close to houses. Narrow streets, no sidewalks. Honestly, it looks like a very impoverished area, which is surprising to me. It looks like there was plenty of neglect on the upkeep of the trees, power lines, and neighborhood. Thinking about how the rich areas were unaffected by the fire, I'm guessing they did not have this situation with the power lines, well manicured grounds, and probably were watering the grounds a lot. What a lesson not to rely on government officials or just trust that they're doing their job. But truly, I don't understand how people weren't told to evacuate as soon as fires started. What did they think was going to happen, with winds like that??
Man, mother nature is powerful. The wind strength on an island in the middle of the pacific combined with extreme dry land and total lack of forest management and corrupt government is just the perfect storm. So sad to see such a beautiful place being destroyed that could have been avoided if the officials did their job. America is really in decline.
Never been to Hawaii always wanted to go and the Islands are still on my bucket list. Maui & Kauai are 2 foremost places to visit. About a week ago when I first heard about wild fires on Maui I thought it was the strangest thing. Thats because I always associated wet and lush, and high precipitation conditions on the Islands. But I knew nothing about the drought Maui was experiencing. Or the invasive species vegetation such as fountain grass and how it can contribute to the grasslamds becoming a tinder box. Yes I knew about the hurricane, but heard it changed course of something , but failed to consider the high pressure system. When I heard reports of people jumping into the ocean to escape the flames I thought "OK stuff is getting REAL over there- what on earth is happening?!" For years I have invested in learning the history of the Islands, the culture of its people and have grown to really appreciate a great fondness for the native people of Hawaii. This tragedy breaks my heart. My prayers and love go out to ALL people of Hawaii and the visitors in the wake of what happened. Not in a position to go over there and lend a helping hand right now. But if I could be there, I would!
Maui has been dry for decades. I come from the subtropics where the landscapes were always green due to regular rain, but this place hardly ever rains. Yellow white grass everywhere. The green you see is either due to heavy sprinkling system at the resorts or in someone’s yard, or high up in the mountains where clouds gather. Not really rain, just precipitation from the clouds there. I stopped going to Lahaina after driving thru fires and getting stuck there overnight due to another fire. I always felt like I was the only one who talked about the fires. People seemed to take it all in stride like it was not a big deal. They got complacent and got used to fires happening. I never wanted to go thru that again so I stayed away since 2020. They thought they were ok when the fires were up on the mountainside. But this is the first time the fires roared down into town. They all got caught off guard due to years and years of fires never hitting that far down into the ocean’s edge. Of course, tourists kept coming assuming all is well since they never see locals reacting to regular fires.
another vid shows MPD cruising all the while dense black smoke is rising.......why the F didnt MPD tell dispatch to inform MFD to leave whatever brush fire they were on, and hele to Lahaina...........
they are like up lahainluna fighting the original source of the flare up. meanwhile there was 4 or 5 fires on the other side of the island. they was already stretched thin@@Waynes-xt9gr
Meanwhile, Heraman Andaya was out of town at a conference and no one ever sounded the sirens. This firestorm was a catastrophic failure of government to protect its citizens
What humans do in the environment and ecology matters. Contributing factors to this disaster: centuries of colonialization, land misuse, agriculture, invasive grass species, poorly planned/unplanned land development. Humans take action and there is an effect in the universe. Yes the Earth's climate too. The Earth's atmosphere is not infinite. We are on a tiny rock, flying thru the universe baby! Get used to it. And we need to take better care of it or we go extinct. "Be there in about 15 minutes. I don't know what to make of that. I surely don't." -Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
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It was reported that power was out before the fires got out of control. Could explain no sirens although shouldn’t the sirens be hooked up to solar power?
The siren is not a call to evacuate. The siren is a call that something is happening and to seek information on that happening. In this case, I don't think the people that trigger the sirens had the information rather than a physical problem with the sirens themselves. Hawaii doesn't typically get wildfires which can threaten home/life. I've don't remember ever hearing a siren triggered for a fire. It's typically hurricane or tsunami type events where they use the sirens.
Why was the local government not warning the townspeople to evacuate? This is when an evacuation should have been called and enforced. With so much debris and power lines lying on the ground, that was a warning sign right there that the town was a tinderbox, even without the wildfire in the distance. A fire could have started right where he was walking and lit up the town.
One day your in paradise living the life others wish they had and the next day all is gone. Life is really something else. Prayers for those who parishes and the living. HOPE
I sure as hell wouldn't have been driving TOWARD the fire! I'd have been rushing AWAY from it. It's like every time there's a tidalwave warming, there's akways a few idiots who go to the beach "to watch it".
if this was on Oahu.....you would be hearing non stop sirens coming to the scene already!!!!! that is NOT a out of control IMU......thats a massive brush fire going OUT OF CONTROL!!!! Honolulu fire would NOT ALLOW THIS to go further!!!! I am not "badmouthing" MFD.....they were busy too, but the leadership is lacking sorta. it really looks like Maui side took a major hit on the island itself
First off my prayers my heart felt prayers " to these brothers and sisters of America our neighbors not strangers by any means. I am deeply saddened on every aspect of this believe me I am from how it unfolded to the presidents visit and everything in between. Every state and city and township should have a complete understanding on how to treat and deal with any kind of disaster and successful or not be able to depend on Washington to with ( great speed) be there to assist ( immediately). Obviously neither of these things happened or are happening. I heard one group of private group has sent some portable trailer homes there great idea". Seems Washington could send a huge supply of new or used mobile homes over there to provide needed shelter for all these wonderful people asap. Again prayers and concern to everyone there God bless 🙏❤️
I appreciate this documentation of this disaster, but this guy's attitude is a part of the human problem that led to deaths. He's treating this as a spectacle to walk towards, with his only concern being to avoid the smoke. He does not consider that he could be caught by the very fast-spreading flames and killed.
As it was in the days of Noah. All the warnings were there in the sky and on the ground... Raging wildfire nearby, hurricane winds whipping around and so much tinder debris lying on the roadside. Why was no one thinking critically about that? This was the time to evacuate. Perhaps that is what he was doing? Assessing and documenting the situation to determine a way to evacuate?
yet he lived. you're just looking for someone to be angry at because you know you contributed nothing at all. he had the best attitude: being outside, not being downwind, and not panicking, and documenting just how poor the public response was. his attitude created this video which just might save lives in the future.
You don't need a dork with a camera to educate people on what to do in high winds, smoke, and fire. He sounds like a typical YT vlogger self-absorbed and just trying to get paid subscribers.@@juliesharp5077
You see all the smoke and fire YET PEOPLE were WAITING TO BE TOLD TO GET OUT???? SERIOUSLY, just seeing this one would know they better high tail it out. Now that is something one should be thinking something is wrong with what happened instead of blaming the Government...blame yourselves for not getting the hell out of town. I mean seriously. And I just watched a video from a resident that clarified the HELP ISSUE...HE SAID THERE IS TONS OF HELP AND SUPPLIES BEING HANDED OUT and that the majority of interviews they are NOT BEING HONEST about just how much help is truly there!!!! Appears there are thieving of supplies by locals and much more going on that isn't being discussed but he said there is TONS OF AID THERE AND CONSTANTLY COMING IN!!!
I just wish people would learn to TURN their phones HORIZONTALLY to film! You’d think they’d have figured out you can TURN the phone by now….awful to watch such a narrow view.
Authorities should have known at that time- based on wind speed & direction- that it was out of control Where is the Government when they’re needed most? They show up after the fact with excuses
2:16 in. ...did this downed tree block people from being able to escape via that road? heard some fire hydrants also were not sufficiently supplied with water. This came up in regards to 9/11...say fire hoses in cabinets of higher rise buildings were empty. I guess in California, some people hope to save their homes by constantly keeping water on them. I recall this from previous disasters. curious if cars were forced to use one route out of there.
Dude , on my 20th birthday my brother walked me to an upstairs bar, Moose Magilas,I'm not sure, but upstairs bar in La hai a , anyway he told the bartender without me knowing it , it was my 21st birthday & we wanted boat drinks & shots all afternoon. That was 1990 , my brother was good for celebrations like that, RIP 6 months now...... Anyways, ya we got ripped ,!, met some tourist girls & I don't remember...... I remember walking thru the cannery mall heading home 😎
Ya , ok sorry for your loss , but I was simply telling a what I thought was a humorous lil story of my good ole day in Lahaina. The world has been trying to kill me for 50 & hasn't yet , but it has taken a lot. More then it should for sure, but with my precious life wrapped amongst God's promise & Jesus's sacrifice, I am all good & indeed All good things , in due time.
I am not sure, but climate change knows which houses and land not to burn. The fact that most people are so stupid and oblivious to what is really going on just by the comments on here pisses me off. Children were killed, and most people are saying what the government wants them to say!
Finally, real footage from real people. Sick of seeing nothing but news footage and reporters talking stupid and stating the obvious.
I wish I could thumbs up this comment 100 times. This is the real deal.
Evidence of what?
interesting, at around 3:36 you can see all the dry palm fronds and grass that's been blown down and into the roadsides by the wind. This would have been tinder dry and gone up like instant firestarter. no wonder it spread so fast and got so hot! imagine a fire that's burning on unlimited twigs and kindling... scary
Have you not seen the timber Gates, the trees and the green green grass then?
That long line of cars trapped in the burn zone and prevented from escaping by the police is indefensible
I know that exact feeling. 2 yrs ago when the wildfires were raging and out of control here in north central Texas and watching it coming straight for us. It's gut wrenching . Knowing that it totally out of your hands. What didn't burn the 1st round of fires , did the 2nd and 3rd. We are under high alert , red flag, and have been for 3 weeks. God bless all of you. I am so sorry. Prayers going up .
Looking at all the dead palm fronds and wood lying on the road. That town was a tinder box. Lots of trash and overgrown brush. Why did people not heed the raging fire and smoke nearby and leave sooner, especially with the hurricane force winds blowing in every direction?
It's sad to think there is a good chance that some of these people seen in this video didn't make it out. This seems like pompeii, in current times. The winds where so strong people should have been evacuated from the area. Any fire in the distance, with that smoke moving that fast, in that direction it like pompeii where people went about business until circumstances took their lives away.
I don't understand why when they realized the so called alarms were down they didn't alarm at coast from ship or military aircraft? I get there was no power or cell phone but reliance on those was your " plan"? I hope all the decision makers in so called leadership lose their jobs over this and have to attend all 92 and counting funerals .
Pompeii was a volcanic eruption 🌋
My question is, what circumstances were needed to take these lives away?
Fire started at the solar farm/power station by the school, on an isolated grassy area, outside town.
If it looked iffy, why no evacuation attempt?
Why block them in, re routing them in, not away?
Why was the water turned off
All these videos, I don't see a single police or fire tender. Apart from the arse hole following orders to kill. .
Why were those emergency cars riding without sirens? Why weren’t they telling people to flee? So upsetting.
i wondered that too. what was the point of patrolling? were they worried about looters or crime maybe? puzzling
Question is why film instead of fleeing
Assessing the situation most likely. Trying to determine what roads were passable and where trees and power lines had fallen. My question is why were people not leaving at that point. I don’t need police to tell me what to do when there is a raging wildfire so close with high winds blowing every direction. I am packing my family and leaving.
I can't help but think it's a land grab. It just doesn't add up...remember how everyone heard the fake nuke warning a yr or so ago?
Reason why he was filming and not fleeing. Because no one thought the fire would actually consume the town. Definitely not at the speed it did.
Had the sirens gone off I’m sure a lot of people would still be here today
Very sad. Those winds were fanning the flames like crazy.
I lost my home in 2013 in Estes Park, Colorado. It’s insane how fast a natural disaster can devastate everything.
And the recent Marshall Fire in Colorado moved quickly due to winds
Was that the flood in Estes Park? That was terrible. I saw that!
@@shellycooper7610 yes :(
This fire reminded me of the HUGE Bastrop, Texas fire.
I just saw videos of the catastrophic floods in China. There people are flooded and stranded inside mid-rise bldgs, on roofs, no food, no clean water, and no one will ever show up to help.
This was D.E.W. chief of police in las Vegas shooting concert 2017 now chief police in Maui...cover up team in place
Hear that wind. Why were people riding thier bikes like it was just another day. When the taging fite was on thier back door steps. This is so eerrie.
That's how alot of people get around there..
Most 40yr old men on Maui riding bikes have past DUIs.
Unfortunately! This is weak up call! Most people never pay attention about wildlife in Maui, because it had been happen every year since sugar cane business stop, no more water from the field to feed the soils.
That’s why people died. In California people who have been in a wildfire don’t sit around doing videos and hanging out. We know how fast they can turn on you if the wind changes direction. Not to bright to hang out. Fire can outrun a car.
I live on a pacific island and for 5 years bicycle was my only mode of transportation
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When did the guy who filmed this video decide things were bad enough to get out of there??
Nobody else looked too worried...not concerned enough
you're expecting cartoonishly frightened expressions on everyone's faces? when a disaster hits, the people who panic are the worst ones to be around. the people you're seeing are the ones smart enough to be outside, they're quite safe compared to the people stuck in their cars and houses.
This happened to us last year in Northern New Mexico. 70 mile an hour winds. Took all our mountains.
Really? Interesting
Soo horrible my heart just breaks to see all the Devastation it created we all don't know how lucky we are go's bless you all❤❤
Sending prayers from Texas 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Such a beautiful area! Such beautiful people.
Im starting to realize Lahaina was a really laid back town and people might not have understood how serious this was...both authorities and citizens. Just my impression. They didn't deserve it, though.
Ya no one thought they would be no warning sirens then water turned off. Who could of imagined that?
What has laid back - untidy? - got to do with it?
Prime location though, don't you think?
I don't know about you, but in Florida when a hurricane is out there the news is on 24/7 warning. these people seemed complacent. Fire is nothing to play with. Sorry they didn't feel it was urgent
These people of the Islands are the gentle, surface-dwelling Eloi.
They knew not of the peril they were facing.
It's not usual for a hurricane that's 800 plus miles away to cause winds like this either. That's why the shocked confused reactions.
Prayers for all suffering enormous loss.
My heart goes out to all affected. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Apparently authorities were trying to find a way to stop the fire. With that much fire and smoke, downed wires and all, how would they direct people on where to go if there was alarms? It happened too fast and hard to figure out anything. I think everyone was in shock. I wish the blame game would stop and start finding ways to send money to help those without a home now.
I do agree..
Keep the money out of the hands of the politicians, though!
Stay safe everyone, prayers are with everyone.
2:02. Right their. Tree fell. Serval went down. Severed power line or more. Sparks flew. Fire began.
I agree with others on here that this video is disturbing on so many levels. I've noticed in many of the Lahaina videos, that low hanging criss-crossing power lines were an issue. It appears they were already this way before the fire. Lots and lots of trees, including dead palm fronds on the ground, and all very close to houses. Narrow streets, no sidewalks. Honestly, it looks like a very impoverished area, which is surprising to me. It looks like there was plenty of neglect on the upkeep of the trees, power lines, and neighborhood. Thinking about how the rich areas were unaffected by the fire, I'm guessing they did not have this situation with the power lines, well manicured grounds, and probably were watering the grounds a lot. What a lesson not to rely on government officials or just trust that they're doing their job. But truly, I don't understand how people weren't told to evacuate as soon as fires started. What did they think was going to happen, with winds like that??
Man, mother nature is powerful. The wind strength on an island in the middle of the pacific combined with extreme dry land and total lack of forest management and corrupt government is just the perfect storm. So sad to see such a beautiful place being destroyed that could have been avoided if the officials did their job. America is really in decline.
I thought that when I saw piles of fronds and dense brush everywhere.
The place looked like a bonfire ready to go up?! 🤨
It's not so much a corrupt government, I think it's an ignorant, uneducated, incompetent, apathetic government.
Nice, having the streets lined with tender, nice and dry, the way fire loves it.
There’s a tree down & a power line down right there 🤨 The power lines are down so so low & dangerous. So so sad this happened. Prayers for everyone 🙏
Never been to Hawaii
always wanted to go
and the Islands are still on my bucket list.
Maui & Kauai are 2 foremost places to visit.
About a week ago when I first heard about wild fires on Maui I thought it was the strangest thing.
Thats because I always associated wet and lush, and high precipitation conditions on the Islands.
But I knew nothing about the drought Maui was experiencing.
Or the invasive species vegetation such as fountain grass and how it can contribute to the grasslamds becoming a tinder box.
Yes I knew about the hurricane, but heard it changed course of something ,
but failed to consider the high pressure system.
When I heard reports of people jumping into the ocean to escape the flames I thought "OK stuff is getting REAL over there- what on earth is happening?!"
For years I have invested in learning the history of the Islands, the culture of its people and have grown to really appreciate a great fondness for the native people of Hawaii.
This tragedy breaks my heart.
My prayers and love go out to ALL people of Hawaii and the visitors in the wake of what happened.
Not in a position to go over there and lend a helping hand right now.
But if I could be there, I would!
Maui has been dry for decades. I come from the subtropics where the landscapes were always green due to regular rain, but this place hardly ever rains. Yellow white grass everywhere. The green you see is either due to heavy sprinkling system at the resorts or in someone’s yard, or high up in the mountains where clouds gather. Not really rain, just precipitation from the clouds there. I stopped going to Lahaina after driving thru fires and getting stuck there overnight due to another fire. I always felt like I was the only one who talked about the fires. People seemed to take it all in stride like it was not a big deal. They got complacent and got used to fires happening. I never wanted to go thru that again so I stayed away since 2020. They thought they were ok when the fires were up on the mountainside. But this is the first time the fires roared down into town. They all got caught off guard due to years and years of fires never hitting that far down into the ocean’s edge. Of course, tourists kept coming assuming all is well since they never see locals reacting to regular fires.
@@plumeria66 THAT is revealing. Thanks for sharing!
@@keithbell9348 You’re welcome!
The islands all seem to have wet areas and dry areas.
@@jgriffin282 Most people on Maui live in the dry areas. The wettest area is steep mountains where no one lives.
My question: Why was nobody reacting and alarming the Fire Dept. and Police? This is sick!
another vid shows MPD cruising all the while dense black smoke is rising.......why the F didnt MPD tell dispatch to inform MFD to leave whatever brush fire they were on, and hele to Lahaina...........
they are like up lahainluna fighting the original source of the flare up. meanwhile there was 4 or 5 fires on the other side of the island. they was already stretched thin@@Waynes-xt9gr
This is one of five fires all going at the same time across the island. I am surprised how calm people are.
Power went out, govt says they did not turn the power off. No sirens, TV or radio
Power went out the day before - then cell phones go down when batteries run out but there should have been sirens.
That's so sad. So sorry for you all.
People just out walking around like no concern even though there a large area of black smoke.
The place looked all set up to burn down especially as it was a purported drought with all the debris lying around?!
Meanwhile, Heraman Andaya was out of town at a conference and no one ever sounded the sirens. This firestorm was a catastrophic failure of government to protect its citizens
Civil Defense sirens should have been sounding
Saw a video that Canadian smoke and ash was tested in lab and has formaldyhyde and benzine in it which is highly flammable.
I would of been gone with all that wind and smoke and dry branches and leaves. Scary for sure and beyond sad.😢
So few cars on the road... did people already evacuate?
What humans do in the environment and ecology matters. Contributing factors to this disaster: centuries of colonialization, land misuse, agriculture, invasive grass species, poorly planned/unplanned land development. Humans take action and there is an effect in the universe. Yes the Earth's climate too. The Earth's atmosphere is not infinite. We are on a tiny rock, flying thru the universe baby! Get used to it. And we need to take better care of it or we go extinct. "Be there in about 15 minutes. I don't know what to make of that. I surely don't." -Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
more importantly, they created a bunch of flammable buildings tightly packed together.
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Is there still a large population of homeless there in Lahaina? When I lived there in the 80's, there was alot
Not anymore.
1 thing I noticed is, it's absolutely quiet no one calling for help no one is waking a neighbor knocking on any doors or nothing
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Was there a storm that day? I looked like it, very windy.😮
Looks like they had plenty of warning to me
Looks like the fire is coming out of the sun
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I could cry. What a TERRIBLE twist of fate Dear Lord ; the Winds were like a Hurricane almost but Dry ! 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
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Lot of dead leaves around. No wonder it burned so fast!
What's the time stamp on this video?
Just horrifyingly sad.
Did this guy call to report downed wires?
The first thing you notice is the lack of fuel for a bushfire second is lack of wind i think whatever burnt was so hot it created the wind
It was reported that power was out before the fires got out of control. Could explain no sirens although shouldn’t the sirens be hooked up to solar power?
No TV, no radio, no power. Government employee said that they did not turn off the power, it went out on its own.
Riiiight
normally, the sirens are radio triggered and battery backed
The siren is not a call to evacuate. The siren is a call that something is happening and to seek information on that happening. In this case, I don't think the people that trigger the sirens had the information rather than a physical problem with the sirens themselves. Hawaii doesn't typically get wildfires which can threaten home/life. I've don't remember ever hearing a siren triggered for a fire. It's typically hurricane or tsunami type events where they use the sirens.
Nobody cared that wall of fire is moving from fields to the shore. So nowhere to escape. Or Im wrong?
Why was the local government not warning the townspeople to evacuate? This is when an evacuation should have been called and enforced. With so much debris and power lines lying on the ground, that was a warning sign right there that the town was a tinderbox, even without the wildfire in the distance. A fire could have started right where he was walking and lit up the town.
Is that guy that turned the water off due to equity still have a job?
Let me guess your not allowed to remove dead standing timber
I totally get the feeling this was not an accident. It's a planned land grab. Too many peculiarities have been reported since.
One day your in paradise living the life others wish they had and the next day all is gone. Life is really something else. Prayers for those who parishes and the living. HOPE
If the wildfires didn't burn you out, then those tree branches on powerlines would've.
I sure as hell wouldn't have been driving TOWARD the fire! I'd have been rushing AWAY from it. It's like every time there's a tidalwave warming, there's akways a few idiots who go to the beach "to watch it".
There was a lot of fire garbage in those yards.
What is that wobble in the picture and the car lights flickered ? Looks like energy wave to me ?
if this was on Oahu.....you would be hearing non stop sirens coming to the scene already!!!!! that is NOT a out of control IMU......thats a massive brush fire going OUT OF CONTROL!!!! Honolulu fire would NOT ALLOW THIS to go further!!!! I am not "badmouthing" MFD.....they were busy too, but the leadership is lacking sorta. it really looks like Maui side took a major hit on the island itself
The mayor or gov was in Israel when this happened.
The power went out & tgey were unable to sound alarms, or do TV - radio warnings
The wund is different. Its seens to increase aa you move towards Lahaina
Did this area burn up as well I wonder or was he far enough away not to be in danger?
The officials weren't even on the island & they turned the water off according to residents!!! Wth??
At least the street does not full of people death body like the war that I went thru at 5 years old!!
In Florida we have never had wind like that 500 miles from a hurricane
First off my prayers my heart felt prayers " to these brothers and sisters of America our neighbors not strangers by any means. I am deeply saddened on every aspect of this believe me I am from how it unfolded to the presidents visit and everything in between. Every state and city and township should have a complete understanding on how to treat and deal with any kind of disaster and successful or not be able to depend on Washington to with ( great speed) be there to assist ( immediately). Obviously neither of these things happened or are happening. I heard one group of private group has sent some portable trailer homes there great idea". Seems Washington could send a huge supply of new or used mobile homes over there to provide needed shelter for all these wonderful people asap. Again prayers and concern to everyone there God bless 🙏❤️
There was a man on the islands who said that he built emergency housing.
I can't believe your footage
i guess that's one meaning of cross fire hurricane
The ocean is still there - the town will come back
I appreciate this documentation of this disaster, but this guy's attitude is a part of the human problem that led to deaths. He's treating this as a spectacle to walk towards, with his only concern being to avoid the smoke. He does not consider that he could be caught by the very fast-spreading flames and killed.
As it was in the days of Noah. All the warnings were there in the sky and on the ground... Raging wildfire nearby, hurricane winds whipping around and so much tinder debris lying on the roadside. Why was no one thinking critically about that? This was the time to evacuate. Perhaps that is what he was doing? Assessing and documenting the situation to determine a way to evacuate?
yet he lived. you're just looking for someone to be angry at because you know you contributed nothing at all. he had the best attitude: being outside, not being downwind, and not panicking, and documenting just how poor the public response was. his attitude created this video which just might save lives in the future.
Maybe he like many did not realise how dangerous it was. However his video is a testimony to what was happening. This could be very useful.
You don't need a dork with a camera to educate people on what to do in high winds, smoke, and fire. He sounds like a typical YT vlogger self-absorbed and just trying to get paid subscribers.@@juliesharp5077
Another dumb YT reply.@@rumfordc
Look at the fuel all over the area...no wander it burn fast with the help of the wind...
Where are the fireman?
This is just unbelievable
I imagine some folks had no transportation, like in New Orleans
You see all the smoke and fire YET PEOPLE were WAITING TO BE TOLD TO GET OUT???? SERIOUSLY, just seeing this one would know they better high tail it out. Now that is something one should be thinking something is wrong with what happened instead of blaming the Government...blame yourselves for not getting the hell out of town. I mean seriously. And I just watched a video from a resident that clarified the HELP ISSUE...HE SAID THERE IS TONS OF HELP AND SUPPLIES BEING HANDED OUT and that the majority of interviews they are NOT BEING HONEST about just how much help is truly there!!!! Appears there are thieving of supplies by locals and much more going on that isn't being discussed but he said there is TONS OF AID THERE AND CONSTANTLY COMING IN!!!
Who is in charge of tree trimmings. All those dead palms . Their it is! Kenneling all over road sides. 😡
yup, lots of very dry kindling ready to be lit and blown downstream
The tribulation is casting its shadows. Get ready people!! Get right with God!
People just don't get it! So many unbelievers, those on the fence, and many in Hawaii bow and pray to deities!!
I just wish people would learn to TURN their phones HORIZONTALLY to film! You’d think they’d have figured out you can TURN the phone by now….awful to watch such a narrow view.
Not one fighters or police or 1st responder insight.
HORRIFYING 😢😩😭
Is willy and his family safe his fans are asking? ❤❤❤❤
Horrible tht it was set to happen so very sad
Hope you’re okay💗🕯️🙏🏼🫧🌊
Authorities should have known at that time- based on wind speed & direction- that it was out of control
Where is the Government when they’re needed most?
They show up after the fact with excuses
Everyone seems to think they are safe
Nature can be a real Mother ...
2:16 in. ...did this downed tree block people from being able to escape via that road? heard some fire hydrants also were not sufficiently supplied with water. This came up in regards to 9/11...say fire hoses in cabinets of higher rise buildings were empty. I guess in California, some people hope to save their homes by constantly keeping water on them. I recall this from previous disasters. curious if cars were forced to use one route out of there.
Five strong people could have moved that !
man you were going the wrong way
That wind….
Taps foot and waits for disneys announcement
Does anyone know what caused the fire
I saw this morning that is still unknown.
Saw a bit ago, investigators believe strongly this might be arson. They are looking for a 'a suspect' on a green ATV .
Power lines fell down right on the edge of town due to very high winds.
@@bengiles5102 dont forget careless smokers who litter the roads....
@@bengiles5102I concur. Maybe a tree fell on them, shorted out.
Dude , on my 20th birthday my brother walked me to an upstairs bar, Moose Magilas,I'm not sure, but upstairs bar in La hai a , anyway he told the bartender without me knowing it , it was my 21st birthday & we wanted boat drinks & shots all afternoon. That was 1990 , my brother was good for celebrations like that, RIP 6 months now...... Anyways, ya we got ripped ,!, met some tourist girls & I don't remember...... I remember walking thru the cannery mall heading home 😎
300 per WEEK are killed by alcohol related incidents. Did your brother tell you that?!
Ya , ok sorry for your loss , but I was simply telling a what I thought was a humorous lil story of my good ole day in Lahaina. The world has been trying to kill me for 50 & hasn't yet , but it has taken a lot. More then it should for sure, but with my precious life wrapped amongst God's promise & Jesus's sacrifice, I am all good & indeed All good things , in due time.
No, but he did always tell me to Fuck Art, Let's Dance. Funny thing is , he was an artist.
Now you know, what hell is like
What happened to opra. She vanish ? Or realized they got busted
I am not sure, but climate change knows which houses and land not to burn. The fact that most people are so stupid and oblivious to what is really going on just by the comments on here pisses me off. Children were killed, and most people are saying what the government wants them to say!
all this people stood around, not knowing where to go. It seemed they could watch that fire, but they couldn’t at least.
Based on the footage, seems to be unclear where the fire is & how bad it is