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Fires in Maui
- Thread starter b.r.
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I know, but that is how I felt. I met one guy who did a heroic deed and he denied it, saying "It was just common human decency." It did not seem like they would have been risking thier life any more than it was already at risk just sitting in the car. I could be wrong. It could have been 200 degrees outside the car.
But yeah, no one knows how they will react in a dire emergency, except first responders who are facing life and death on a regular basis. My hats off the all working on the front lines...
Scenes of Lahaina remind me of Hiroshima.
I'll shut up now.
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I can guarantee that those guys in the video would not be able to see or breath if they stopped and exited. Sometimes you just have to accept reality and get to safety.Can't help but feel rage at the guys who drove past the woman, but we don't know the full context and what I would have done in that situation
The beat up white Ford? Rode in it many times. Spent many nights at 1389 back in the early aughts. Tim's a bonafide Hindu swami now. Told me he pretty much just had to accept that his place - and business were gone in the fire -- disattachment from the material. Then he found out his condo is still standing. I told him I reckon it's gonna be a crash pad for a lot of people in the coming months. I just still can't believe it. And I'm all the way over on the east coast.
Pico, bruddakine, piercer, lelandcuz, all the other Maui peeps, and of course surfwordz RIP. Wishing you all the best for you and all your family and friends. Wore this shirt to work today that Pico sent me years ago. 
Often in these things survivors don't feel consolation, they feel guilt. A lot of Lahainans are gonna feel this in the coming weeks and months.
My friend's house was the only one on his block that survived the Tea fire, he was wracked with guilt when it happened 15 years ago and still feels kind of bad to this day. I remind him that all the other houses on his street are now nice and new and his is the shittiest one on the block by far.
just bought one and will be shipped to my son that lives on Maui
I was talking about it with my neighbor and her son who used to live a block off front street tonight. 53 in the scope of a big city like LA or NYC is tragic but doesn’t seem like a lot. 53 in a town like Lahaina is astronomical and simply devastating. It’s the kinda tragedy where most people there will have known someone who died through some degree of separation. Nevermind the overwhelming loss of property and possessions. I hope to hell the community there somehow comes out of this stronger.Death count at 53. Damn. RIP
Where was this posted!?Can't help but feel rage at the guys who drove past the woman, but we don't know the full context and what I would have done in that situation
I might be biased but I've always felt like Lahaina is the heart and soul of Hawaii. After all, it was the royal capital. Just such an authentic and fun place to live. I'll miss all the crazy characters around Front St and the harbor that I'd see every day as I rode my bike around doing errands or going surfing. It'll never be the same so it's an end of a very long era.
There is another vid of woman driving. She drives right by a guy who looks a bit in shock and never stops to see if she is ok.
Then there is this video.
WARNING.
Video below might be heavy to watch for some, especially if you know people there who are missing.
Not gonna be allowed to go. They don't know when the West Side will have electricity or water. Probably another week until they allow unrestricted travel to the West Side.
She's a very close friend and I just got off the phone with her. The shop is leveled. She drove through town and sent us a bunch of photos of our neighborhood. She lives a bit farther up the West Side so she's helping with the flow of supplies over from Central Maui.
^Those are the funky shitholes that were so fun to live in as a freewheeling 20something. The falling apart, open air living situations just gave life a feeling that nothing had to be serious. You can't have the same vibe living in a modern climate controlled house. I hope I never forget what it was like living in old Lahaina.