Wildfires in Maui kill 80, deadliest natural disaster in state history

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The death toll from the wildfires in Maui rose to 80 late Friday. The Hawaiian island was again put on edge after a fresh fire risk prompted an evacuation order for a town to the north of Lahaina.

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- The New York Times (@nytimes) August 12, 2023
Starting on August 8th, wildfires swept across Hawaii, mainly

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[procedurals]

Thank you for posting about this with the links to resources & to bypass paywalls. ❤️

[littleorcs]

Re: tourism in Hawaii and if locals really need tourism $ right now or ever--

@palanichang Replying to @Jamesy How will a break from tourism help? #fyp #foryou #tiktokhawaii #hawaiitourism #weneedabreak ♬ original sound - palanichang

[procedurals]

Fantastic video... he explained with a lot more patience than people who ask this question probably deserve.

[madame_no]

This is absolutely horrifying and heartbreaking. Republicans are fucking demons for continuing to deny climate change. I’m in Florida and have been since I was 7, and this summer is noticeably different. It’s hotter and it stays hotter longer. But I see people like “no, it’s august, it’s always like this.” No it’s not, dummy. It’s real whether you admit it or not.

Unrelated to climate change but a lot of the people saying it’s always this hot are the same people who wear shorts in 50 degree weather and say “I’m not cold, this is nothing!” You may not need a parka but put on some fucking pants, you doofus.

[drunkard]

Yep, when my area became fire country so many climate change deniers tried to claim that it has always been fire country. Like, you can literally not say that when we had no comparable fires in the past, and especially not at this frequency. All of Oregon is now fire country, just like California. And that is not how it's been historically.

[goodbye22]

Ooh I live in a tropical country and the heat is way different that how I remembered it when I was younger. I can feel the difference of it burning my skin. N I get tired easily when I stayed out too long in the sun now.

[nutmegdealer]

also in florida and i've noticed this. it used to rain almost every afternoon. i'm in n. fla and it used to get cold around Thanksgiving and stay cold for a few months. it would freeze more. the start if my spring gardening was always based around the last freeze and i haven't done that in a long time.

[tadpool]

I've been so sad about this. I used to live in Hawaii when I was a kid and seeing all of it destroyed and reading about how people didn't even know they needed to evacuate until it was too late, and many had to run in the water, it is so sad.

[marywebgirl]

This is so sad. For the destruction now and I’m not optimistic that it won’t just be rebuilt as a gated community with multi million dollar houses.

[strangelittlex]

That’s what I’m afraid will happen too, all these developers are going to come in and build shitty “luxury” apartment complexes at the low low price of $5,000 a month for 500 sqft.