Thousands of Hawaii residents raced to escape homes on Maui as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of a centuries-old town and killing at least 36 people in one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in recent years.
The fire took the island by surprise, leaving behind burned-out cars on once busy streets and smoking piles of rubble where historic buildings had stood in Lahaina Town, which dates to the 1700s and has long been a favorite destination of tourists. Crews battled blazes in several places on the island Wednesday, and the flames forced some adults and children to flee into the ocean.
At least 36 people have died, according to a statement from Maui County late Wednesday that said no other details were available. Officials said earlier that 271 structures were damaged or destroyed and dozens of people injured. The 2018 Camp Fire in California killed at least 85 people and virtually razed the town of Paradise.
What we’re seeing in #Maui is a “compound” climate catastrophe, where an immediate factor (in this case, unusually strong winds from the outer bands of a passing hurricane) interact w/ background state (extreme drought that has been in place for a month)
#MauiFires were fueled by an underlying drought and gusty winds caused by the pressure difference between major hurricane #Dora passing 100s of miles to the south and a strong Pacific high to the north. @WFLApic.twitter.com/RD8AqDHxNy
So much has been destroyed by the fire on Maui. Lives. But also the Banyan Tree- it was over 150 years old & had a mystical importance for the Hawaiian people pic.twitter.com/B91QbM9f0J
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“In the richest country in the history of the world, the government will leave its citizens on the ground to die of climate impacts on the same day that “the good party” President takes false credit for climate action”
So, Biden, who actually DID something positive for the environment, is not worthy because people on the other side of the world are dying during a catastrophe?
You are right.
I was rushing and did not separate the relevant video from the retweet it was attached to. Whoever wrote that was an idiot, and I shouldn’t have given them space.
From Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania ….
“As a fire scientist, I know the unfolding horror – which has killed 53 people so far – is just the beginning. It’s a portent of what Australia and other countries will experience in a warmer world.”
“In the richest country in the history of the world, the government will leave its citizens on the ground to die of climate impacts on the same day that “the good party” President takes false credit for climate action”
So, Biden, who actually DID something positive for the environment, is not worthy because people on the other side of the world are dying during a catastrophe?
Twitter is a cesspool.
That’s X, now, which makes it a better cesspool.
You are right.
I was rushing and did not separate the relevant video from the retweet it was attached to. Whoever wrote that was an idiot, and I shouldn’t have given them space.
Not to worry, Peter. I went to Twitter and politely gave him a piece of my mind. 🙂
From Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania ….
“As a fire scientist, I know the unfolding horror – which has killed 53 people so far – is just the beginning. It’s a portent of what Australia and other countries will experience in a warmer world.”
https://theconversation.com/australia-is-sleepwalking-a-bushfire-scientist-explains-what-the-hawaii-tragedy-means-for-our-flammable-continent-211364