Despite progress in clearing land in Lahaina, some residents say their future is still unclear

Maui County officials pointed proudly to construction underway in the impact zone just 10 months after the devastating fire leveled much of Lahaina.
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[@XIII5XIII]

This mayor belongs in prison.

[@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi]

No he doesn't..

[@Bruce_LeRoyy]

@@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi clearly you're related to this awful mayor just stop!

[@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi]

@@Bruce_LeRoyy No I'm not, do you think for one minute this man wanted this fire to happen, I think not..

[@donnawolfe2365]

@@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi What, in your opinion, did Mayor BISSEN do to help with the emergency response? did you help with sounding this sirens? did he immediately Talk to HECO early on the morning of August 8th 2023, and demand that Hwy 30 South Be urgently cleared and opened so the town can have a southern evacuation exit? when the 80 mph winds blew, the early morning fire was burning in Lahaina endangering the neighborhoods, all the traffic lights were out, all power was out to the whole populatiion, more roofs were Blowing OFF and trees were being uprooted and obstructing roads, more power poles were blowing down, The Fire Dept. needed help and manpower was stretched thin and more resources were needed as more raging Fires Burned up Country! But, did mayor Bissen call a State of Emergency and request Guard help? No! did mayor fully activate the EOC and call in all Dept. Heads? No! when the noon fire started, did the mayor Sound the sirens to Alert Central Lahaina of the extreme Fire danger? No! Did he ever sound the Sirens thereafter which could have saved 69 Lahaina peoples Lives? No! Did he insist that Front Street be contra flowed? No! Did he insist Hwy 30 North at Fleming Be immediately contraflowed, set up the townspeople could escape the oncoming firestorm? No! No! NO! No! In fact, Mayor Bissen was a lazy, complacent, un-engaged, invisible, non-responsive, ignorant, irresponsible and negligent Mayor, whose NON- actions contributed to 102 People suffering and dying! Lonnie, what exactly is wrong with you?

[@donnawolfe2365]

​@@LonnieBrewer-dd4wiLonnie, you must be in a horrid State of Denial when it comes to acknowledging all of the extreme failures surrounding missing mayor Bissen! I think all of Mayor Bissens negligence, irresponsibility, lack of caring, absence, odd and abnormal complacency and uninvolvement is clear For All to see! why can't you see all of the sickening truth what mayor Bissen is truly all about? definitely did not do everything that he could do to save people's lives that day! what would you have done to save anybody's life that day? wouldn't you have hurried up and sounded the sirens? wouldn't you have called a state of emergency? wouldn't you have called out the National Guard to help out? wouldn't you have ran over to the fire scene and tried to find out what was going on? wouldn't you have gone on television to advise people properly about the fire and give them the proper evacuation exits to save their lives? wouldn't you have insisted that HECO immediately clear highway 30 South early on the morning of August 8th, 2023, set the town would have an open and viable evacuation exit? if you were mayor wouldn't you have insisted that Police Chief Pelletier immediately contraflow Front Street and Highway 30 North, so the townspeople could Mass evacuate quickly? Wake up and stop making excuses for people who have no excuse for all the uncaring negligence which resulted in so many people suffering and dying!

[@kk4649k]

Bissen should be in prison.

[@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi]

For what, a problem he didn't create.

[@Bruce_LeRoyy]

Exactly or atleast get him out of office I mean seriously literally the whole island is on fire and the wonderful mayor is nowhere to be found lol

[@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi]

@@Bruce_LeRoyy Unless they can recall him he's not going anywhere until his election.

[@kk4649k]

@@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi him and Andaya (former MEMA leader quit due to “health” reason) delayed help from state of Hawaii. Said Maui fire can handle it. So that’s why they should be in prison and fired. Their lack of experience and call directly translated to delayed help. This could’ve been a totally different story if people were warned much earlier and help was sent out accordingly. This was released by the Attorney General.

[@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi]

@@kk4649k You can't fire the mayor..

[@XIII5XIII]

Its done that way so you'll give up and leave.

[@007jojobear]

That's not enough for the people of that city, over 115 people died in that tragic fire and he just rides into sunset not taking responsibility for this, if he had a backbone and a decent amount of sympathy he would step up and take full responsibility but everyone knows he won't, what a coward.

[@XIII5XIII]

@@007jojobear Hawaii is beyond corrupt. Even though everyone knows he announced a wildfire emergency proclamation 3 weeks ahead of August 8th.

[@donnawolfe2365]

@@XIII5XIII I think they pre-planned the emergency response to be exactly the way it turned out, = abnormal, and odd emergency response reactions, absence, complacent and out of Touch, non- communicative, delayed reaction, refusal to accept assistance in the light of Fire Chiefs asking For Resources, and cop asking for Backup but being denied and a Mayor who was waiting till 8 pm, until the Town was totally gutted and Leveled, to sign papers to Call a State of Emergencyl Yes, it was preplanned, Arson or a pre-planned Direct Energy Weapon! ATTACK, .

[@bobbykiefer4306]

@@XIII5XIII Lahaina was built exactly the way settlers wanted it built. It's a European style plantation town built in Hawaii.

[@Rockol674]

Dont forget paint roof blue.

[@MrSlantwise]

Wow, what a moron you are.

[@007jojobear]

NO I was thinking Green since that is all those contractors are looking at right now, what I don't understand is why is there only construction company working on building the homes of Maui why aren't there more, there is enough construction here on Oahu every time I look out into Honolulu there condos being built, I say stop the construction being built on Oahu and shift all the man power and jobs to Maui, the more construction companies working there and building new homes the quicker Lahaina will get back on it's feet, no brains what so ever.

[@aja1071]

Remember Reparations were approved and legal to Hawaiians. But TPTB used their DEW targets for a planned land grabbed of Lahina.Do your homework of the people in powe.

[@aileens7928]

Families should get all the aid needed to rebuild. Stop giving money to FEMA instead give it to the people. ♥️🇨🇦

[@Rockol674]

👍

[@007jojobear]

Don't give any to that FEMA aid to that idiot Mayor Bissen he doesn't deserve any of that, what he should do is donate money to the people who lost their homes and lives.

[@lesliel1182]

Israel and Ukraine

[@feelingbetternaturally1099]

NOT wildfires.

[@boblatkey7160]

You're a blithering idiot

[@boblatkey7160]

I lost my home in a wildfire in Santa Barbara. All of our emergency response plans went to hell when the wind blew at 70 miles an hour and the humidity was 6%. The insurance companies and the local permitting authorities said we are here to help, in the newspapers.... But in reality they all sucked, and it took four years to rebuild. Lahaina is doing great my measurement!

[@laithnightchild437]

@@boblatkey7160 your dumb creed ass buying cheap land that was know for 100s of years that it's Bad for fires.

[@donnawolfe2365]

the County should offer Lahaina Residents a choice of Free Plans! this is what Butte County, California is doing for their Fire Victims! fire victims also pay A Low Down on their permits and are given two years to pay it OFF! if this can be done for fire victims from the paradise fire, it can also be done for the Lahaina Residents, homeowners need to demand it! California also has grant money available for Landscape mitigation to cut weeds, Brush, Trees! how come Lahaina doesn't have any of this? isn't there any educated people that run Maui County, these people in the planning department and housing should already know about this, Maui county has already been working with Butte County! 😮😮😮😮

[@007jojobear]

Because the construction industry here in Hawaii is just looking at the almighty dollar and try to make as much money as possible and line their greedy pockets with profits

[@achimbassler]

@donnawolfe2365 There are free pre-approved plans available for Lahaina residents. In addition, there is money that has been allocated to provide free trees for replanting.

[@donnawolfe2365]

@@achimbassler Well, IF there are Free Plans, how come nobody knows about it? And what about the low down on Permits with Payment Plan? That would help

[@achimbassler]

Hi @donnawolfe2365 - I assume it I likely that some people may not be aware but all the details are on the Mauirecovers.org website and these details are discussed every week in the disaster recovery meetings with the community among other channels.

[@XIII5XIII]

Probably using just one construction company with less than a 10 man crew to ensure it takes years.

[@libramoon9968]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. They stretching it out

[@donnawolfe2365]

yeah! these officials make it sound like it's a happy day in Lahaina now! Especially now that Kim Ball, whose best friend is missin' Bissen, can start rebuilding his mansion! whoopee Hallelujah! 1 millionaire gets a permit to build! while, the completion of those Hope type modular home villages Languish in some type of red tape drama.

[@donnawolfe2365]

one in a million millionaires, whose best bud is Mayor Bissen........gets to rebuild! 10 months later and one permit has been approved, Heard that cost $3,000 Dollars. What about all the others who could use Free Plans and Low downs and monthly payment fees for their High Cost permit fees? are there any grants or subsidies to help people build? is there any plan to expedite construction materials into the region? what is happening with the Army Corps of Engineers= life Sims Computerized Street and Highway reconfigurations that are now supposed to help maui with more safer streets, wider widths and Evacuation exits?

[@007jojobear]

Why aren't there more construction companies helping in rebuilding Lahaina, I just don't get it, there are some huge Construction Companies out there, should know, I worked for one of em the largest construction companies on Oahu, why don't they send them there, I just don't get it, there are some huge Construction Companies out there, should know, I worked for one of them, what are they waiting for.

[@XIII5XIII]

@@007jojobear The governor already made plans with the WEF to turn Maui into a smart city. The governor is doing it on purpose to long play it in hopes they will give up and leave. Everything was premeditated including the wildfire which he announced 3 weeks ahead of the wildfire.

[@royaleromo8391]

They show all the progress that has happened and now the reality is sinking in. Those that have foundations poured and structures going up are all the ONES THAT CAN AFFORD TO REBUILD. A general contractor and someone who has many many ties with people. Try showing the "grandma and grandpa" or families that lost their generational housing start rebuilding. We cannot because majority of us was "UNDERINSURED" and the daunting task of having to start all over on insurance monies that not even going to help, makes you really think-are they really wanting us to rebuild or to SELL???... I am in my 50's and the house I lived in was underinsured. Do I really need to take out a 15-30 year mortgage again to rebuild which was MY FAMILY HOUSE??? Really???

[@007jojobear]

Just how much money was offered to the residents of Lahaina that lost their homes to this tragic fire and what about the ones that didn't have insurance or couldn't afford fire insurance.

[@beckinfidelis3916]

They want the residents to give up! They couldn't get out because police set up ROADBLOCKS, remember? They were told to go back the way they came from, but ALL people who did died. Many others who waited for cops to let them through also died! I have also heard the mayor/city council wouldn't let insurance adjustors in to take photos of damage! Causing delays on or preventing insurance payouts to people who still had mortgage notes on homes that no longer existed AND had rent. They wouldn't allow property owners to live on their own land in a mobile home, trailer or tent, threatening arrest! It's land grabbing! The victims are being treated so badly! PLEASE do a real investigative report on that! 😢😢😢

[@mikes_in_paradise78]

Send financial aid for the people in mill camp. Have a plan and get it going so that people can rebuild.

[@donnawolfe2365]

Police Chief Pelletier couldn't even Figure out how to get all the Kahua Camp Residents help the day of the Fire! 42 People died on Kahua Street that afternoon, Because Pelletier never scheduled in extra officers that day, he ordered officers to do a time consuming Door to Door evacuation of Two streets=60 homes that were already previously evacuated earlier that day. He nonchalantly let one desperately needed officer leave just to transport one Lady across town to a shelter, when that officer was two Blocks away from the entrance to Kahua Camp where he could have at LEAST warned them. Pelletier also had another needed officer leave the area to check HECO on the shutdown of Hwy 30 South when Pelletier should have already secured and had that South EVAC EXIT Open and clear earlier in the day! So, when the fire started to rapidly increase, he then sent three other officers to Keawe Street, as Lahaina Luna Road was in deadly gridlock due to A crazy Police officer Road Blocking Lahaina Luna Rd and .Hwy. 30 North! (See Ann Williams Testimony and Police Body Cam Footage) Kahua Street residents could not Barely even exit to escape onto Lahaina Luna Rd! So, officers never did get around to warning People with Loudspeakers or evacuating or rescuing them, No Siren, So No Warning! and as they were stuck and Backed up in gridlock on Kahua Street, partially Trapped by a Fallen Mango Tree and gridlocked from entering onto Lahainaluna Rd, They died as the Firestorm Swept over them! There was not enough help to warn or rescue them! The Same goes For Hale Senior Apts, where 5-7 elderly and disabled Perished! Kahua Camp should have been pre-warned earlier in the day when Morning Fire occured. The Fire Dept. knew full and well about the egress Problems, but the Chiefs do not Train their officers to do TRIAGE OF THE AREAS they Patrol. In emergencies, Senior centers and vulnerable, problematic neighborhoods with egress ISSUES Should be #1 on List of who they attend to! But no, according to Police Spokeswoman, Alana Pico, the Police officers had to leave the area to attend to the Traffic gridlock problems and advancing Fire, So they never made it back, oh yeah, I can't make it back when Pelletier allows the few officers he had, to Leave! Read the Phone logs and you'll read how a Police Officer is asking For help at 3pm and Pelletier Sluffs him off and just says try to deal with it! Ignorant. The Phone records reveal at The 2pm hour, The Fire Dept. was also calling out for more resources, and wonderful caring Mayor Bissen ignored them, too, He didn't sign the Emergency Declaration until 8 pm, 6 Hours went By while he sat on his ass not doing a damned thing! That's The truth People, I researched it! 69 People died in the Fire in Central Lahaina while he was screwing around doing who knows what, The excuse is the Dr. Appt, in the middle of a damned 80 MPH Windstorm Brown power poles are falling all through town and roofs are blowing off and no one has Power and the Town has only one evacuation escape route out and No Traffic signals work and crazy Fires are burning, and Mayor Bissen has got to see the Dr., Sure, Sure Sure, we buy that Bull! People suffered and Died For All This bull!

[@donnawolfe2365]

@@salannegrant6967 🌸🌹💐💖❤️💙💗thank you too.

[@donnawolfe2365]

@@salannegrant6967 Dear Salan, I just wrote research on Findings related to indepth study of the Road Blocks on 8/08/23, day of Lahaina Fire, I Found Two very intentional and unnecessary road Blocks that Police Chief Pelletier ordered, which greatly compounded . the gridlock, the congestion, the trapping, and the Towns inability to quickly and efficiently escape out of the Firestorm. There are more reasons Besides the Blocks which impeded, stalled and stopped People from exiting such as #1. Pelletier Failing to Stop all South Bound traffic on Huy 30 From Points as Far North as Napilli #2. Failure to contraflow Front Street, and Hwy 30 North From Kapanukea Street on up and all Traffic Fleming west Bound to Hwy 30 north. Upon Fire eruption, Pelletier Failed to immediately Prioritize and Focus on the towns one and only exit out and then do a Full on contraflow out to Safety! that's how I find it from studying it in depth. there is no wrongful accusation by me, one must read and hear the Verbal report. it is difficult for mainlanders to understand due to not knowing lay of land, Street names, and MPD never gave a readable map.

[@donnawolfe2365]

@@salannegrant6967 Hi Salan. I have more in-depth research on the road blocks etc. but I wrote it today and Someone deleted it because it contained raw truth, I will try again. T.Y. Dear

[@donnawolfe2365]

@@salannegrant6967 Hi Salan. I have more in-depth research on the road blocks etc. but I wrote it today and Someone deleted it because it contained raw truth, I will try again. T.Y. Dear

[@Bruce_LeRoyy]

How is this guy still mayor? 3:00

[@donnawolfe2365]

Mayor Bissen is always missin' = which means this is the approved type things Mayors do.........especially during chaotic, Deadly Firestorms! thats when its the best time For Mayors to go see their Doctor, while the residents they are supposed to protect are dying from no rescue or alents, and the town is hip hip horray........ finally burning down! Now isnt that the best practice response, for Mayors!

[@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi]

Because he was elected..

[@libramoon9968]

Ohi Lonnie, you always want to be the most politically correct lefty.

[@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi]

@@libramoon9968 I'm not a lefty, everyone wants this man gone. It's not going to happen anytime soon.

[@libramoon9968]

You've been defending criminals since the pandemic. Good luck !

[@zuwenaw]

Some of that $175 Billion to Ukraine could've taken care of the rebuild of Lahaina.

[@David53D]

Did you vote Democrat?

[@zuwenaw]

@@David53DNot sure where you’re going with that but I’m not an R or D.

[@user-rh8fl8qz2z]

The Hawaii TOTALITARIAN REGIME control freaks. Japan has many cities and neighborhoods that are 500 - 1,000 years old with narrow streets built before cars were invented. They make do with what they have. Firewalls between properties may help.

[@andrewhodge548]

I hope that Goofball who didn’t sound the warning sirens is exiled from the Island… how could the State hire that Astronaut to begin with?

[@007jojobear]

Everyone knows he was on Oahu for some sort of conference for God Sakes he had a phone on him, did he happen to turn it off because he was in a conference, he could have put his phone on whisper mode but he didn't, once knew about the fire he could have called his office and send out the alarm to evacuate Lahaina but he didn't even sound the alarm to warn the people of Lahaina.

[@donnawolfe2365]

HERMAN ANDAYA was the former Maui Emergency management Agency. Administrator, who was distantly acting as a sort of in control manager of the Emergency. I don't really get what the hell the Jackass was doing, certainly not in charge and certainly not sounding Sirens when he should have been, that Idiot knew since 2018 Lane Fire, Lahaina Community demanded Sirens were to Sound upon another FIRE! HE KNEW and so did Maui County know. They not only DID NOT sound the siren when the Fire First erupted at 2:55 pm, they never gave a damned about alerting anyone in the deadly Line of that Fire for the next 10 Hours There after!!! They never did All they could to warn and save lives and these People have something really really wrong with them, A weird bunch of Sick poppies, 😕😕😕😕😕😕😕

[@laithnightchild437]

Shameful, let the locals in ,take Oprahs land

[@boblatkey7160]

Did you make it past fifth grade?

[@gerryclark7232]

Kim Ball on the reconstruction commitee?

[@lesliel1182]

So.eone wants that land. I promise there are already plans drawn up waiting to go. BlackRock?

[@007jojobear]

What Lahaina should do is improve the water system in Maui, put more Fire Stations on that side of the Island not just Lahaina, increase the amount of firetrucks on that side of the Island perhaps build more fire stations in that area and if there ever is another fire there they should have some sort of water catchment system so that if the water pressure goes down they can refill their trucks with water instead of running out, what happened to the fire boats that we use to put out fires on boats they should build a fire boat station right in the heart of Maui, but law makers are just too stupid to think about that.

[@donnawolfe2365]

Dear Joy Bear, Love your solutions! I know trained goat herders who carry moveable Fences and goats to areas that need high weeds high grass thick shrubs removed! I think the Bureau of Land management or ? Gov Entity should give grants to Farmers - Goat herders to Develop these Programs on Maul for Fire Safety, those goats Chomp everything down to the Dirt. Great Mitigation Program, Does Mayor Bissen Like GOATS?

[@donnawolfe2365]

Lahaina should also get goats and goat herders and movable electric fences to eat down there weeds and high grasses! why don't the native People think about developing these programs and then go get some federal money to do it with! kids can also partake in this and Future Farmers of America program! I've seen goats in action and they chew everything down to the bare dirt!

[@dng6121]

the coverup continues

[@guynumber3100]

L take

[@dng6121]

@@guynumber3100 where are the kids?

[@guynumber3100]

@@dng6121 why is it always people who don’t live here spouting this nonsense

[@dng6121]

@@guynumber3100 where do you live?

[@dng6121]

@@guynumber3100 I live close enough that I have to pay for these problems that democrats created.

[@SJ-xg1uf]

I hope everybody is able to build back in a better way. Maybe invest in Strong water.

[@glenwood5718]

build one way streets

[@ChristisKing117]

Where are the children?

[@donnawolfe2365]

Police Chief Pelletier fails to truthfully document findings! Credible local Eyewitnesses claim they've seen several deceased Children on Front Street, but this is not recorded in Pelletiers findings. Many eyewitnesses and news reporters also wrote articles that are completely opposite of Pelletiers Accounts, Kekoa Lansford, Tracy Bennett, Ken Cherry, Ally Medina, Danny Yuckert, Luz Agunaldo, Pila Taufa saw many Bodies

[@donnawolfe2365]

Here is more testimony From Local Fire Victims and Eyewitnesses: according to ABC News, 8/14/23/ Danny Yuckert described his experience after Fleeing into the ocean by the Seawall, " people were dying right next to him as he i endured smoke, toxins, Flaming Ember's during the 4-Hour wait. it was him in 24 others. Also, Local Lahaina Rugby Star, Pila Taufa, who also had to Flee into the ocean water to save himself Off Front Street, told reporters he saw a child under a Burnt out car on Front Street by his Father who what's the tempting to Shield the child From the Flames with his body! why hasn't Pelletier documented this?? Also, HNN Mahealani Richardson interviewed local Hero, Kekoa Lansford who told her he saw deceased children on Front Street. Why hasn't Pelletier check into his story and documented it??? 62 year old Tore Trung, who also said she had to save herself by jumping into the ocean with hundreds of others, said she saw people had died in their cars on Front Street because there was nowhere to go and people died in their houses. Also, Lanz Agunaldo and Isabella Lynch from Lahaina, had to Flee into the ocean with 80 others. when they finally were able to get out they saw charred bodies in burnt out cars on Front Street, a woman deceased on the rocks, dead bodies floating in the waves of the ocean water. Also, Kekoa Lansford told many reporters he saw dead bodies floating on the ocean.water and by the Seawall. former Maui film commissioner, Tracy Bennett, told Fox live, he had heard stories about his friend Brian going out on his jet ski into the harbor and pulling bodies from the ocean. Also, Coast Guard boarding officer, Ken Cherry, told of his colleagues pulling bodies from the ocean that were alive but some were not! Also, local Hawaiian Native, Courtney Lazo, made serious accusations several days after the fire, that tourists were snorkeling and taking pictures of bodies of their people floating on the ocean! People claim there were dead bodies on the ocean after the fire! Pelletier claims only ONE BODY was found in the ocean by the harbor. Frontier also claims that not one single body was found inside a burnt out car on Front Street! I want to know why local people are saying one thing and Pelletier is saying a totally different thing. Who is l lying??? I've read all the Articles and I have all the names of the people and the reporters!! can anybody tell me the truth????? 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@donnawolfe2365]

TYPO= Sorry = the father of the child was attempting to Shield his child from the flames!!😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 but they both died and Pelletier never documented them! why would a famed, trusted, credible, local Lahaina rugby star lie about this??? Pila Taufa did not lie about this and we need to get down to the bottom of it!!! 😮😮😮

[@donnawolfe2365]

KZbin moderators just deleted all of my research about children who died in the Lahaina Fire and about all of the people who testifieds Seeing many many dead bodies floating on the ocean after the fire and by the seawall and also seen many charred bodies in burnt out cars on Front Street! Pelletier Lies about this because he is guilty of negligently, and intentionally and wrongfully blockading and trapping of people into a wildfire! When many died and drowned! Pelletier claims no children were found on Front Street and there was no dead bodies found in burnt out cars on Front Street and only one body was found in the ocean by Front Street after the fire! LIES, the local credible people who live in Lahaina say different! Lahaina townspeople tell me that he lies! Pelletier is masking the truth to cover up his own crime!

[@FATTONYKAUAI]

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