Im here on the road to lahaina. This is as close as we can get to the community. And what i want to show you right now is the scene here. If we just move over here i want to give you a picture of these dry conditions here on the island of maui. You can see there the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. You can also see the high winds. And these high winds really have been an issue in fanning those flames and they are leading to more concerns, ever present concerns from authorities about the prospect for flare ups in these places. Im going to move out of the way so you can look over my shoulder here. What you can see is this is the last Police Check Point here on the road to lahaina here, everyone on the road here is stopped and asked questions about why they are going on. And many people are then forced to turn around in this lane here and essentially turned back, because right now they are only allowing Emergency Workers in. Its coming at a
Bryne is a small place, but a warm place, a place where everyone knows each other. The people in bryne, in time kommune, in the jaeren, as we call it here, is, yeah, friendly people, but working, hard working people. Bryne is the biggest place in an area called jaeren, which is a very agriculture heavy place, theres a lot of farms. Right outside of the city, you can see green grass everywhere, so were very proud that we have so many good, hard working farmers. We can get the best food on the table and being strong as erling only 12,000 lives here. People quite friendly, but quiet. We wont use ten words i or if one word is sufficient, or even a meaningful pause. You can see that in erling. He doesnt speak long sentences, and thats normal here. Growing up in bryne is very much about football. Its basically been the one thing that this town is all about. The Football Team bryne were in the top divisionl for a very long time, they finished second twice in the 805, they won the cup in 1987.