sirens on this i island. and why that wasn t activated, because it clearly would have given people more time to escape the flames and get out of town. and, of course, the number of fatalities would probably not be the number that it currently is. another big challenge here, mike, is housing. why? there s not much of it. it s expensive to rent or own. and unlike, say, the mainland there are not any towns that can simply absorb 4,500 people right now that need shelter. lahaina was really small, nice historical place, and it s gone. all the kind of, like, precious memories of my kids and kind of generational stuff. reporter: so eva adams, she lost her home. it was in this new 89-unit, affordable housing complex that is now, of course, as you see, just ashes. there are about 2,700 buildings
historical place it is gone. all of the precious memories of my kids and a generational stuff. eva adams lost her homes and 89 unit affordable housing complex. so come out 2700 buildings as you mention, rich they ve only gone through about 3%, 86% of those were residential. another reason housing is critical, lahaina was largely a working-class heavily native hawaiian community but they provide a lot of the labor to the resorts. we spoke to one of those workers yesterday who said it s time for them to get back. i would really like to see the hotels forgiving, making it possible for all of the tourist to come here and enjoy their vacations. it is our turn to be taken care of.