Here sleeping in their cars, waiting for a curfew to lift at 6 a. M. A lot of folks anxious to see whats left of their homes, and for those who have already made it into lahaina, a lot of heartbreak and shock at what theyve seen. Heres some folks we talked to yesterday. Somewhere that i once knew is completely gone, its unrecognizable. Its devastating. I mean, we lost our houses, our jobs. Some of us grew up here. We dont even know whether half our friends are alive or gone. Reporter home after home in lahaina, gone. One estimate from the Property Data aggregator core logic puts the estimate of destroyed homes at more than 3,000. The rising death toll, now at 800 people, as Rescue Crews Search for more victims. Thousands of people have left the island, around 1400 staying in Emergency Shelters here. Its unclear how these fires started, but when they did ignite, the island was ripe for an inferno. 80 mileperhour winds caused in part by Passing Hush Dora fueled the flames hurricane dora.
this is where you would lose your cup of coffee whoo! good drenching there. got a great drenching there. [laughter] i think rachel asked asked for that one. rachel: so, curt, how does it compare to riding a jet ski? you have to say it again, rachel, i m sorry. rachel: how does it compare to riding a jet ski? enter you know, for the most part, you don t fall off a, it s not going to tip over, and you ve got room for two, and it actually does look and feel like a sports car on the inside. it s got the wipers just like a car would have. it s got a car horn, it s got the headlights. it s still coast forward compliant. i m saying this is, this could be something that if you are single, you won t be single for very long. [laughter] with i ll will so, you know, it s got the steering wheel on the car side, not the boat side.
contributor. jeff bennett, i have to say, i predicted it my friend. you did. on wednesday that you were going to need a personal umbrella holder for your network coverage. the problem is i don t think you had one. part of the reason i m in washington this morning is because i covered that speech at the lincoln memorial last night and all of us there to cover had to surrender our umbrellas so we all got a great drenching in service to the trapractice of journalism. rick tyler seems to think you should have had one of the hats on. the little hat. i m not convinced that would be such a good look for me but i appreciate it. all right. a soggy 4th of july celebration in the nation s capitol. thousands of spectators turned out for the festivities which typically draws a large crowd but have not included a presidential address since 1951