the top official on maui has resigned. he says he is stepping down for health reasons. he has been criticised in the wake of the wildfires which have killed 111 people. residents of maui has had a stronger response would have saved lives. we are using cash right now, but until when? we are using cash right now, but untilwhen? i we are using cash right now, but until when? i would we are using cash right now, but untilwhen? iwould imagine we are using cash right now, but until when? i would imagine the first out of the traps on this one will be the cash community, those who will bestow lots in defending cash and arguing for its continuation. let me tell you some stuff. the fears are, the uk is at risk of sleepwalking into a cashless society, i quote one report, before
time the governor suggested at least some of the sirens were broken. the sirens were essentially immobilized we believe, we believe, by the extreme heat that came through. some were broken. and we re investigating that. reporter: yet that doesn t all track with the county s own web page, maui sirens.com, which clearly states how the siren system is capable of alerting residents to multiple disasters including wildfires. and we also found this explainer about the siren s uses on hawaii s emergency management agency s web page. we also use sirens for hurricanes, brush fires, flooding, lava, hazmat conditions or even a terrorist event. reporter: this map shows where the warning sirens are located. according to the state, there are about 400 sirens statewide including 80 on maui. and in the historic town of lahaina where more than 100
the question is, why. first it was this it would not have saved those people on the mountain side. do you regret not sounding the sirens? i do not. sirens as i mentioned earlier is used primarily for tsunamis. reporter: that is what the head of maui s emergency management agency said wednesday. but even before that press conference ended, his reason had changed. this time suggesting that the sirens weren t used because people wouldn t have been able to hear the warning. it is an outdoor siren. so a lot of people indoors, air conditioning on, whatever the case may be, they won t hear the siren. plus the winds were very gusty and everything. i heard it was very loud. so they wouldn t have heard the sirens. reporter: same story with hawaii s governor. first this sirens typically used for tsunamis or hurricanes. to my knowledge, at least i never experienced them in use for fires. reporter: and then minutes later, another explanation, this
supplemental request to congress, they included an additional $12 billion for these funds. the fema administrator was asked about this at a white house briefing this week and she also conceded that they have enough funds for the initial response to maui, but they still need more to get all the recovery there. take a listen. we have enough funding to support the ongoing response efforts, because we take events like this into consideration, but it would delay if we don t have additional funding, it would delay some of the recovery projects and push them into next year. reporter: now a fema official also tells me that a lot of these funds go to prep. so if we know a hurricane is coming, for example, that you just mentioned, or any other sort of natural disaster, they can start to send supplies and people there knowing there s going to have to be recovery efforts on the back end. if they don t have those funds, they might not be able to do that work. and so all of that would slow dow
exploding field goal. those are so good. i guess that person thought that the hawks logo was state farm i don t know. but they are priceless. love it. go 6ers. new developments out of maui, boss tin charge of emergency sirens just quit. a live report next on cnn this morning.