saying is that in california, if there is high wind danger, pg&e now turns off parts of its power infrastructure because when you have the threat of live energized wires potentially crashing to the ground, that could set off a spark. so anguish and accountability are tied together. listen, kate, to what susan who passed through this checkpoint a few hours ago had to say on that front. when i drove through on friday, i had no clue what i was going through. i got so everything is gone. i lost friends in there. they were going back to get their animals. so i mean, it s really sad because people come over here, you know, i heard there was a snorkeling boat looking at the town. give them respect. it s so bad. this is people died here. people i mean, it s not just
tenants are doing okay but they lost what was supposed to be their retirement home. right now they re trying to clean up, gather the pieces and move forward. i m completely heart broken over this. dwayne john, son who has strg ties to hawaii is echoing the sentiments of money. hope is what we need and to be sensitive to those who have lost everything. reporter: but hope is a high bar for fire survives, especially those with missing loved ones, watching recovery teams sift through the ashes. every day going back to help clean up and help put spot fires out. it seems like a nightmare we re still trying to wake up from. reporter: and rumors that the tragedy was becoming a spectacle. i hear there was a snorkeling
there are houses in lahina, i didn t even nowhere they were. people were going back to get their animals that died. i heard there was a snorkeling boat looking at the town. give them respect. it s so bad. people died here. it s not just a vacation not just a place for vacation. we live here. reporter: so, fred, we play that as we gaze over the pacific ocean just to show you the dramatic juxtaposition of what we re dealing with here. this is one of the most beautiful spots on the planet. again, about 1,000 feet above the pacific ocean. how people are getting to check on their loved ones, to check what is left, in the middle of this lush jungle. we ll push in here to show you the huge contrast from the backup we saw yesterday when people were figuring out how to begin the next chapter of their
there was a snorkeling boat looking at lahaina town. give them respect. it s so bad! you know, people died here. it s not justification it not just a place for vacation. we live here. so she s saying respect first and foremost. as we look out over the pacific ocean, fred, we re about a thousand feet over the beach on this perilous, beautiful cliff, just to get you a better sense of the lush landscape that we have here compared to the moon scape that is lahaina, with blocks and blocks absolutely in incinerated. we ll make a graphic soon. if you ll work with us, as we zoom in, we are the blue dot at 2:00. we re going to make sure you can see our picture. so the mission as we re on this
met a woman named susan. and she is going home, very emotional about that. but she wanted everybody watching, our viewers around the world, to know that maui, her home, this island here, jessica, is not just a vacation spot but it is the soul and identity of thousands of people who live here. and in this vulnerable moment, she spoke quite movingly about the need for respect. listen to what she told us. when i drove through on friday, i had no clue what i was going through. i got so everything is gone, i worked at the chart house in 1991. it s flat to the ground. there s houses i used to live in that i don t even know where they were. i lost friends in there. they were going back to get their animals. and she died. so i mean, you know, it s really sad because people come over here, you know, i heard there was a snorkeling boat looking at lahaina town. give them respect. it s so bad.