Good morning. We are 13 miles away from the town of lahaina. Next to a road block. Seeing heart breaking scenes of folks come out. Pleading with officers, wanting to be let in because they lost their friends and Family Members residents arent going to be let in for some time now. This is still an active Search And Rescue scene. They are still trying to get people out, busing people out of the Evacuation Zone this as the death toll unfortunately continues to climb. 55 people at least confirmed dead at this time. Several fires burning on the island of maui since tuesday. None of them yet fully contained by officials here. Yet unknown how they started. Most destructive on mauis west side ripped through the community of lahaina driven by fierce winds High Pressure to the north and Hurricane Dora as it passed hundreds of miles to the south. According to hawaiis governor the fire destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in lahaina and destroyed the towns ban i dont know tree the peaceful Island P
the center of a disaster. it s almost as though you hit a calm or you lose a little perspective because you are so deep and close to it. where those of us on the outside get some of these images they are not seeing. that being said. other of my friends who have ventured closer to lahaina have said war zone like a bomb has dropped. you know, it s she has been calm almost too calm. don t be the person on your roof in a hurricane. let s get out of there. it s not going to get better. there is no power. as you mentioned soon there will be no food. steve: and she is leaving soon, right? will: yes. tomorrow. she is leaving tomorrow. you know, i try to provide context. i will tell you one more quick note, steve. people talk about what started this nonnative grasses i have watched this over my life in hawaii decades. used to be the home to sugar cane or pineapple plantations largely left hawaii.