why didn t hawaiian electric do more to prepare for this kind of event which reporting reveals the company knew that it had to and which could ve been able the company to target the issue by cutting power to specific downed wires. something it had learned from previous wildfires in california. joining me now is jim carlson, a report from the wall street journal who covers the environment. his latest piece gets right to the heart of the matter. headline, hawaiian electric new a wildfire threat but waited years to act. jim, thank you for being with. us we appreciate you joining us this morning. you and your colleagues write, quote, during the 2019 wildfire season, one of the worst maui had ever seen, when electric concluded that it needed to do far more to prevent its powerlines from many sparks. the utility examined california s plans to produce fires ignited by powerlines and started flying drones over s territory and vowed to take steps to protect its equipment and the customers from