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Everything gone. and we re still reeling with the fact that we need desperate head immediately help immediately. it looked like a bombed out beirut. every boat in the harbor burned and sank in a blaze. the preschool is all gone. the entire piner inn, there s nothing there. it s catatonic to look at. i want to talk more about this with jeff melacar, a maui resident who lost both of his homes to the fires. jeff, thank you so much for joining us today. i can only imagine what an incredibly difficult time it is for you and those around you. so thank you very much. could we just start with the moment that the fire was approaching, what did you see? what did you fear feel, rather, as it claim closer to came closer to your homes? tuesday evening it was roughly 7:30, 8:00 p.m., we had
The damage and to check properties that i owned and to see if there s anything left, salvaging, personal mementos and such. what have you been told about any kind of support that you may get to rebuild, to get back there, and what more do you and others like you need? i haven t heard much of anything yet. i m sure they will be doing something or probably a lot. but i m really have no information as to what s going to happen. it s a little wellery, and i know this is early, and i know this is going to take years to come back if at all. it is literally gone. jeff, what would your message be to people, to those like us who are just watching this on tv, but also to the government in terms of the support that the people around you need right now? yeah, do what you can. i m sure there are going to be agencies for donations for people that are in need.
no, not really. i ve seen videos. we re not allowed back on the west side yet. i ve seen videos and pictures, and it is truly devastating. it s absolutely wiped out. there s very little standing and remaining. so have no idea what many, many families are going to be doing now because everything is literally gone. everything s literally gone. we understand, jeff, that you retired to maui. you were working and living on the mainland and retired to maui. is that right? correct. i still have a home on the mainland that i m lucky enough to be able to go back to. i know a lot of families here don t have that option, and it s truly tragic. so if i may ask, what is your plan now? do you plan to stay? are you going to go back to the continental united states? eventually i m going to stay here and eventually be let back on to the west side to survey