So fucking terrible. Lest we forget, wealthy mainlanders have been displacing Hawaiians and other locals long long before this wildfire. Pacific islanders are a far too often forgotten victim of US colonialism and I hope everyone on Maui gets the chance to heal from this without fear of losing there home
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To make that worse, Lahaina was the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawai'i. They have lost their history once again.
Anyone know how many are currently missing?
I read 1,200 still as of earlier today.
Holy shit, it's that high?!
Yeah, just looked again. Multiple articles stating “at least 1000 missing” with a NY post article saying “1300”.
I also read yesterday that they had only looked through about 3% of the burn area.
So expect that death toll to rise significantly ☹️
Per the article above, they've searched 32% of the burn area. Still horrific, but better than only 3% searched
Yeah. Happy to hear they’re searching much quicker and yet the casualty count hasn’t increased like I thought it would.
I am worried that many people won't be found. The ocean was a refuge for many, but a dangerous one. So horrible.
Sigh I saw 1000 at the start of this. I was hoping it would go down.