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My deepest condolences to those who perished and suffered great loss. It is on my plan to visit these beautiful places. Just cannot believe the photos from the aftermath.
The death toll is awful. It's more now than the entire loss of life in the Great Fire (Big Burn) of 1910 (N. Idaho & W. Montana, 3 million acres) that destroyed seven small towns and severely burned another half-dozen.
Agreed, @Sven. And yet, there is still so much negative junk connected to the government. "Take the good with the bad?" I suppose so. But I can't help thinking that the way gummint operates can be vastly improved. A big part of the picture must include our polarized electorate, too. Friday afternoon, 18th August death toll from the Maui/Lahaina fires: 111, still.
I served on the local FEMA Board in my podunk little county seat town in West Virginia. There was a flooding episode. Relief checks arrived in a very timely manner. I was gratified by that.
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https://www.khon2.com/hawaii-fires/36-fatalities-involved-in-lahaina-wildfires/
https://www.khon2.com/hawaii-fires/36-fatalities-involved-in-lahaina-wildfires/
And yet, there is still so much negative junk connected to the government. "Take the good with the bad?" I suppose so. But I can't help thinking that the way gummint operates can be vastly improved. A big part of the picture must include our polarized electorate, too. Friday afternoon, 18th August death toll from the Maui/Lahaina fires: 111, still.
I served on the local FEMA Board in my podunk little county seat town in West Virginia. There was a flooding episode. Relief checks arrived in a very timely manner. I was gratified by that.