Not surprisingly, Hawaii’s Governor Josh Green blames global warming for the Maui wildfires. Thankfully, many mainstream media accounts do not correlate with his conclusion. Citing The New York Times, Steve Milloy breaks it all down.

The Times even points out the danger to Maui residents was already known to local politicians but they chose to ignore it rather than act. If they had taken precautions, this disaster would have never happened.

Nearly a week has passed since the inferno that swept West Maui last Tuesday. At least 99 people are confirmed dead, with the toll expected to rise substantially. Thousands of structures, mostly homes, have been reduced to rubble. Husks of incinerated cars line Lahaina’s historic Front Street, while nearby search crews make their way painstakingly from house to house, looking for human remains.

The fire’s swift rampage and stunning death and destruction are already raising questions about whether there should have been more aggressive management of electrical power as high winds buffeted the island, earlier warnings for residents in the fire’s path and better management of traffic to avert the paralyzing gridlock that funneled many people into a death trap.

Interviews and video evidence reviewed by The New York Times show that the brush fire that wound up wiping out Lahaina ignited under a snapped power line a full nine hours before it roared through town — flaring up in the afternoon after firefighters had declared it contained.

Yet in dozens of interviews with people who survived, residents in neighborhood after neighborhood said they had received no warnings before the fire came rushing toward their homes. They told stories of people scrambling to escape along the waterfront and driving past others who were cluelessly frolicking on the beaches. Some stood outside their houses, marveling at what was unfolding, still sipping cocktails. Tourists who got the word packed up and fled their hotels, while others were rolling in with their luggage.

There were downed power lines that could have sparked the fire or helped contribute to it. But firefighters said they were able to contain the blaze after 9 hours. Yet no one was warned and, unfortunately, a lot of people died.

As the fire spread further into town, the problems multiplied: Hydrants ran dry as the community’s water system collapsed, according to firefighters. Powerful sirens, tested every month in preparation for such an emergency, never sounded. Lahaina’s 911 system went down.

Many of those who evacuated said they were corralled by road closures and downed power lines into traffic jams that left some people to burn alive in their cars and forced others to flee into the Pacific. Videos shared with The Times and posted on social media show cars on Front Street crawling in bumper-to-bumper traffic as smoke, embers and debris billow around them.

The contingency plans Hawaiian politicians had were a total failure despite warnings and suggestions by fire officials on what to do. Instead, climate change is blamed so people like Green can deflect blame and what happened will be given to someone else to give a report. How insulting!

Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii has said repeatedly since the fire that climate change is “the ultimate reason that so many people perished.” He has asked the attorney general to conduct a comprehensive review.

“Over time,” he promised, “we’ll be able to figure out if we could have better protected people.”

Hopefully, the good people of Hawaii will not only demand answers but finally put an end to the lock the Democrat machine has on the island’s politics since 1954. People, like Green, aren’t affected by their incompetent decisions. They love the tax revenue they get from towns like Lahaina where tourists spend time and money while on vacation while enjoying the beautiful scenery and weather.

But, like Joe Biden, Hawaii politicos obviously can’t stand the fact that people actually have to depend on them for protection since it’s clear Green and company resent the fact that people other then them live comfortable lives.

PHOTO CREDIT: Lahaina damage By U.S. Coast Guard Hawai’i Pacific District 14 – https://mauinow.com/2023/08/09/coast-guard-partners-continue-mass-rescue-operations-from-maui-wildfires/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=135780346