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2023-08-12 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Hawaii wildfires: Maui fires destroy Lahaina as death toll soars to 67

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Posted by Fred 2023-08-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 Lahaina is hit by 'near-riot' as 100 people clash with cops who reopened only road into wildfire-ravaged city, then closed it again, as boats are pictured burned in its city, hospice workers are deployed and death toll hits 80

Posted by Skidmark 2023-08-12 07:07|| 2023-08-12 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Biden-Harris to Pass on Visiting Maui: They ‘Don’t Want to Distract’ from Relief Efforts

Posted by Skidmark 2023-08-12 08:08|| 2023-08-12 08:08|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ They're all Democrats already and now penniless. No return on investment here.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-08-12 08:30|| 2023-08-12 08:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Near riots already - that didn't take long.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-08-12 09:32|| 2023-08-12 09:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Firebug?

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Officials said fires were located all over the island of Maui in different regions.

“Fire and police suspect someone is intentionally setting them,” said Maui Mayor Michael Victorino.

Posted by Mercutio 2023-08-12 09:46|| 2023-08-12 09:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Local Bank is running a relief fund:
contact info: donorservices@hcf-hawaii.org

Posted by Mercutio 2023-08-12 09:49|| 2023-08-12 09:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Using gerbil worming "logic," from Kenosha to Portland to Hawaii, blue areas are inherently more combustible.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-12 09:56|| 2023-08-12 09:56|| Front Page Top

#8 “Fire and police suspect someone is intentionally setting them,” said Maui Mayor Michael Victorino.

A payoff of 1:1

n loo of "Thoughts and Prayers",

"Diversity is our Strength"

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-08-12 11:59|| 2023-08-12 11:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Probable reasons, more or less in order:

Trump
Guns
Taxes not high enough
Rayssis
What supremaciss
J6
Mean to Megan Rapinoe

Of course there are more.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-12 12:42|| 2023-08-12 12:42|| Front Page Top

#10 You forgot global warming (which is caused by Trump, of course)

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2023-08-12 13:19|| 2023-08-12 13:19|| Front Page Top

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