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2023-08-19T20:02:50Z

2023 Wildfire

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	In August of 2023 a massive wildfire swept through the town of Lahaina<Ref>https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/11/maui-reports-12-additional-wildfire-fatalities-bringing-death-toll-67/</Ref><Ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/11/maui-hawaii-fire-live-updates/70573053007/</Ref><Ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/12/maui-fire-hawaii-wildfire-death-toll-lahaina/</Ref><Ref>https://www.mauicounty.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12682</Ref> on the island of Maui. As of August 14, 2023 the death toll had reached 96 with around 1,000 people still missing.<Ref>https://people.com/estimated-1000-people-missing-in-hawaii-amid-wildfires-7642760</Ref> Another fire had swept through West Maui on August 11th prompting an evacuation of the residents of Kaanapali, with a population of 1,100. In total, during the sime time frame as the Lahaina, there were six wildfires burning on the Big Island and Mauai.<Ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maui-fires-live-updates-hawaii-death-toll-missing-search-rescue-rcna99570</Ref> Residents of Lahaina were not warned before the wildfires swept through the town. There were no emergency sirens and many residents questioned why there was not sufficient warning if any at all.<Ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maui-fires-live-updates-lahaina-rcna99396</Ref> The fire was the worst in Ka Pae Aina's history and is in the top ten deadliest fires of the 21st century according to the 'International Disaster Database'.<Ref>https://www.emdat.be/</Ref> The fire is the deadliest wildfire in over a century in the so-called United States.<Ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/us/maui-inferno-what-are-deadliest-wildfires-us-history-2023-08-13/</Ref> Over 2,700 structures were destroyed during the fire at an estimated cost of 5.6 billion dollars.<Ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/16/hawaii-governor-warns-developers-against-predatory-land-buying-in-devastated-lahaina.html</Ref> Lahaina used to be the capital of Ka Pae Aina when it was still an independent kingdom- Before it was illegally annexed by the United States government/ military.<Ref>https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/illegal-overthrow-hawaiian-kingdom-government</Ref>		In August of 2023 a massive wildfire swept through the town of Lahaina<Ref>https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/11/maui-reports-12-additional-wildfire-fatalities-bringing-death-toll-67/</Ref><Ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/11/maui-hawaii-fire-live-updates/70573053007/</Ref><Ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/12/maui-fire-hawaii-wildfire-death-toll-lahaina/</Ref><Ref>https://www.mauicounty.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12682</Ref> on the island of Maui. As of August 14, 2023 the death toll had reached 96 with around 1,000 people still missing.<Ref>https://people.com/estimated-1000-people-missing-in-hawaii-amid-wildfires-7642760</Ref> Another fire had swept through West Maui on August 11th prompting an evacuation of the residents of Kaanapali, with a population of 1,100. In total, during the sime time frame as the Lahaina, there were six wildfires burning on the Big Island and Mauai.<Ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maui-fires-live-updates-hawaii-death-toll-missing-search-rescue-rcna99570</Ref> Residents of Lahaina were not warned before the wildfires swept through the town. There were no emergency sirens and many residents questioned why there was not sufficient warning if any at all.<Ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maui-fires-live-updates-lahaina-rcna99396</Ref> The fire was the worst in Ka Pae Aina's history and is in the top ten deadliest fires of the 21st century according to the 'International Disaster Database'.<Ref>https://www.emdat.be/</Ref> The fire is the deadliest wildfire in over a century in the so-called United States.<Ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/us/maui-inferno-what-are-deadliest-wildfires-us-history-2023-08-13/</Ref> Over 2,700 structures were destroyed during the fire at an estimated cost of 5.6 billion dollars.<Ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/16/hawaii-governor-warns-developers-against-predatory-land-buying-in-devastated-lahaina.html</Ref> Lahaina used to be the capital of Ka Pae Aina when it was still an independent kingdom- Before it was illegally annexed by the United States government/ military.<Ref>https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/illegal-overthrow-hawaiian-kingdom-government</Ref>

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2023-08-19T20:02:07Z

Water

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	Even after many of the plantations have closed the same structure of water theft remains resulting in plantation style water consumption.<Ref>https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/04/ration-your-water-a-plantation-era-water-system-on-maui-is-maxed-out/</Ref> Launiupoko Irrigation Co (LIC) is a subsidiary of West Maui Land Co and siphons water from Kaua'ula Stream<Ref>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cjHN_WZaQOz1deFlwX0GsPa_0ZOCLzaS/view?pli=1</Ref> and diverts it to affluent estates and away from Indigenous Hawaiians. LIC was reprimanded for the hoarding of water for wealthy non-native communities and in response they stopped siphoning the water for estate developments, but they also stopped delivering water to the families living in the valley.<Ref>https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/04/we-cannot-afford-to-be-careless-lahaina-residents-want-more-water-oversight/</Ref>		Even after many of the plantations have closed the same structure of water theft remains resulting in plantation style water consumption.<Ref>https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/04/ration-your-water-a-plantation-era-water-system-on-maui-is-maxed-out/</Ref> Launiupoko Irrigation Co (LIC) is a subsidiary of West Maui Land Co and siphons water from Kaua'ula Stream<Ref>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cjHN_WZaQOz1deFlwX0GsPa_0ZOCLzaS/view?pli=1</Ref> and diverts it to affluent estates and away from Indigenous Hawaiians. LIC was reprimanded for the hoarding of water for wealthy non-native communities and in response they stopped siphoning the water for estate developments, but they also stopped delivering water to the families living in the valley.<Ref>https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/04/we-cannot-afford-to-be-careless-lahaina-residents-want-more-water-oversight/</Ref>

			<Blockquote>In this high-stakes context, growing numbers of Native Hawaiian communities have organized to assert their water rights, which are supposed to have the highest protection under Hawaii law, including its constitution, statutory water code, and landmark Hawaii supreme court precedents. Native Hawaiians across Maui Komohana have partnered with lawyers for nearly three decades in pursuit of restorative justice, most recently with pro bono attorneys, like Tereariʻi, and students at Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law at the University of Hawaii’s Richardson School of Law.<br>

			Together, the communities have been fighting for their right to manage their own water rather than watch as it is diverted for often frivolous uses. June 2022 saw a historic victory: heeding the overwhelming demands of Native Hawaiians and other residents, the water commission voted unanimously to designate west Maui as a surface and groundwater management area. Under Hawaii’s water code, this designation invokes the commission’s permitting authority to protect priority Native Hawaiian rights and the environment over the historical and ongoing overexploitation of water by plantations and developers. <br>

			After protracted struggle, and despite predictable opposition from industry, the community and the water commission prevailed, instituting a new permitting system that the community hoped would restore public control over water that had been stolen for over a century. The Palakiko family and others began filling out water use permit applications requesting water for their household needs, like bathing their babies, and also water for Indigenous wetland agriculture.<br>

			But here’s the cruelest irony: the deadline to submit those permit applications to the water commission was on Monday 7 August. And the fire that devoured Lahaina was the very next day.<br>

			The Hawaii governor’s administration wasted no time in issuing emergency proclamations that suspended a series of laws, including Hawaii’s “state water code, to the extent necessary to respond to the emergency”. The plantation successors leapt into action, attempting an end run around the designation process that they had been unsuccessful in stopping before the emergency proclamation. In the days after the fires, WML demanded the water commission suspend protections for streams across Maui Komohana – even in areas untouched by fire – and insinuated that the commission’s deputy director, Kaleo Manuel, who had been the agency’s public face throughout the designation process, was to blame for the destructive fire. The commission chair granted the request, allowing the corporation to divert the streams to fill the reservoirs that service its luxury developments. WML finally requested that the entire designation process “be suspended and ultimately modified”. Its own executive publicly stated: “I would love to see it gone” – a move denounced by the Earthjustice managing attorney Isaac Moriwake as an attempt to “use this tragedy for cheap advantage”.<br>

			Then, on Wednesday, with searches for survivors still very much under way, the administration announced it was “re-deploying” Manuel, effectively relieving him of all duties and banishing him to an unknown different post. The move has left the commission without an administrative leader.<br>

			This is a classic case of the most craven disaster capitalism: a small elite group using a profound human tragedy as their window to roll back a hard-won grassroots victory for water rights, while removing civil servants who pose a political inconvenience to the administration’s pro-developer agenda.<Ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism</Ref></Blockquote>

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Florez4747: /* Water */

2023-08-19T19:57:24Z

Water

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	This historical and modern plantation economy has taken a tremendous toll on water in particular, draining Indigenous ecologies of their natural moisture. Lahaina, once known as the Venice of the Pacific, has been transformed into a parched desert, which is part of what has made it so vulnerable to fire. Plantation skimming wells dried up Mokuhinia, an at least 15-acre freshwater fishpond, that nourished Mokuʻula, an island within the pond that was the seat of the Hawaiian Kingdom. In the early 1900s, the plantation filled Mokuhinia with dirt, and eventually a baseball field and parking lot appeared over the sacred site.<Ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism</Ref></Blockquote>		This historical and modern plantation economy has taken a tremendous toll on water in particular, draining Indigenous ecologies of their natural moisture. Lahaina, once known as the Venice of the Pacific, has been transformed into a parched desert, which is part of what has made it so vulnerable to fire. Plantation skimming wells dried up Mokuhinia, an at least 15-acre freshwater fishpond, that nourished Mokuʻula, an island within the pond that was the seat of the Hawaiian Kingdom. In the early 1900s, the plantation filled Mokuhinia with dirt, and eventually a baseball field and parking lot appeared over the sacred site.<Ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism</Ref></Blockquote>

	Even after many of the plantations have closed the same structure of water theft remains resulting in plantation style water consumption.<Ref>https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/04/ration-your-water-a-plantation-era-water-system-on-maui-is-maxed-out/</Ref> Launiupoko Irrigation Co (LIC) is a subsidiary of West Maui Land Co and siphons water from Kaua'ula Stream<Ref>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cjHN_WZaQOz1deFlwX0GsPa_0ZOCLzaS/view?pli=1</Ref> and diverts it to affluent estates and away from Indigenous Hawaiians.		Even after many of the plantations have closed the same structure of water theft remains resulting in plantation style water consumption.<Ref>https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/04/ration-your-water-a-plantation-era-water-system-on-maui-is-maxed-out/</Ref> Launiupoko Irrigation Co (LIC) is a subsidiary of West Maui Land Co and siphons water from Kaua'ula Stream<Ref>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cjHN_WZaQOz1deFlwX0GsPa_0ZOCLzaS/view?pli=1</Ref> and diverts it to affluent estates and away from Indigenous Hawaiians. LIC was reprimanded for the hoarding of water for wealthy non-native communities and in response they stopped siphoning the water for estate developments, but they also stopped delivering water to the families living in the valley.<Ref>https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/04/we-cannot-afford-to-be-careless-lahaina-residents-want-more-water-oversight/</Ref>

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Florez4747: /* Water */

2023-08-19T19:53:07Z

Water

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	This historical and modern plantation economy has taken a tremendous toll on water in particular, draining Indigenous ecologies of their natural moisture. Lahaina, once known as the Venice of the Pacific, has been transformed into a parched desert, which is part of what has made it so vulnerable to fire. Plantation skimming wells dried up Mokuhinia, an at least 15-acre freshwater fishpond, that nourished Mokuʻula, an island within the pond that was the seat of the Hawaiian Kingdom. In the early 1900s, the plantation filled Mokuhinia with dirt, and eventually a baseball field and parking lot appeared over the sacred site.<Ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism</Ref></Blockquote>		This historical and modern plantation economy has taken a tremendous toll on water in particular, draining Indigenous ecologies of their natural moisture. Lahaina, once known as the Venice of the Pacific, has been transformed into a parched desert, which is part of what has made it so vulnerable to fire. Plantation skimming wells dried up Mokuhinia, an at least 15-acre freshwater fishpond, that nourished Mokuʻula, an island within the pond that was the seat of the Hawaiian Kingdom. In the early 1900s, the plantation filled Mokuhinia with dirt, and eventually a baseball field and parking lot appeared over the sacred site.<Ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism</Ref></Blockquote>

			Even after many of the plantations have closed the same structure of water theft remains resulting in plantation style water consumption.<Ref>https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/04/ration-your-water-a-plantation-era-water-system-on-maui-is-maxed-out/</Ref> Launiupoko Irrigation Co (LIC) is a subsidiary of West Maui Land Co and siphons water from Kaua'ula Stream<Ref>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cjHN_WZaQOz1deFlwX0GsPa_0ZOCLzaS/view?pli=1</Ref> and diverts it to affluent estates and away from Indigenous Hawaiians.

	== Occupation ==		== Occupation ==

Florez4747: /* Plantation Disaster Capitalism */

2023-08-19T19:46:55Z

Plantation Disaster Capitalism

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	When companies began diverting streamflow for their sugar crops, kalo cultivation by Native Hawaiian communities suffered. Community members continue to cultivate some kalo where they can, but the streams of Na Wai `Eha must be restored to revive this important cultural tradition to its full potential. Flowing streams will also provide habitat for native stream species and reinvigorate traditional and customary practices, including subsistence gathering.<Ref>https://earthjustice.org/feature/background-on-na-wai-eha</Ref></Blockquote>		When companies began diverting streamflow for their sugar crops, kalo cultivation by Native Hawaiian communities suffered. Community members continue to cultivate some kalo where they can, but the streams of Na Wai `Eha must be restored to revive this important cultural tradition to its full potential. Flowing streams will also provide habitat for native stream species and reinvigorate traditional and customary practices, including subsistence gathering.<Ref>https://earthjustice.org/feature/background-on-na-wai-eha</Ref></Blockquote>

	== ~~Plantation Disaster Capitalism~~ ==		== Water ==
			<Blockquote>For over a century, water across Maui Komohana, the western region of the island, has been extracted to benefit outside interests: first large sugar plantations and, more recently, their corporate successors. The companies – including West Maui Land Co (WML) and its subsidiaries, as well as Kaanapali Land Management and Maui Land & Pineapple Inc – have devoured the island’s natural resources to develop McMansions, colonial-style subdivisions, luxury resorts and golf courses where cane and pineapple once grew.<br>

			This historical and modern plantation economy has taken a tremendous toll on water in particular, draining Indigenous ecologies of their natural moisture. Lahaina, once known as the Venice of the Pacific, has been transformed into a parched desert, which is part of what has made it so vulnerable to fire. Plantation skimming wells dried up Mokuhinia, an at least 15-acre freshwater fishpond, that nourished Mokuʻula, an island within the pond that was the seat of the Hawaiian Kingdom. In the early 1900s, the plantation filled Mokuhinia with dirt, and eventually a baseball field and parking lot appeared over the sacred site.<Ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism</Ref></Blockquote>

	== Occupation ==		== Occupation ==

Florez4747: /* Theft of Water */

2023-08-19T19:36:02Z

Theft of Water

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	When companies began diverting streamflow for their sugar crops, kalo cultivation by Native Hawaiian communities suffered. Community members continue to cultivate some kalo where they can, but the streams of Na Wai `Eha must be restored to revive this important cultural tradition to its full potential. Flowing streams will also provide habitat for native stream species and reinvigorate traditional and customary practices, including subsistence gathering.<Ref>https://earthjustice.org/feature/background-on-na-wai-eha</Ref></Blockquote>		When companies began diverting streamflow for their sugar crops, kalo cultivation by Native Hawaiian communities suffered. Community members continue to cultivate some kalo where they can, but the streams of Na Wai `Eha must be restored to revive this important cultural tradition to its full potential. Flowing streams will also provide habitat for native stream species and reinvigorate traditional and customary practices, including subsistence gathering.<Ref>https://earthjustice.org/feature/background-on-na-wai-eha</Ref></Blockquote>

	== ~~Theft of Water~~ ==		== Plantation Disaster Capitalism ==

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Florez4747: /* Na Wai `Eha */

2023-08-19T19:17:46Z

Na Wai `Eha

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	When companies began diverting streamflow for their sugar crops, kalo cultivation by Native Hawaiian communities suffered. Community members continue to cultivate some kalo where they can, but the streams of Na Wai `Eha must be restored to revive this important cultural tradition to its full potential. Flowing streams will also provide habitat for native stream species and reinvigorate traditional and customary practices, including subsistence gathering.<Ref>https://earthjustice.org/feature/background-on-na-wai-eha</Ref></Blockquote>		When companies began diverting streamflow for their sugar crops, kalo cultivation by Native Hawaiian communities suffered. Community members continue to cultivate some kalo where they can, but the streams of Na Wai `Eha must be restored to revive this important cultural tradition to its full potential. Flowing streams will also provide habitat for native stream species and reinvigorate traditional and customary practices, including subsistence gathering.<Ref>https://earthjustice.org/feature/background-on-na-wai-eha</Ref></Blockquote>

			== Theft of Water ==

	== Occupation ==		== Occupation ==

Florez4747: /* 2023 Wildfire */

2023-08-17T19:10:45Z

2023 Wildfire

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	In August of 2023 a massive wildfire swept through the town of Lahaina<Ref>https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/11/maui-reports-12-additional-wildfire-fatalities-bringing-death-toll-67/</Ref><Ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/11/maui-hawaii-fire-live-updates/70573053007/</Ref><Ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/12/maui-fire-hawaii-wildfire-death-toll-lahaina/</Ref><Ref>https://www.mauicounty.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12682</Ref> on the island of Maui. As of August 14, 2023 the death toll had reached 96 with around 1,000 people still missing.<Ref>https://people.com/estimated-1000-people-missing-in-hawaii-amid-wildfires-7642760</Ref> Another fire had swept through West Maui on August 11th prompting an evacuation of the residents of Kaanapali, with a population of 1,100. In total, during the sime time frame as the Lahaina, there were six wildfires burning on the Big Island and Mauai.<Ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maui-fires-live-updates-hawaii-death-toll-missing-search-rescue-rcna99570</Ref> Residents of Lahaina were not warned before the wildfires swept through the town. There were no emergency sirens and many residents questioned why there was not sufficient warning if any at all.<Ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maui-fires-live-updates-lahaina-rcna99396</Ref> The fire was the worst in Ka Pae Aina's history and is in the top ten deadliest fires of the 21st century according to the 'International Disaster Database'.<Ref>https://www.emdat.be/</Ref> The fire is the deadliest wildfire in over a century in the so-called United States.<Ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/us/maui-inferno-what-are-deadliest-wildfires-us-history-2023-08-13/</Ref> Over 2,700 structures were destroyed during the fire at an estimated cost of 5.6 billion dollars.<Ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/16/hawaii-governor-warns-developers-against-predatory-land-buying-in-devastated-lahaina.html</Ref>		In August of 2023 a massive wildfire swept through the town of Lahaina<Ref>https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/11/maui-reports-12-additional-wildfire-fatalities-bringing-death-toll-67/</Ref><Ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/11/maui-hawaii-fire-live-updates/70573053007/</Ref><Ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/12/maui-fire-hawaii-wildfire-death-toll-lahaina/</Ref><Ref>https://www.mauicounty.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12682</Ref> on the island of Maui. As of August 14, 2023 the death toll had reached 96 with around 1,000 people still missing.<Ref>https://people.com/estimated-1000-people-missing-in-hawaii-amid-wildfires-7642760</Ref> Another fire had swept through West Maui on August 11th prompting an evacuation of the residents of Kaanapali, with a population of 1,100. In total, during the sime time frame as the Lahaina, there were six wildfires burning on the Big Island and Mauai.<Ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maui-fires-live-updates-hawaii-death-toll-missing-search-rescue-rcna99570</Ref> Residents of Lahaina were not warned before the wildfires swept through the town. There were no emergency sirens and many residents questioned why there was not sufficient warning if any at all.<Ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maui-fires-live-updates-lahaina-rcna99396</Ref> The fire was the worst in Ka Pae Aina's history and is in the top ten deadliest fires of the 21st century according to the 'International Disaster Database'.<Ref>https://www.emdat.be/</Ref> The fire is the deadliest wildfire in over a century in the so-called United States.<Ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/us/maui-inferno-what-are-deadliest-wildfires-us-history-2023-08-13/</Ref> Over 2,700 structures were destroyed during the fire at an estimated cost of 5.6 billion dollars.<Ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/16/hawaii-governor-warns-developers-against-predatory-land-buying-in-devastated-lahaina.html</Ref> Lahaina used to be the capital of Ka Pae Aina when it was still an independent kingdom- Before it was illegally annexed by the United States government/ military.<Ref>https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/illegal-overthrow-hawaiian-kingdom-government</Ref>

	== Causes ==		== Causes ==

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2023-08-17T18:35:15Z

2023 Wildfire

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	= 2023 Wildfire =		= 2023 Wildfire =
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	In August of 2023 a massive wildfire swept through the town of Lahaina<Ref>https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/11/maui-reports-12-additional-wildfire-fatalities-bringing-death-toll-67/</Ref><Ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/11/maui-hawaii-fire-live-updates/70573053007/</Ref><Ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/12/maui-fire-hawaii-wildfire-death-toll-lahaina/</Ref><Ref>https://www.mauicounty.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12682</Ref> on the island of Maui. As of August 14, 2023 the death toll had reached 96 with around 1,000 people still missing.<Ref>https://people.com/estimated-1000-people-missing-in-hawaii-amid-wildfires-7642760</Ref> Another fire had swept through West Maui on August 11th prompting an evacuation of the residents of Kaanapali, with a population of 1,100. In total, during the sime time frame as the Lahaina, there were six wildfires burning on the Big Island and Mauai.<Ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maui-fires-live-updates-hawaii-death-toll-missing-search-rescue-rcna99570</Ref> Residents of Lahaina were not warned before the wildfires swept through the town. There were no emergency sirens and many residents questioned why there was not sufficient warning if any at all.<Ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maui-fires-live-updates-lahaina-rcna99396</Ref> The fire was the worst in Ka Pae Aina's history and is in the top ten deadliest fires of the 21st century according to the 'International Disaster Database'.<Ref>https://www.emdat.be/</Ref> The fire is the deadliest wildfire in over a century in the so-called United States.<Ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/us/maui-inferno-what-are-deadliest-wildfires-us-history-2023-08-13/</Ref>		In August of 2023 a massive wildfire swept through the town of Lahaina<Ref>https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/11/maui-reports-12-additional-wildfire-fatalities-bringing-death-toll-67/</Ref><Ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/11/maui-hawaii-fire-live-updates/70573053007/</Ref><Ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/12/maui-fire-hawaii-wildfire-death-toll-lahaina/</Ref><Ref>https://www.mauicounty.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12682</Ref> on the island of Maui. As of August 14, 2023 the death toll had reached 96 with around 1,000 people still missing.<Ref>https://people.com/estimated-1000-people-missing-in-hawaii-amid-wildfires-7642760</Ref> Another fire had swept through West Maui on August 11th prompting an evacuation of the residents of Kaanapali, with a population of 1,100. In total, during the sime time frame as the Lahaina, there were six wildfires burning on the Big Island and Mauai.<Ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maui-fires-live-updates-hawaii-death-toll-missing-search-rescue-rcna99570</Ref> Residents of Lahaina were not warned before the wildfires swept through the town. There were no emergency sirens and many residents questioned why there was not sufficient warning if any at all.<Ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maui-fires-live-updates-lahaina-rcna99396</Ref> The fire was the worst in Ka Pae Aina's history and is in the top ten deadliest fires of the 21st century according to the 'International Disaster Database'.<Ref>https://www.emdat.be/</Ref> The fire is the deadliest wildfire in over a century in the so-called United States.<Ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/us/maui-inferno-what-are-deadliest-wildfires-us-history-2023-08-13/</Ref> Over 2,700 structures were destroyed during the fire at an estimated cost of 5.6 billion dollars.<Ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/16/hawaii-governor-warns-developers-against-predatory-land-buying-in-devastated-lahaina.html</Ref>

	== Causes ==		== Causes ==

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	<Blockquote> But what I am wondering, personally, is, once the recovery efforts start to unfold and the cameras are gone, who’s going to be left more powerful or less powerful? Are people still going to be paying attention when the recovery work is going to last for years? And is that going to make community members stronger, or is it going to make the people who have mismanaged the land and water and created the conditions for these fires to happen even more powerful?<Ref>https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/11/maui_fires</Ref></Blockquote>		<Blockquote> But what I am wondering, personally, is, once the recovery efforts start to unfold and the cameras are gone, who’s going to be left more powerful or less powerful? Are people still going to be paying attention when the recovery work is going to last for years? And is that going to make community members stronger, or is it going to make the people who have mismanaged the land and water and created the conditions for these fires to happen even more powerful?<Ref>https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/11/maui_fires</Ref></Blockquote>

			There is concern on Maui that outside developers will attempt to come to the tragedy struck island and buy up properties at a low cost to develop for profit. The governor of Ka Pae Aina, Josh Green, is considering acquiring land in Lahaina "to protect it for our local people so it's not stolen by people on the mainland."<Ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/16/hawaii-governor-warns-developers-against-predatory-land-buying-in-devastated-lahaina.html</Ref>

	== Increasing Wildfire Prominence ==		== Increasing Wildfire Prominence ==