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their services to those impacted by the fire. As we
headed down the highway to Wailea, Rey described
how the fires had affected him and his family. Maui
had essentially shut down following the fires, and
he'd lost much of his rideshare income. " That was a
very difficult time, " he said. " When the tourists stop
coming, I stop getting calls. " A friend of his had had
to shut down his restaurant. Rey worried about what
would happen to the thousands of island residents
housed in hotels when the state's shelter program
ended. He talked about the kids displaced from their
schools, still traumatized by the wildfire that overran
Lahaina. His voice tightened with concern.
As we drew closer to Wailea, the surroundings
became greener and more lush, the development
thicker. At my hotel in Wailea, I thanked Rey for
the ride and for sharing so much. " No problem, "
he said, his voice sounding relaxed again. As Rey
pulled away, I tried to imagine what it would be
like to entertain the inevitable questions about the
fires, ride after ride, from the many strangers he
transports daily. It can't be easy. But for Rey and a
lot of people on Maui, it's their new reality.
Mitigation challenges
Ten minutes north of Wailea, just off the Pi'ilani Highway,
about 30 people gathered for a field training
exercise on the second day of the Maui ASIP training.
The task was for students to apply what they'd
learned the day before in the classroom as part of conducting
a property assessment to identify potential
wildfire hazards. The property in this case consisted
of a small single-family A-frame house, a couple of
small outbuildings, and a surrounding yard. The
house had a stucco exterior and an asphalt roof and
looked a bit worn. There was a large wooden deck in
front, and a partially constructed wooden deck out
back. The outbuildings contained tools, lawnmowers,
odds and ends. The front lawn sloped down to a
hedge about 100 feet from the house. The property
was a few miles from the stretches of dried grasses
I'd observed on the ride from the airport.
Cyclical drought
conditions in
Hawaii can dry
grasses and
scrub vegetation,
creating fuel
loads that can
cause wildfires to
grow rapidly.
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