https://www.newsweek.com/who-kaleo-manuel-hawaii-official-delayed-water-release-maui-fire-1820405Like all water or inland water?
West Maui Land Co. manages three of West Maui's water providers. As the fire was ravaging the island, the company said that firefighters had used what little water they had in their reservoirs and tanks, so they asked the CWRM to divert water from streams to enable them to "store as much water as possible for fire control."
But instead of approving the request, the commissionaccording to the letter sent by the company to Manuelhad asked them if the Maui Fire Department (MFD) had requested permission to dip into the reservoirs and told them to inquire with a local farmer first to check how a diversion of the water supply would affect him.
The company said "communications were spotty" and the commission's approval to divert water from the streams came too late, some five hours after their first request.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPkL7pib6Y0
I get respecting the cultural traditions of the natives but it seems like Hawaii gave a guy a veto on the usage of water that thinks the water is sacred and has a knee jerk reaction of denying the use of water ever for things like fighting fires.
The company said "communications were spotty" and the commission's approval to divert water from the streams came too late, some five hours after their first request.
Honestly sounds more along the lines of couldn't reach the guy because he was fucking running away from some local disaster affecting a good number of people.
Oh yeah, the fire.
The local farmer that they had to get permission from?Maybe. Anyone who denied water
Maybe. Anyone who denied water
Honestly I feel like a new law should make it so that firefighters can take whatever water they need in situations like this, with no permission needed. And maybe criminal charges on anyone who tries to stop them
wooo, bureaucracy.
Is salt water ineffective at putting out fire, or was there bullshit bureaucrats in the way of that too?
Salt water would cause some pretty heinous long term damage....as opposed to fire?
...as opposed to fire?Oh yes. Fire is good for the soil.
This Youtube channel is a far right clickbait channel that seems to be focused on culture war issue such as grooming and cheering on insane people at school board meetings. The comments are all calling for death and arrest or promoting conspiracy theories.
We may not be getting an accurate story here and people may be desperately searching for a villain or using this as a weapon against people they were already in conflict with.