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I don’t. It happened too fast. My gut belief is it was extremely poor preparedness for a small US island in the middle of the Pacific.. What did shock me the most is how easy it was to take down all the infrastructure, phone, power, internet, highways, how lacking of response there was from the government and just how poorly prepared that past of the island was… no generators, no emergency food or shelter, no quick resolve for clearing highways… shit show… 3rd world countries would have done it better.

I did not see a single fire truck was weird, I would expect rows of them..

Damn can’t imagine how scary it all must have been :( Really weird about the fire trucks, I keep wondering about that part.. I know it all happened so fast but still, their whole job is to be emergency responders

You did not see a single truck after they let you back in maybe because they were finished in that area and were deployed elsewhere? Aren't there other fires still on the island?

Every fire truck they had should have been close to the fire line. Which should be far from where people are allowed or already evacuated from. I will say with downed utilities I don’t think people on the mainland realize how much energy companies keep an eye on the weather and mobilize repairmen in nearby states so they can quickly sweep in after the damage is done. We rely so much on neighboring states to launch logistics from in times of crisis. Federal aid always comes in later. The Red Cross will show up before the feds. The federal government has to be asked for aid by the state. It is part of respecting a state’s rights. It also takes time to call out the National Guard. Being in a disaster zone sucks. I’ve had the experience this year. I’m still in one technically because it’s my neighborhood. (Tornado) There will definitely be after action reports to see how the response was handled. I think in Maui many will see how they could have done better. They will have to live with that for the rest of their lives. Maui and Hawaii in general is not known for their massive wildfires. As a whole every state needs to be prepared for once in a lifetime events. The general populace needs to be more aware of the expectations the government has about how you will care for yourself in an emergency. Last I checked FEMA expects every American to have a 14 day supply of potable water and they base their plans on that expectation.

Didn’t see a single sign of government help in the week I was there..

That's more than disappointing.. almost disgusting. A strange thing is, I didn't hear or read at all the news on Italian or European media (currently not in Italy). It's odd.