{"id":2001051,"date":"2023-08-15T10:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T14:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaiis-first-line-of-defense-likely-failed-during-maui-fires-says-congresswoman\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T10:08:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T14:08:53","slug":"hawaiis-first-line-of-defense-likely-failed-during-maui-fires-says-congresswoman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaiis-first-line-of-defense-likely-failed-during-maui-fires-says-congresswoman\/","title":{"rendered":"Congresswoman suggests Hawaii&#8217;s primary defense failed in Maui fires."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhawaiis-first-line-of-defense-likely-failed-during-maui-fires-says-congresswoman%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001051&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Amid the Devastating Wildfires,\u200d Hawaii&#8217;s Warning System Fails<\/h2>\n<p>Amid the already \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/western-governors-ask-biden-for-more-resources-amid-intense-fast-growing-wildfires\/\" title=\"Western governors ask Biden for more resources amid intense, fast growing wildfires\">devastating wildfires<\/a> raging in Maui, Hawaii, breakdowns in\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-irreversible-consequences-of-school-closures\/\" title=\"The Irreversible Consequences of School Closures\">warning system<\/a> appear to have exacerbated the catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii Democratic Rep. Jill Tokuda said in a Sunday interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jill-tokuda-hawaii-transcript-face-the-nation-08-13-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> that the sirens \u2062used to alert local\u2063 occupants of\u2063 impending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/officials-issue-grave-warning-maui-fires-keep-showers-short-dont-drink-water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">danger<\/a> <strong>\u201clikely did\u200c not go off\u201d<\/strong> during the fires.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cSadly, tragically\u200d in this situation, those sirens likely did not go off,\u201d Tokuda \u2062said.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jilltokuda?\">@JillTokuda<\/a> said the warning sirens \u2062may not have activated ahead of the devastating <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MauiWildfires?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MauiWildfires<\/a>, failing to alert people about the incoming threat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BRJhgTjo6o\">https:\/\/t.co\/BRJhgTjo6o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Epoch Times \u200d(@EpochTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EpochTimes\/status\/1691145157737852931?\">August 14, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tokuda noted that people in \u2062her state rely \u2063so heavily on the alerts that <strong>\u201ceverybody\u200b who\u2019s ever lived \u200din \u2062Hawaii knows the warning sirens.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Testing the First Line of\u200b Defense<\/h3>\n<p>She emphasized that this system is so important that the state tests it monthly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt goes off once\u200d a month, at the beginning of the month, at \u200d12 noon. And it blares. And \u2063if it \u200bdoesn\u2019t, it gets fixed because that is our first line of \u2062defense,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The sirens seem to have been silent from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mauicounty.gov\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beginning<\/a> of\u2062 the fire,\u2063 which a Maui County press release said began on Aug.\u200b 8.<\/p>\n<h3>Alternative Warnings<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cNeither Maui nor HI-EMA activated warning sirens\u2064 on Maui \u200c [went off] \u2063during the wildfire incident,\u201d Hawaii Emergency Services Administration confirmed on Friday, according to\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/hawaiis-emergency-warning-sirens-werent-activated-alert-residents-agen-rcna99475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>People in harm\u2019s way instead had to rely on cell\u200b phone, television, and \u200cradio\u2064 warnings.<\/p>\n<p>These were not available in \u200dsome places.<\/p>\n<p>Tokuda explained that the very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-offers-maui-fire-survivors-one-time-pittance-day-200-million-announced-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire<\/a> that was the cause for the alert took out the\u200b infrastructure\u2062 that was\u200b necessary to communicate the danger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe warning \u200csignals that were \u200don cell phones, we had no cell coverage or electricity in some of these \u200dareas,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She pointed out that even had the sirens been activated,\u2063 they would have failed to enable \u200cresidents to make the\u2062 appropriate decisions without the availability of cell and television coverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality\u2064 is with those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-already-struggling-on-international-stage-as-expert-warns-he-may-be-making-middle-east-war-worse\/\" title=\"Biden Already Struggling On International Stage As Expert Warns He May Be Making Middle East War Worse\">warning signs<\/a>, it\u2063 tells all of \u2062us to \u200cturn on the television or look at our phones or turn on the radio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou might think it\u2019s \u200da tsunami, by the\u2062 way, which is our \u200cfirst instinct. You would run towards land, which\u2063 in \u200cthis case would be towards fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Continuing Hardship<\/h3>\n<p>Tokuda called the resulting devastation \u201cabsolutely heartbreaking,\u201d\u200d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-deadly-hawaii-fire-destroys-everything-leaves-church-seemingly-unscathed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawaii<\/a> residents and \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaiis-first-line-of-defense-likely-failed-during-maui-fires-says-congresswoman\/\" title=\"Congresswoman suggests Hawaii's primary defense failed in Maui fires.\">visitors alike face continuing hardship<\/a> in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Walking \u2064through Lahaina yesterday with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovJoshGreen?\">@govjoshgreen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maziehirono?\">@maziehirono<\/a>, and our federal partners broke my heart. One thing is clear: we must \u2063bring everyone home. \u200bSome are waiting to get back in. Some never left. The road\u200c ahead will be long,\u200c but we will\u200b get through\u2063 this\u2064 together. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WG2JaRS51x\">pic.twitter.com\/WG2JaRS51x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda (@RepJillTokuda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJillTokuda\/status\/1690823231974842369?\">August 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As \u200bof Monday, Reuters reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/how-did-hawaii-wildfires-start-what-know-about-maui-big-island-blazes-2023-08-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">96 people<\/a> had died, and officials said the \u2063death toll \u200bis likely to continue to climb.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were never expecting this disaster and\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/public-disgusted-oprahs-response-maui-wildfires-camera-crew-denied-access-survivor-shelter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tragedy<\/a>,\u201d Tokuda said. \u201cNo one \u2062ever does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a\u200d national crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hawaiis-first-line-defense-likely-failed-maui-fires-says-congresswoman\/\">Hawaii&#8217;s &#8216;First\u2063 Line of Defense&#8217; \u2063Likely Failed During Maui Fires, Says Congresswoman<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the midst of the Maui wildfires, the warning system failures worsened the situation. Rep. Jill Tokuda revealed that the sirens meant to warn residents of the imminent danger did not activate. This breakdown in communication added to the already devastating impact of the fires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2245,"featured_media":2001052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}