{"id":2002231,"date":"2023-08-16T08:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T12:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survivors-of-maui-fires-face-power-cuts-and-poor-cell-service-as-teams-work-to-find-and-id-the-dead\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T09:00:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:00:18","slug":"survivors-of-maui-fires-face-power-cuts-and-poor-cell-service-as-teams-work-to-find-and-id-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survivors-of-maui-fires-face-power-cuts-and-poor-cell-service-as-teams-work-to-find-and-id-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui fire survivors endure power cuts and weak cell service while search teams identify the deceased."},"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\">32<\/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%2Fsurvivors-of-maui-fires-face-power-cuts-and-poor-cell-service-as-teams-work-to-find-and-id-the-dead%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=2002231&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>Survivors of Deadly Wildfires in \u200dMaui Struggle to Rebuild Lives<\/h2>\n<p>LAHAINA, Hawaii\u2014Survivors of deadly wildfires on \u200cMaui contended with intermittent power and unreliable \u200bcell service as they sought help rebuilding their lives. Teams of people, \u200dmeanwhile, labored \u200dto find the dead and identify them.<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">death toll<\/a> already at 106, a mobile morgue\u2062 unit with additional coroners arrived \u2064in Hawaii \u2063on Tuesday\u2064 to help \u200bwith the grim task of \u2064sorting through remains. \u200cThe governor warned that a new storm could complicate the search and \u200crecovery.<\/p>\n<p>A\u2064 week after a\u2062 wildfire all \u200cbut incinerated the historic town of Lahaina, communication on the island was still difficult. Some \u200cpeople walked periodically\u200b to a seawall, where \u2064phone connections were strongest, to make calls. Flying\u200c low off the coast, a single-prop\u2062 airplane used a loudspeaker to blare information about\u200b where to get water and \u200bsupplies.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/death-toll-surpasses-100-in-maui-wildfires-as-military-provides-aid-5468764\">Death Toll Surpasses\u200b 100 in Maui Wildfires as Military Provides Aid<\/a> \u2063- 8\/16\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/southern-california-groups-line-up-to-help-maui-victims-from-afar-5468382\">Southern California Groups Line up to Help Maui Victims From Afar<\/a> &#8211; 8\/15\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thousands of people are \u200cstaying in shelters, in hotel \u2062rooms, and Airbnb units, or with friends.\u2062 Around 2,000 \u2063homes and businesses still don\u2019t have electricity, Maui County wrote Tuesday night, after\u2062 the power company restored supply to over 10,000 customers. The fire also contaminated water supplies in many areas.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Martocci, who\u2062 lost her scuba business and a \u2064boat, \u200bplanned to travel to her storage \u2064unit Wednesday \u2062to stash documents and keepsakes given to her by \u200ba friend\u2063 whose house burned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are things she grabbed, the\u2063 only things she could \u2064grab, and I want to keep them safe for her,\u201d Ms. Martocci said.<\/p>\n<p>The county also released the names of \u200dtwo \u200cvictims: Lahaina residents Robert Dyckman, 74, and Buddy Jantoc, 79. They are the\u2063 first of five who have\u200b been identified\u200d so far.<\/p>\n<p>Crews \u2064with dogs are rushing to secure remains, Gov. Josh Green said, ahead\u200d of possible storms forecast for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want the rain, \u200cironically, but that\u2019s why we\u2019re racing right now to do all the recovery that\u200b we can, because winds or heavy \u2064rain in that disaster\u200b setting &#8230; will make it even harder to get the final determination\u200c of who we lost,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Crews using cadaver dogs have scoured about\u2062 32 \u2063percent of the burn area,\u2064 according to Maui County, \u200cand Mr. Green has\u2064 warned that scores more bodies could be found. The \u2062wildfires are already the deadliest \u200cin the U.S. \u2062in more than a century.<\/p>\n<p>The governor added\u200c that officials are considering cutting off power during \u2064the\u2064 storms as\u200d a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-works-to-identify-99-confirmed-dead-after-maui-wildfires-as-teams-intensify-search\/\" title=\"Hawaii intensifies search for 99 confirmed dead in Maui wildfires.\">local \u200cpower utility<\/a> \u200dhas faced criticism for leaving power\u2062 on as\u200b strong \u200bwinds from a passing hurricane buffeted a \u200dparched area last week, and\u200d one video shows a cable dangling in \u2062a charred \u200cpatch of grass, surrounded by flames, in the early moments of the wildfire. The cause of the wildfires, some still burning, is\u200d still \u200cunder\u2062 investigation.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Destroyed homes and cars are shown in Lahaina, Hawaii on Aug. 13, 2023. (Rick Bowmer\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc. President\u2064 and CEO Shelee Kimura said many factors\u2064 go into a decision to cut power, including the impact on people who rely on specialized\u2063 medical equipment and concerns that a \u2064shutoff in the fire area would have knocked out water pumps.<\/p>\n<p>Maui\u2062 Police Chief John Pelletier\u2063 renewed an appeal for families with missing relatives to provide \u2064DNA samples.\u2064 So far 41 samples \u2062have been submitted, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-we-go-again-dekalb-county-georgia-is-re-scanning-advance-ballots-because-of-memory-card-issue\/\" title=\"Here We Go Again: DeKalb County Georgia is Re-Scanning Advance Ballots Because of \u2018Memory Card Issue\u2019\">county statement<\/a> said, \u200cand 13 DNA profiles have been obtained \u200cfrom\u200d remains.<\/p>\n<p>Federal \u2062officials sent a mobile\u2062 morgue unit with\u200b coroners, pathologists, and technicians to Hawaii to help identify the \u200ddead, \u200bsaid Johnathan Greene, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-pauses-plan-to-offer-vaccines-to-guantanamo-bay-detainees\/\" title=\"Pentagon Pauses Plan To Offer Vaccines To Guantanamo Bay Detainees\">deputy assistant secretary<\/a>\u200c at the \u2062U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survivors-of-maui-fires-face-power-cuts-and-poor-cell-service-as-teams-work-to-find-and-id-the-dead\/\" title=\"Maui fire survivors endure power cuts and weak cell service while search teams identify the deceased.\">morgue unit\u200d included 22 tons<\/a> of supplies and equipment \u2064such as \u2062mortuary examination tables and X-ray units, Mr. Greene said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be\u2063 a very, very difficult mission,\u201d Mr. Greene said. \u201cAnd patience will be incredibly important because&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Survivors of Maui&#8217;s fatal wildfires faced power outages and spotty cell service while rebuilding their lives. Simultaneously, teams worked tirelessly to locate and identify the deceased. With the death toll at 106, a mobile morgue unit and extra coroners arrived in Hawaii to assist in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2002232,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2002231","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\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}