{"id":2004099,"date":"2023-08-17T18:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T22:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-emergency-official-defends-not-sounding-islands-80-warning-sirens-as-fire-engulfed-island-amid-death-toll-reaching-111\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T18:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T22:17:17","slug":"maui-emergency-official-defends-not-sounding-islands-80-warning-sirens-as-fire-engulfed-island-amid-death-toll-reaching-111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-emergency-official-defends-not-sounding-islands-80-warning-sirens-as-fire-engulfed-island-amid-death-toll-reaching-111\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui emergency official justifies not activating 80 warning sirens during island fire, death toll now at 111."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fmaui-emergency-official-defends-not-sounding-islands-80-warning-sirens-as-fire-engulfed-island-amid-death-toll-reaching-111%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=2004099&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>The Decision to Not Activate Warning Sirens During Maui \u200dWildfires Sparks Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>The man in command of the Maui Emergency Management \u200dAgency is defending his decision not to use the island\u2019s vast network of alarms to\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-emergency-official-defends-not-sounding-islands-80-warning-sirens-as-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">fire<\/a>-engulfed-island-amid-death-toll-reaching-111\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Maui emergency official justifies not activating 80 warning sirens during island fire, death toll now at 111.&#8221;>warn \u2062residents<\/a> about deadly wildfires last week.<\/p>\n<p>Officials on the island\u2063 are searching for hundreds of people still missing\u200b following the \u200bdevastating blazes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hawaii-dem-horrified-bidens-callous-comment-americans-dying-maui\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawaii<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said Wednesday that\u200c 111 people are confirmed dead, according \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/17\/us\/hawaii-maui-wildfires-death-toll-thursday\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many on the island have raised questions about whether \u200bthat number should be\u200b much lower.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2062 are 80 sirens \u200don Maui that\u2063 are generally \u200cused for tsunami warnings but could have been used to warn people as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/maui-residents-message-joe-biden-ahead-visit-dont-want\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the fires<\/a> spread to Lahaina on Maui\u2019s west coast,\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/16\/us\/hawaii-maui-wildfires-death-toll-wednesday\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The alarms were never activated when fires spread beyond control \u200blast week.<\/p>\n<p>Herman Andaya, \u2064administrator of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, doubled down on the decision not to use them on Wednesday while addressing the media.<\/p>\n<p>When he was asked if he regretted not using the sirens, he said, \u201cI do not.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you believe Andaya made the \u2063right decision?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>No<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this \u2064poll entitles you \u200dto The\u200b Western Journal news \u2062updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 8%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 8% (1 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 92%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 92% (11 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Andaya said \u200dif the country had\u200b activated the sirens, people would have run eastward into the\u2064 mountains and toward the fires,\u200d rather than to the \u200bcoast away from them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if we sounded the sirens, \u200cit would not have\u200c saved those people on the mountainside,\u201d he said defiantly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Maui Emergency\u2064 Management \u200cAgency Administrator Herman Andaya today\u2063 defended the decision not to activate emergency sirens warning <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Maui?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Maui<\/a> residents and visitors about the wildfires. Here\u2019s a clip from the press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0m3zSd9QmD\">https:\/\/t.co\/0m3zSd9QmD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HInews?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HInews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarAdvertiser?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarAdvertiser<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lSe3iM6flj\">pic.twitter.com\/lSe3iM6flj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Star-Advertiser (@StarAdvertiser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarAdvertiser\/status\/1692029256337850745?\">August 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>People caught off guard by the fires in many cases resorted to jumping \u200cinto the ocean in order to save themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous videos\u2062 posted \u200bon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/conservative-groups-counter-biden-admins-social-media-censorship-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> showed people whose last refuge was the waters \u200boff \u2064Maui\u2019s coast:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">People Jump in\u200b the water to survive Maui Fire \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lahaina?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lahaina<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lahainafire?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lahainafire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Maui?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Maui<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MauiFire?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MauiFire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HawaiiFire?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HawaiiFire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hawaii?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hawaii<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OOhP6L3Jkg\">pic.twitter.com\/OOhP6L3Jkg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HumanDilemma (@HumanDilemma_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HumanDilemma_\/status\/1691978158260601141?\">August\u200c 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Terrifying footage showing people jumping into the ocean to escape the fires \u200din Maui  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z0yJRlLri3\">pic.twitter.com\/Z0yJRlLri3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wow Terrifying (@WowTerrifying) \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WowTerrifying\/status\/1690007843926048768?\">August 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Herman Andaya, administrator\u2063 of the Maui\u2064 County Emergency Management Agency, said sirens in \u200bHawaii \u2064are \u2063used to alert people to \u2064tsunamis. Using it\u2064 during the fire might have led people \u2062to evacuate toward the danger, he told reporters 2\/5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jLLLQ5AWf2\">pic.twitter.com\/jLLLQ5AWf2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1692159096126865524?\">August 17, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is our practice to \u200buse the most \u2062effective means of conveying an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-dept-asks-foster-parents-how-many-migrant-children-they-can-house-includes-option-of-26-or-more\/\" title=\"CA Dept. Asks Foster Parents How Many Migrant Children They Can House, Includes Option Of \u201826 Or More\u2019\">emergency message<\/a> to the public during a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-led-house-bill-seeks-to-restore-national-forests-end-overregulation-of-forest-management\/\" title=\"GOP-led House bill seeks to restore national forests, end overregulation of forest management\">wildland fire<\/a>,\u201d Andaya said.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u200d reported \u200dthe networks\u200c needed to broadcast such messages\u200b were disabled by the fires, which quickly burned down entire communities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wildfire has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fire-engulfs-historic-hawaiian-town-people-forced-to-jump-into-ocean-to-escape-flames\/\" title=\"Historic Hawaiian town consumed by fire, residents leap into ocean to flee flames.\">engulfed businesses<\/a> \u2064on Front Street in downtown Lahaina in West Maui, home to 12,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>The Coast\u200d Guard is responding to people who \u200dwere forced to go into the ocean\u200c due to the\u2064 flames.<\/p>\n<p>Video \u2064credit to Alan Dickar, a local resident of Lahaina. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8uiyHQP55B\">pic.twitter.com\/8uiyHQP55B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colin\u200b McCarthy\u2063 (@US_Stormwatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/US_Stormwatch\/status\/1689193105487257600?\">August 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More \u2063than 1,000 people were still \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/17\/us\/hawaii-maui-wildfires-death-toll-thursday\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">missing<\/a> as \u2062of Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/maui-emergency-official-defends-not-sounding-islands-80-warning-sirens-fire-engulfed-island-amid-death-toll-reaching-111\/\">Maui Emergency Official Defends Not Sounding Island&#8217;s 80\u200b Warning Sirens as\u2062 Fire Engulfed Island Amid\u2064 Death Toll Reaching 111<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2064 Western\u200c Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maui&#8217;s Emergency Management Agency chief is justifying his choice to not activate the island&#8217;s alarm system during the recent lethal wildfires. Authorities are currently seeking numerous missing individuals after the destructive fires in Hawaii. 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