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There's a reason it did. Those fires were propelled by incredibly fast winds, and spread much faster than emergency services anticipated. It basically jumped 70 miles over the course of an hour.
How many hours does it take the emergency system to kick on?
In this case, at least one.
Conspiracy theory here. Please note the high level of conspiracy-ness of this.
Hawaii is pretty isolated from the rest of the mainland. Getting things to Hawaii is pretty difficult. Getting business in Hawaii is pretty difficult without a lot of handshakes.
A lot of businesses were burned. Local Hawaiian businesses. Hawaiian corporations. The Hawaiian Old Guard. A robust fire system suddenly not working?
If we see a bunch of multinationals move in to help repair, and "stay a bit longer", then I'm going to call it a takeover.
It's not like this type of action doesn't have historical roots either.
I have a buddy who helps out with fires on another island. Their department asked if help was needed during the fires and was denied multiple times. My buddy says it was probably bad training, which seems to fit with a lot of the story. Lots of disasters happen because of bad training.
Well, it ain't "robust" if it didn't sound. Shitty headline, really.
this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2023
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