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Re:Maui residents who disobeyed barricades survived fires by xoxxala on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @11:58AM (#37238053)
A state official delayed releasing water for firefighting efforts over a water usage dispute:

https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/08/a-state-official-refused-t...

This water dispute has been going on for a while. From that article: "In 2022, two Maui senators, Gil Keith-Agaran and Lynne DeCoite, introduced a measure to push DLNR to allow fresh water to be used to fight fires and pointed to West Maui as being particularly vulnerable." The measure didn't go anywhere.

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Re:Maui residents who disobeyed barricades survived fires by tegmark on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:58PM (#37238928)
ethanbond is so silent…
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Re:Maui residents who disobeyed barricades survived fires by ethanbond on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @01:46PM (#37239604)
So what warnings should’ve been heeded differently? Is it the “we’re running out of water” warning that’s been going on for years or just the “we actually need to use a bunch of water to put out fires” warning?

Obviously we should use water to save lives and there were errors there, but I’m 100% confident that the question of whether we can use water to fight fires didn’t come up for no reason.

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