Wildfires Quotes (50 quotes)

“There was no burns unit at the Maui hospital during the August 2023 Maui wildfires, burn victims had to be transported to Oahu for treatment.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, burn-victims, burns-unit, during, maui, maui-hospital, oahu, transported, treatment, wildfires

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“Many people lost their homes, their possessions and their jobs in the August 2023 Maui wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, hawaii, hawaiian-islands, homes, jobs, many-people-lost, maui, maui-island, possessions, wildfires

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“Many people were rendered homeless in the August 2023 Maui wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, hawaii, hawaiian-islands, homeless, many-people, maui, maui-island, rendered, tourists, wildfires

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“Many tourists were rendered homeless in the August 2023 Maui wildfires and were vacationing in government shelters.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, government-shelters, hawaii, hawaiian-islands, many-tourists, maui, maui-island, rendered-homeless, vacationing, wildfires

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“Many tourists were stranded at the kahului airport during the August 2023 Maui wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, during, hawaiian-islands, kahului, many-tourists, maui, maui-island, stranded, stranded-at-the-airport, wildfires

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“Even though hurricane Dora passed 500 miles south of the Hawaiian islands, it devastated Maui island with historic wildfires that destroyed Lahaina!”
― Steven Magee

tags: destroyed, devastated, hawaii, hawaiian-islands, historic, hurricane-dora, lahaina, maui, maui-island, wildfires

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“People could not contact family members during the historic August 2023 Maui wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, contact, during, family-members, historic, lahaina, maui, maui-island, people-could-not, wildfires

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“The coastguard had to rescue many people that jumped into the ocean to escape from the historic August 2023 Maui wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, coastguard, escape, historic, jumped-into-the-ocean, lahaina, many-people, maui, rescue, wildfires

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“Historic Lahaina town was destroyed and widespread damage was in Kihei and Kula, caused by the August 2023 Maui wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, damage, destroyed, historic, kihei, kula, lahaina, maui, widespread, wildfires

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“Sleeping in cars became popular in Maui after the August 2023 wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, became-popular, hawaiian-islands, kihei, kula, lahaina, maui, maui-island, sleeping-in-cars, wildfires

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“It was clear there was a controlled release of information to the masses by the state of Hawaii news media during the august 2023 Maui wildfires disaster.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, disaster, it-was-clear, masses, maui, news-media, state-of-hawaii, there-was-a, wildfires

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“The airline industry was flying empty planes out from the mainland to evacuate Maui during the August 2023 wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

tags: airline-industry, august-2023, empty-planes, evacuate, flying, lahaina, mainland, maui, maui-island, wildfires

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“Many tourists were initially evacuated to Oahu during the August 2023 wildfires on Maui.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, evacuated, hurricane-dora, initially, lahaina, many-tourists, maui, maui-island, oahu, wildfires

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“Wildfires turned Lahaina into a clone of a bombed out Ukrianian city.”
― Steven Magee

tags: bombed-out, city, clone-of-a, hawaiian-islands, lahaina, maui, maui-island, ukraine-war, ukrianian, wildfires

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“High winds, downed power lines, and man-made environmental energy systems will have all contributed to the magnitude of the Maui wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

tags: contributed, downed-power-lines, environmental-energy-systems, high-winds, lahaina, magnitude, man-made, maui, maui-island, wildfires

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“The Lahaina August 2023 disaster occurred after a rise in COVID cases since June.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, covid-cases, disaster, hurricane-dora, june, lahaina, maui, occurred, rise-in, wildfires

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“By day 3 of the Maui wildfires, rumors were circulating that hundreds were believed to be dead in Lahaina.”
― Steven Magee

tags: believed-to-be-dead, day-3, death-toll, hundreds, hurricane-dora, lahaina, maui, maui-island, rumors-were-circulating, wildfires

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“Wind turbine failures are known to start wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

tags: are-known, electrical-fire, fire, flames, sparks, start, wildfires, wind-turbine-failures, wind-turbine-farms, wind-turbines

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“High winds typically cause utility electrical equipment to spark which may cause wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

tags: cause-wildfires, hawaiian-islands, high-winds, lahaina, maui, power-lines, spark, utility-electrical-equipment, wildfires, windy

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“The above ground electrical utility power lines are incompatible with high winds.”
― Steven Magee

tags: above-ground, electrical-utility, hawaiian-islands, high-voltage, high-winds, incompatible, lahaina, maui, power-lines, wildfires

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“The high voltage electrical utility system has been causing wildfires ever since it was invented by Nikola Tesla.”
― Steven Magee

tags: causing-wildfires, electrical-utility-system, fires, hawaiian-islands, high-voltage, invented-by, lahaina, maui, nikola-tesla, wildfires

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“High winds cause electrical power line wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

tags: electrical, hawaiian-islands, high-winds, hurricane-dora, lahaina, maui, power-line, sparks, wildfires, windy

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“Lahaina has a history of wildfires damaging properties.”
― Steven Magee

tags: damaging-properties, fire, high-wind, history-of-wildfires, lahaina, maui, maui-island, wildfire, wildfires, wind

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“Hawaiian Electric has turned into the new Pacific Gas and Electric Company.”
― Steven Magee

tags: disaster, hawaii, hawaiian-electric, hawaiian-islands, lahaina, maui, pacific-gas-and-electric-company, turned-into, wildfire, wildfires

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“Life for electrical utilities in Hawaii forever changed in the August 2023 Maui wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, electrical-utilities, forever-changed, hawaii, hawaiian-islands, lahaina, life, maui, maui-island, wildfires

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“I expect the Maui wildfires that destroyed Lahaina to be remembered as one of the biggest tourism disasters in history.”
― Steven Magee

tags: destroyed, hawaii, hawaiian-islands, history, lahaina, maui, one-of-the-biggest, to-be-remembered-as, tourism-disasters, wildfires

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“The destruction to the Hawaiian Electric grid by wildfires in Maui will likely push up electricity bills for customers to pay for the massive cost of rebuilding it.”
― Steven Magee

tags: customers-to-pay, destruction, electricity-bills, grid, hawaiian-electric, massive-cost, maui, push-up, rebuilding-it, wildfires

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“In August 2023, Maui became the Hawaii poverty island.”
― Steven Magee

tags: august-2023, became-the, hawaii, hawaii-poverty-island, hawaiian, lahaina, maui, poverty, poverty-island, wildfires

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“The Maui wildfire disaster turned into a sad story about government incompetence.”
― Steven Magee

tags: government-incompetence, hawaii, hawaiian, hawaiian-islands, homeless, lahaina, maui, maui-wildfire-disaster, sad-story, wildfires

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“You can’t negotiate with a wildfire. You can only ask yourself what kind of world allowed it to burn this way—and what you’re willing to do to stop the next one.”
― Lawrence Nault

tags: accountability, action, climate-change, courage, crisis, environment, nature, prevention, responsibility, wildfires

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