Wildfires Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

“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

“According to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), the number of wildfires in the United States has increased from an average of 140,000 in the 1980s to an average of 200,000 in the decade since 2010. Not only are more fires occurring, but the fire season is extending, increasing by an average of seventy-eight days—nearly an extra quarter of a year—further straining our capacity to fight burns. This increase in numbers of wildfires has coincided with an increase in burned acreage, and that has also come with a larger economic impact. The West Coast, the Great Basin, and the Rocky Mountains now lose upward of five thousand miles of trail per year to forest fire. The economic cost of wildfires in 2020 included $3 billion in suppression costs, $20 billion in insured losses of infrastructure, $1.3 billion in healthcare costs in California alone, and an untold figure in loss of tourism revenue and environmental restoration needs.”
― Dillon Osleger, Trail Work: Restoring the Paths and Stories of America's Public Lands