People in Hawaii were dying and these clowns wanted to check with farmers before diverting the water to fight the wildfires? Unbelievable! Maui company says request for water to fight wildfire delayed several hours while gov't consulted with farmers At least 110 people were killed in the August 8 wildfire on the island of Maui August 18, 2023 A Hawaiian company says that its efforts to divert water to fight a devastating wildfire last week were delayed for hours while a government agency, led by a man who has pushed for "water equity," consulted with local farmers. The West Maui Land Company, which manages several agricultural and residential subdivisions along with water jurisdictions, says that it requested water the day of the catastrophic wildfire in Maui from the Commission On Water Resource Management but was initially denied for several hours. The company alleges the reason for that delay was that the commission had to clear the move with local farmers. By the time the request was granted, several hours later, the company says it was too late. "We followed the process. The process failed us," Glenn Tremble, an executive with West Maui Land Co., told Hawaii Public Radio in an emailed statement. In an Aug. 10 letter to CWRM deputy director M. Kaleo Manuel, the company said, "No one is happy there was water in the streams while our homes, our businesses, our lands, and our lives were reduced to ash." Manuel has been quoted as calling for more "water equity" on the island in the past. While no allegation has been made by the company or the government that "water equity" was connected to the delay, many have criticized Manuel over his comments that resurfaced on social media. "My motto has always been: let water connect us, not divide us," Manuel says in the clip. "We can share it, but it requires true conversations about equity." "Evolving from a land use focus, over the past 10 years, Kaleo has focused on bringing planning and indigenous knowledge to the fields of water advocacy and management in Hawai‘i," the state’s website says about Manuel. In a press release, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources announced that Manuel has since been reassigned. "One thing that people need to understand especially those from far away is that there’s been a great deal of water conflict on Maui for many years," Hawaii Governor Josh Green said in a press conference. "It’s important that we’re honest about this. People have been fighting against the release of water to fight fires. I’ll leave that to you to explore." "We have a difficult time on Maui and other rural areas getting enough water for houses, for our people, for any response," Green said. "But it’s important we start being honest. There are currently people still fighting in our state giving us water access to fight and prepare for fires even as more storms arise." The Department of Land and Natural Resources declined to comment. "I'd like to see this broader issue discussed at another time," Tremble told Fox News Digital on Friday afternoon. "Right now isn't the time for him to point fingers." https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ma...-delayed-several-hours-govt-consulted-farmers
This has got to be the most inane utterance a state official has ever made after a loss of life and property on the scale that those poor people have endured. Send this idiot back to crayon class. He has no business being a state official.
Heard that the rich on that island homes were untouched. Oprah and that guy who owns Amazon own a ton of land in Hawaii. Wonder if the burn was allowed to burn to clear out the native Hawaiians, middle class with long land leases, and the regular millionaires?
Or more likely, they cleared under brush and took other steps to prevent the spread of fires. Out west it is known that forest fires start and run rapidly through public lands and seem to discriminate against large well kept private lands. It's all about letting the earth get back to it's natural unkempt state. We use to maintain fire blocks and clear under brush. Mother Earth is out to kill you.
Maybe the Democrats will run him for president. And I didn’t think they’d find someone worthy of running against Biden. . . . Sorry, I forgot all about Williamson.
