Sigh. Restoration company saying this is going to be a big job. All the carpet will have to come out, and ceilings and walls in several of the rooms. And I caught it within an hour and a half of the break. #plumbing#disaster
I love* how much #disaster preparedness starts with "have money."
I also love* how many people who give disaster advice completely ignore how much money they are actually talking about.
I really love* all of the people with no experience in disasters confidently talking about this as if it were something they had done a thousand times.
Deadliest US #wildfires (so far) -- next grim milestone would be 282 deaths (which was set in 1881). #Maui#wildfire#disaster is number 5 at the moment.
This is the Fremantle Highway. Ordinarily this cargo ship does its bit to screw up our planet by burning lots of fossil fuel to transport cars which have already caused huge emissions in their construction and will cause more in their use.
Today it's learnt a special new trick: Of the 3000 cars onboard, 25 are electric and one of those has apparently set light to the whole cargo. As a result, we now have a huge plume of smoke just off our coast. Lots of extra CO2 emissions for absolutely no gain whatsoever. Lots of whatever you get from setting fire to a mix of materials including plastics and batteries for absolutely no gain whatsoever.
At least one crew member has died and others are seriously injured, with burns, broken bones and lung damage.
Cars destroy lives and our environment even before they are used, and they only go on to do more damage when they are used. There is no place for cars in a sustainable world.
Opinion: Seems like officials in #Lahaina are trying to rush into the "everything is normal" "we'll recover" "search is over" phase. vs. a careful sift-and-filter operation. My prediction is it will all bog down after a few skeletal remains are found by clearing/hazmat crews and they realize they didn't do a thorough search job for remains (bone fragments incinerated are not readily detectable by cadaver dogs). #Hawaii#wildfire#disaster
PBS interview with survivor in Lahaina: "access to the main highway — the only road leading in and out of Lahaina — was cut off by barricades set up by authorities. The roadblocks forced people directly into harm’s way, funneling cars onto Front Street.
Yonhap News: " An overwhelming amount of public funds in South Korea spent for the 2023 World Scout Jamboree was used for operational and personnel expenses instead of for the setting up of infrastructure... (officials) went on dozens of lavish overseas trips throughout eight years under the guise of research for the jamboree. " #WorldScoutJamboree#disasterhttps://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230807008900325?section=national/national