Lahaina fire survivor Christine Borge was angry when she spoke on August 22, 2023, before the council members at the Maui County Council meeting held in the Kalana O Maui Building. Her moving 3-minute testimony ties so much about this together. https://mauicounty.granicus.com/player/clip/1879 “Hello, my name is Christine Borge. I guess […]
Lahaina: A Predictable & Predicted Disaster
Government agencies cannot be trusted to prevent catastrophes. More coming. I’m only about three weeks into my investigation of the Lahaina Fire and I still have a great deal of work to do before I can draw any final conclusions. However, based on my investigation so far, I feel […]
Dispatch from Maui
“Hurricane Lane in 2018 was our wake-up call, but we went back to sleep.” Dr. McCullough and I founded the Courageous Discourse Substack during a time when the state was behaving tyrannically and incompetently in equal measures. It seemed to us that what tyrants want most is for a free […]
Death Toll in Lahaina Rises to 111 as Maui Identifies More Wildfire Victims
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Lahaina wildfire death toll increased by five on Wednesday — to 111 — more than a week after flames ripped through the historic town. Meanwhile, Maui continued to slowly release the names of those who have died. Three more victims, all elderly, were identified Wednesday and authorities said […]