#lahaina fire

[writingwithcolor]

Support Maui, Hawai'i Residents During the Lahaina Wildfire Crisis

A series of wildfires exacerbated by hurricane winds and climate change has destroyed homes, historical sites, and natural flora in Lahaina, Maui. Thousands have been displaced, and lives have been lost.

WWC's mod Ren has put together a page outlining resources for residents displaced and affected by the wildfires, and for those who wish to support them during this crisis.

Please share this resource and consider donating, especially if you are not local to Hawai'i and have visited or are considering visiting the islands.

Find a list of orgs to donate to HERE

Our hearts are with Maui residents during this tremendous loss.

-Writing With Color

#hawaii #maui fires #lahaina fire #disaster relief #climate crisis #donate #signal boost #climate action #mutual aid #aloha aina

[terrible-eel]

My home had 6 different fires last night impacting thousands of people. If you can donate anything or at least share this, please do.

#maui #hawaii #maui lahaina #maui fire #lahaina fire #fire aid #donation #maui fire donation

[micahsolusod]

Absolutely crushed by the news coming out of Maui right now. Intense brushfires have scorched the island forcing residents to evacuate. There have been several deaths and no power on the West side of the island.

Here are a few local charities that are accepting donations (UPDATED 08/1//2023):

Maui Rapid Response is a citizen-based disaster response team. They are posting lists of needs on their Instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/mauirapidresponse/

The Maui Humane Society is asking to help foster any animals in distress. They are also accepting pet food, litter, kennels, and donations. www.mauihumanesociety.org

Global Giving has partners on the ground helping survivors access food, shelter, and other emergency services. https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/hawaii-wildfire-relief-fund/

World Central Kitchen has teams on Maui offering food and water to evacuees and first responders. https://wck.org/

Maui Strong Fund is currently being used to support communities affected by the wildfires on Maui. https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong

New Life Kahaku is a local non-profit is accepting donations for food and supplies. www.newlifekahuku.com

#maui #maui hawaii #maui fires #lahaina fire #charity

[three--rings]

Most people don't have any understanding of what has been lost in Lahaina Town. Not just lives and property, but an entire town.

Most people hear "a city/town in Hawaii" and they picture probably resorts. And there are plenty of resorts nearby. But those are all fine.

Lahaina was an old whaling town dating back to the original colonization by white settlers. Before white people arrived, it was the capital of the island, where the high chief ruled, including Kamehameha the Great. The buildings are old, wooden, and crowded together. Obviously that was a problem in the face of the insanely fast wildfire.

But these weren't mansions, Mc or otherwise. It was a tourist town, a destination for cute, spendy shopping and dining, full of art galleries. (OMG THE GALLERIES. There was so much ART lost. There was original Dr. Seuss art in one gallery when I was there in January. That's gone now. Etc.)

But the people who lived and worked in Lahaina were mostly working class, working retail and restaurant jobs, living in old apartments and small houses. Lots of elderly, lots of non-white in a wide range of ethnicities, old hippies who have been there since the 60s and 70s. Yeah they were probably a little better off than people who drive in from other places to work in West Maui, at least because their property was high value, if they owned. But they lived without A/C, hung their laundry on lines, biked to work, called in sick to go surfing when the waves were up. There was a Chinese cultural center and a Buddhist temple, two different structures, if that tells you anything. Multiple museums housing historic items and cultural centers.

And the town will be rebuilt, in some form, I imagine. Or re-developed, more likely. People who are now homeless, who can't afford to rebuild or pay for two residences while the recovery happens will be bought out by deep pocketed developers. If they rebuild Lahaina Town I'm afraid it will be Lahaina Town tm by Disney.

Another fake paradise for tourists with lava rock from the Big Island. Another bit of Hawaii swallowed by capitalism and climate change.

I'm not painting everything about Lahaina as it was as perfect. Front Street was an often gaudy display of brand names and hucksters out to shovel in the tourist dollars. And of course the politics of Hawaii are incredibly complex and fraught in so many ways. I'm just a mainlander haole. I will never live on the islands, despite my family there constantly asking me to move. But I've spent more time there than anywhere I haven't lived, almost all of that time in West Maui.

My mom works in a building that is not there anymore. She just described that job to me as "the last job she'll ever have" as she's 79 and very happy with working two days a week selling t-shirts to cruise ship people. My brother has worked in a gallery on front street for the last ten years.

I don't know. A city of almost 15,000 permanent residents is just gone. 50 or so are confirmed dead, in some horrific circumstances from what I hear.

My mom says people are just walking around with thousand-yard-stares, aimless, clutching cell phones trying to get signal (there isn't any, but you can get lucky and get a call through. Some texts are going in but not out.)

So I don't know folks. Keep those people in your thoughts. If you can donate, I think this may be a good place because it's going to lots of local orgs on the ground: https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong

I keep thinking of new sad things.

Anyway I'm going to leave you with a picture I took while strolling down Front Street one evening.

#maui fires #lahaina fire

[irawhiti]

i wish i could help more but since i have a bit of a reach from posting about polynesian issues especially after the past month, i'll try this. any kānaka maoli are welcome to reblog this post and start a reblog chain with their paypal/cashapp etc. or the info of anyone they know needs help after the fires and i'll boost it as much as i can. if you can't donate i'd ask people to reblog to spread the word around and get a bigger reach.

kia māia, kia kaha me kia haumaru, tōku hawai'i whānau. waimarie ki a koutou me kia ora tō whānau. te kotahitanga i waenganui i nga tangata moana.

#maui fires #maui wildfires #hawai'i #lahaina #lahaina fire #disaster relief #indigenous #pasifika #polynesia #would donate if i wasn't literally like. homeless and also circulating my own posts. #i'll add some general fundraisers/distaster relief sites to this later (internet is acting out so it might take a bit) #but i'd rather try and help out individual people if i can rn so the money goes directly to them. so that'll be on the backburner a bit

[truthseeker-blogger]

The POWER of Almighty God right here❗ 🙏❤

#tiktok #church intact #lahaina fire

[kp777]

#lahaina fire

[estelofimladris]

There is a large community fundraiser benefiting those effected by the destruction in Maui going on in the TTRPG community.

If you're looking for a way to donate, participate, and maybe have some fun while you're at it, here's some information on the TTRPGs for Maui drive benefiting the Hawai'i Community Foundation and Maui Food Bank:

The show that I get to be a hot gay purple cowboy on every Saturday, The Chaos Protocol on @transplanarrpg ( http://twitch.tv/transplanarrpg ), is going to be the kickoff show for the streamed drive starting tomorrow at 5PM PT/8PM ET, but you can donate now and all weekend for raffle prizes and to help a community in need.

Catch the rest of the drive over on Asians Represent ( https://www.twitch.tv/aznsrep ) throughout the weekend.

Donate directly to the community drive by visiting https://t.co/RFZPaGlqEi

#ttrpgs #ttrpg community #maui #maui wildfires #hawai'i #hawaii #fundraising #maui fires #lahaina fire #disaster relief

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Lahaina Fire devastation

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“You can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina Just like the missionaries did so many years ago They even brought a neon sign 'Jesus is Coming' Brought the white man's burden down, brought the white man's reign […] And you can see them there on Sunday morning Stand up and sing about what it's like up there They called it paradise, I don't know why You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye…”

[The Eagles :: The Last Resort]

[HELL AND EARTH]

#The Last Resort #Hell and Earth #Lahaina Fire

[workersolidarity]

James O'Keefe in Lahaina

James O'Keefe (yes the one who traditionally went after establishment Dems and Repubs from a right-wing perspective) is doing some amazing work in Lahaina, catching the complete and total disregard of native and local Hawaiians by government officials.

Maui is effectively under a soft version of Marshall Law where locals trying to receive assistance or engage law enforcement are disregarded and threatened with arrest on a daily basis.

The scale of the tragedy of Lahaina is impossible to put into words, however an even bigger tragedy is ongoing as local and native Hawaiians have their assistance canceled, are being blocked from returning to their homes and properties, "charity" organizations like the Red Cross are ceasing payments to keep newly homeless Hawaiians in their hotels, and the Federal Government is doing absolutely NOTHING to begin with.

The homeless of Lahaina before the wildfire, now no longer even have an abandoned domicile or tree to sleep under and are actively being denied assistance based on them being homeless before the events of August 4th, 2023.

DON'T LET THEM FORGET LAHAINA LIKE THEY FORGOT EAST PALESTINE AND FLINT BEFORE THEM!!!

#dont forget lahaina #lahaina #lahaina wildfires #maui #maui wildfires #maui fires #lahaina fire #hawaii #james okeefe #news #us news #hawaii news #america news #politics #us politics #socialism #communism #marxism leninism #socialist politics #socialist #marxism #world news #global news #workersolidarity #worker solidarity #WorkerSolidarityNews #international news #communist #marxist leninist #socialist news

[cattytheartcat]

Also I still have my Halloween discount on Kofi!!

Code is TRICKORTREAT, ends on November 1st

10% of any earnings and donations go into Palestine, Maui, and whoever else needs it! Lahaina is gonna take forever to be rebuilt and Palestine is currently under a genocidal attack, so I wanna help out in the best way I can

Those who are Palestinian and/or Native Hawaiian, go ahead and reblog with your financial advertising too!! I wanna help support in any way I can

My Kofi

Where you can donate directly to Palestine

Where you can donate directly to Lahaina

If buying from me, here's some art examples so you know what you're getting into

All the physical items will come out ON APRIL 12TH, 2024. I'm going to be selling keychains, pins, stickers, buttons, and pencil sketches. Examples will be shown in the shop!

#important #Kofi #ko fi support #artist on kofi #artist support #artists on tumblr #free palestine #help palestine #palestine #Palestine support #palestine solidarity #lahaina #Lahaina fire #Lahaina support #Maui Strong

[xlntwtch2]

#updated late morning PDT august 10 2023 #maui fires #lahaina fire

[terrible-eel]

I had just posted two new links of events occurring on Maui but I need to highlight a very specific situation happening right now.

Maui has another harbor, Ma'alaea, where a lot of two and three story boats are docked. They exist for tourists to go snorkeling and whale watching. They go on usually two cruises a day. Some go as far as the neighboring islands. These boats have the capacity to go to Lahaina and back probably 4 to 6 times. But instead of shipping over supplies to the local families who are trapped in West Maui, because the American Military won't let them leave and won't bring them supplies, these boats are taking tourists out to snorkel in Lahaina, right near the fire.

In contrast, people have created makeshift long boats and kanoes and piled supplies in them and are taking them out by jetskis to the private docks in Lahaina. These boats are 3 to 5 times smaller and can only bring in so many supplies at a time. People need to understand that the crisis does not stop with the fires. The humanitarian crisis starts and ends with the local people who are experiencing the parasite that is tourism. Write to the Governor of Hawai'i. Tell them that there needs to be changes to ecological laws. Tell them to crack down on tourism. Offer advice, ways to better the economy without tourism. Tell people to stop behaving like these tourists and money hungry business owners.

This video is an example of a tourist boat.

And this video is an example of what the supply boats look like.

This is a list of gofundmes and other donations to individuals who need aid!

Please if nothing else share this in every way you can.

#signal boost #Maui #maui fire #hawaii fire #lahaina #lahaina fire #Lahaina crisis #tourists #maui tourists #tourist industry #please reblog

[ophilosoraptoro]

A Message to Maui... Game Over

#maui wildfires #maui fires #lahaina fire #lahaina #cover up #physics #science #directed energy weapon #satellite laser #space based weapons #hawaii #california #Paradise fire

[thingsthatmakeyouacey]

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List of supplies

Via O‘ahu Water Protectors

#Lahaina fire #Maui fire

[truthseeker-blogger]

🥺😢🙏

causalities updated....tops 100 lost souls 🙏💔

#tiktok #lahaina fire