BLOG: LAHAINA BURNS: PINEAPPLES, SUGARCANE, WEEDS & NPH

[windfind]

i Gang,

It is a sad day for Maui as much of the historic town of Lahaina lies in ashes. This tragedy has had a personal impact on me sent I used to dive, clearing gill nets in those waters long ago.
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This blog covers some of the factors behind that fire:

https://blog.weatherflow.com/west-coast-wind-blog-lahaina-burns-a-story-of-pineapples-sugar-cane-weeds-a-hurricane-the-north-pacific-high-and-humans/

Mike
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[jse]

Here is a video my friend took before the fires occurred. He has a farm and a farm stand nearby and in another post leading up to this, he filmed the wind whipping up a waterspout just offsore at Olowalu, which proceeded onshore and destroyed his farm stand. This video shows how intense and how dry the winds were blowing that day.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2385236098324645

Steve

[jse]

And here is the waterspout:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/3453893638205184

Steve

[windfind]

Hi Steve,

I am thinking of doing a in-depth blog about the type of Hawaiian winds that drove this fire.

Can you ask your friend if I could use his videos to illustrate the blog. I can give him an ad for his farm stand if he likes.

Mike

[jse]