The drone footage I saw sure didnt look like there was any kind of forest type wildfire around. What I saw was a town burned to the ground and the surrounding grasslands were green.
Yes but the Eastern end of town and the land north east of Lahaina between HWY 30 and Hwy 3000 is heavily covered in this thick tropical brush that resembles a type of sugar cane. And it is mostly dry-ish during the summer. Dry enough for fire and high winds to push it into Lahaina.
Look right on the Eastern end of town. The “downed” power lines reported were along Hwy 30 on eastern or north eastern area of town. Again that brush appears green, but it’s more dry than “green”. You’d have to see it in person to understand. Plants/brush that can appear still green can burn if the fire is hot enough and moving rapidly due to wind speeds.
Plus, in the drone footage everything is burned to ash now. So it’s reeeally hard to tell the exact spot/area unless the fire-investigators put a big target on it with a flashing neon sign that’s says, “Fire Started Here Drone Operators!” Kek!
The drone footage I saw sure didnt look like there was any kind of forest type wildfire around. What I saw was a town burned to the ground and the surrounding grasslands were green.
Yes but the Eastern end of town and the land north east of Lahaina between HWY 30 and Hwy 3000 is heavily covered in this thick tropical brush that resembles a type of sugar cane. And it is mostly dry-ish during the summer. Dry enough for fire and high winds to push it into Lahaina.
But the drone footage showed the area surrounding Lahaina was all green. I didnt see huge scorched areas at all -- except in town.
Look right on the Eastern end of town. The “downed” power lines reported were along Hwy 30 on eastern or north eastern area of town. Again that brush appears green, but it’s more dry than “green”. You’d have to see it in person to understand. Plants/brush that can appear still green can burn if the fire is hot enough and moving rapidly due to wind speeds.
Plus, in the drone footage everything is burned to ash now. So it’s reeeally hard to tell the exact spot/area unless the fire-investigators put a big target on it with a flashing neon sign that’s says, “Fire Started Here Drone Operators!” Kek!