We have a family friend who lives in AZ now but is from Maui (where he was born and raised). He flew back earlier this week to check on family and help relief efforts. I've been texting him all week. His first hand account is pretty shocking. Property damage is way worse than what is being reported. Death count also way worse. And most troubling is the amount of children still missing.

Dore's comment in this video about NOT cancelling trips to Maui is spot on. From the ground, I'm hearing that they desperately want people coming, not for tourist dollars, but for any help they can provide in terms of strapping on some boots and delivering water, fuel, whatever they possible can to volunteer help.

Local g0v and fema have utterly failed on this one. Tragic.