#lahainafire — Public Fediverse posts
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Modern artist DAVO post ’23 Lahaina fire and his “Journey” to Now! 9-16-24 https://mauineutralzone.com/video/modern-artist-davo-post-23-lahaina-fire-and-his-journey-to-now/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Davo #ModernArt #PopArt #ArtJourney #LahainaFire
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The smoke from #Canada’s #wildfires may be even more #toxic than usual
A legacy of #mining means that #ToxicMetals could be carried along plumes of smoke.
by Matt Simon, June 5, 2025
"More than 200 wildfires are blazing across central and western Canada, half of which are out of control because they’re so hard for crews to access, forcing 27,000 people to evacuate. Even those nowhere near the wildfires are suffering as smoke swirls around Canada and wafts south, creating hazardous air quality all over the midwestern and eastern parts of the United States. The smoke is even reaching Europe.
"As the climate changes, the far north is drying and warming, which means wildfires are getting bigger and more intense. The area burned in Canada is now the second largest on record for this time of year, trailing behind the brutal wildfire season of 2023. That year, the amount of #carbon blazed into the atmosphere was about three times the country’s #FossilFuel emissions. And the more carbon that’s emitted from wildfires — in Canada and elsewhere — the faster the #PlanetaryWarming, and the worse the fires.
" 'There’s obviously the #ClimateFeedback concern,' said Mike Waddington, an environmental scientist at McMaster University in Ontario who studies Canada’s forests. 'But increasingly we’re also concerned about the smoke.'
"That’s because there’s much more to wildfire smoke than charred sticks and leaves, especially where these blazes are burning in Canada. The country’s #forests have long been #mined, operations that loaded #soils and #waterways with #ToxicMetals like #lead and #mercury, especially before clean-air standards kicked in 50 years ago. Now everyone downwind of these wildfires may have to contend with that legacy and those pollutants, in addition to all the other nasties inherent in #WildfireSmoke, which are known to exacerbate respiratory and cardiac problems.
" 'You have there the burning of these organic soils resulting in a lot of carbon and a lot of #ParticulateMatter,' said Waddington. 'Now you have this triple whammy, where you have the metals #remobilized in addition to that.'
"What exactly is lurking in the smoke from Canadian wildfires will require further testing by scientists. But an area of particular concern is around the mining city of #FlinFlon, in #ManitobaCanada, which is known to have elevated levels of toxic metals in the landscape, said Colin McCarter, an environmental scientist who studies pollutants at Ontario’s #NipissingUniversity. Flin Flon’s 5,000 residents have been evacuated as a wildfire approaches, though so far no structures have been destroyed.
"But a fire doesn’t need to directly burn mining operations to mobilize toxicants. For example, in #Yellowknife, in Canada’s #NorthwestTerritories, #GoldMining operations between 1934 and 2004 spread #arsenic as far as 18 miles away, adding to a landscape with an already high concentration of naturally occurring arsenic. In a paper published last year, Waddington and McCarter estimated that between 1972 and 2023, wildfires around Yellowknife fired up to 840,000 pounds of arsenic into the atmosphere. Arsenic is a known carcinogen associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and developmental problems, according to the World Health Organization. (After the 2023 #LahainaFire in Maui, officials reported elevated levels of arsenic, lead, and other toxic substances in ash samples. California officials also found lots of lead in smoke from 2018’s #CampFire.)"
Source:
https://grist.org/climate/canada-wildfire-smoke-toxic-arsenic/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us#WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #AirIsLife #Mining #ToxicLegacy #FirstNations #Canada #Pollution #Worldwide #AQI #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #AirQualityIndex
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Systemic Drivers of Electric-Grid-Caused Catastrophic Wildfires - Implications for Resilience in the United States
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https://doi.org/10.3390/challe16010013 <-- shared paper
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#wildfire #electricgrid #ignitioncauses #wildfireprevention #mapping #spatial #spatialanalysis #risk #hazard #fire #wildfire #climatechange #Anthropocene #humanimpacts #infrastructure #massmovement #debrisflow #engineeringgeology #denudation #environment #ecosystems #ecology #loss #cost #economics #residential #waterquality #water #hydrology #electricty #energy #LahainaFire #CampFire #MarshallFire #SmokehouseCreek #fires #bushfire #vegetation #wind #weather #landuse #humanimpacts #utilitycompanies #utilities #resiliency -
#LahainaFire #Maui #Hawaii #MauiFires
Authorities on Wednesday revealed the cause and origin of the #Lahaina #wildfire disaster that claimed the lives of 102 people, pointing to the reenergization of broken power lines that created sparks, igniting unmaintained vegetation in the area -
From AP.com: Report finds 'no evidence' Hawaii officials prepared for wildfire that killed 102 despite warnings
https://www.aol.com/report-finds-no-evidence-hawaii-195133452.html
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#Maui #Hawaii #wildfires #MauiWildfires #LahainaFire
#Lahaina recovery process - With residential debris removal nearly 100% complete, Wahikuli and Māla neighborhoods in Lahaina open on Sept. 3
https://mauinow.com/2024/08/30/wahikuli-and-mala-neighborhoods-in-lahaina-open-on-sept-3/
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#Maui #Hawaii #wildfires #MauiWildfires #LahainaFire
#Lahaina recovery process - With residential debris removal nearly 100% complete, Wahikuli and Māla neighborhoods in Lahaina open on Sept. 3
https://mauinow.com/2024/08/30/wahikuli-and-mala-neighborhoods-in-lahaina-open-on-sept-3/
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#Maui #Hawaii #wildfires #MauiWildfires #LahainaFire
#Lahaina recovery process - With residential debris removal nearly 100% complete, Wahikuli and Māla neighborhoods in Lahaina open on Sept. 3
https://mauinow.com/2024/08/30/wahikuli-and-mala-neighborhoods-in-lahaina-open-on-sept-3/
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#Maui #Hawaii #wildfires #MauiWildfires #LahainaFire
#Lahaina recovery process - With residential debris removal nearly 100% complete, Wahikuli and Māla neighborhoods in Lahaina open on Sept. 3
https://mauinow.com/2024/08/30/wahikuli-and-mala-neighborhoods-in-lahaina-open-on-sept-3/
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#Maui #Hawaii #wildfires #MauiWildfires #LahainaFire
#Lahaina recovery process - With residential debris removal nearly 100% complete, Wahikuli and Māla neighborhoods in Lahaina open on Sept. 3
https://mauinow.com/2024/08/30/wahikuli-and-mala-neighborhoods-in-lahaina-open-on-sept-3/
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Gift article from Washington Post: Nearly 6,200 Lahaina wildfire survivors face the holidays with no home
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Gift article from Washington Post: Nearly 6,200 Lahaina wildfire survivors face the holidays with no home
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Gift article from Washington Post: Nearly 6,200 Lahaina wildfire survivors face the holidays with no home
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Gift article from Washington Post: Nearly 6,200 Lahaina wildfire survivors face the holidays with no home
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Gift article from Washington Post: Nearly 6,200 Lahaina wildfire survivors face the holidays with no home
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From BBC.com: Revealed: Mistakes that blocked Maui wildfire escape routes
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#Maui police released body camera footage from the three #wildfires that occurred on Maui in #Lahaina, #Kula and #Kīhei on Aug. 8, 2023.
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From the Los Angeles Times: After the Maui fire, some Hawaiians rethink aloha spirit. Is it for tourists, family, everyone?
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From WTOP.com: 911 calls from deadly Lahaina wildfire show residents’ terror and panic in a desperate bid to escape NOTE: Emotionally Triggering for some individuals.
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#Hawaii #Maui #Wildfire #Wildfires #MauiFire #Mauifires
#LahainaFire #lahaina #LahainaFires
Updated / corrected numbers of deaths and missing peopleDeath toll: 97 (dropped from 115 after DNA tests)
Identified: 67Missing: 31
Missing person list > -
From NPR.org: DNA tests lower the death toll in Maui fire to 97
#LahainaFire #MauiFires #Maui #MauiRecovery
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/16/1199966830/maui-hawaii-fire-death-toll-lowered
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From AP.com: The number of people missing following devastating Maui wildfires has dropped to 66, governor says
https://www.aol.com/news/number-people-missing-following-devastating-221421140.html
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#Maui - #Hawaii #wildfires > #Lahaina's famed 150-years-old banyan tree showing signs of life three weeks after destructive #wildfire
#Banyantree #LahainaFire #Hope #Life #MauiConty #Nature #Motivation
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#Hawaii #Maui #Wildfire #Wildfires #MauiFire #Mauifires
#LahainaFire #lahaina #LahainaFires
(last update until things change decisively)Death toll: 115
Identified: 50Missing: 385
Missing person list > https://www.mauinuistrong.info/unaccountedfor?fbclid=IwAR2PUHd24p6_cy0O0CWsJ37bL0g0xgxzslTe_oQV9zc0E5jn4E7_OZgyl_M -
#AmericanIndianAirwaves 8.31.2023
Pt 1 The Living Histories of #Lahaina
"Through the settler colonial history of what is called Lahaina, the #KānakaMaoli are resilient in survivance and now more than ever are organized in working to ensure that #decolonization and healing takes place as part of the recovery from the #LahainaFire."
Guest: #KepāMaly, Cultural Ethnographer
#Maui #MauiFires #LahainaFires #Hawaii #NativeHawaiians #Indigenous #SettlerColonialism
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#Hawaii #Maui #Wildfire #Wildfires #MauiFire #Mauifires
[NEW] #Kāanapalifire: 7 acres, 90% contained
#KulaFire: 202 acres, 90% contained
#Olindafire: 1,081 acres , 85% contained
#Lahainafire: 2,170 acres, 90% contained
Missing: 388
Death toll: 115
Identified: 45 > 38 names released ⬇️ -
#Hawaii #Maui #Wildfire #Wildfires #MauiFire #Mauifires
[NEW] #Kāanapalifire: 7 acres, 90% contained
#KulaFire: 202 acres, 90% contained
#Olindafire: 1,081 acres , 85% contained
#Lahainafire: 2,170 acres, 90% contained
Missing: 388
Death toll: 115
Identified: 45 > 38 names released ⬇️ -
#Hawaii #Maui #Wildfire #Wildfires #MauiFire #Mauifires
[NEW] #Kāanapalifire: 7 acres, 90% contained
#KulaFire: 202 acres, 90% contained
#Olindafire: 1,081 acres , 85% contained
#Lahainafire: 2,170 acres, 90% contained
Missing: 388
Death toll: 115
Identified: 45 > 38 names released ⬇️ -
#Hawaii #Maui #Wildfire #Wildfires #MauiFire #Mauifires
[NEW] #Kāanapalifire: 7 acres, 90% contained
#KulaFire: 202 acres, 90% contained
#Olindafire: 1,081 acres , 85% contained
#Lahainafire: 2,170 acres, 90% contained
Missing: 388
Death toll: 115
Identified: 45 > 38 names released ⬇️ -
#Hawaii #Maui #Wildfire #Wildfires #MauiFire #Mauifires
[NEW] #Kāanapalifire: 7 acres, 90% contained
#KulaFire: 202 acres, 90% contained
#Olindafire: 1,081 acres , 85% contained
#Lahainafire: 2,170 acres, 90% contained
Missing: 388
Death toll: 115
Identified: 45 > 38 names released ⬇️ -
#Hawaii #wildfires #Wildfire #Mauifires #Lahaina
The 19 members of the #Maui Fire Department who lost their homes and worldly possessions while fighting the Aug. 8 #LahainaFire & #KulaFire are receiving temporary homes and help from #California. -
#Hawaii #wildfires #Wildfire #Mauifires #Lahaina
The 19 members of the #Maui Fire Department who lost their homes and worldly possessions while fighting the Aug. 8 #LahainaFire & #KulaFire are receiving temporary homes and help from #California. -
#Hawaii #wildfires #Wildfire #Mauifires #Lahaina
The 19 members of the #Maui Fire Department who lost their homes and worldly possessions while fighting the Aug. 8 #LahainaFire & #KulaFire are receiving temporary homes and help from #California. -
#Hawaii #wildfires #Wildfire #Mauifires #Lahaina
The 19 members of the #Maui Fire Department who lost their homes and worldly possessions while fighting the Aug. 8 #LahainaFire & #KulaFire are receiving temporary homes and help from #California. -
#Hawaii #wildfires #Wildfire #Mauifires #Lahaina
The 19 members of the #Maui Fire Department who lost their homes and worldly possessions while fighting the Aug. 8 #LahainaFire & #KulaFire are receiving temporary homes and help from #California. -
Death toll: 115
Identified: 43 (21 namens released/list below)Missing: ~1,000
#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85%
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85%
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% -
Death toll: 115
Identified: 43 (21 namens released/list below)Missing: ~1,000
#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85%
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85%
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% -
Death toll: 115
Identified: 43 (21 namens released/list below)Missing: ~1,000
#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85%
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85%
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% -
Death toll: 115
Identified: 43 (21 namens released/list below)Missing: ~1,000
#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85%
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85%
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% -
Death toll: 115
Identified: 43 (21 namens released/list below)Missing: ~1,000
#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85%
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85%
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% -
#MauiFires- #Maui #Wildfires update
Death toll: 115
Identified: 35100% single-story residential properties searched. Ongoing searching multi-story residential and commercial properties.
Missing ~850
#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85% contained
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85% contained
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% contained -
#MauiFires- #Maui #Wildfires update
Death toll: 115
Identified: 35100% single-story residential properties searched. Ongoing searching multi-story residential and commercial properties.
Missing ~850
#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85% contained
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85% contained
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% contained -
#MauiFires- #Maui #Wildfires update
Death toll: 115
Identified: 35100% single-story residential properties searched. Ongoing searching multi-story residential and commercial properties.
Missing ~850
#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85% contained
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85% contained
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% contained -
#MauiFires- #Maui #Wildfires update
Death toll: 115
Identified: 35100% single-story residential properties searched. Ongoing searching multi-story residential and commercial properties.
Missing ~850
#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85% contained
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85% contained
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% contained -
#MauiFires- #Maui #Wildfires update
Death toll: 115
Identified: 35100% single-story residential properties searched. Ongoing searching multi-story residential and commercial properties.
Missing ~850
#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85% contained
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85% contained
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% contained -
#MauiFires- #Maui #Wildfires update
(with 85% of the area searched)Death toll 114
Identified 27Missing 850
(after comparing the missing persons list with persons found)#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85% contained
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85% contained
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% contained -
#MauiFires- #Maui #Wildfires update
(with 85% of the area searched)Death toll 114
Identified 27Missing 850
(after comparing the missing persons list with persons found)#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85% contained
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85% contained
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% contained -
#MauiFires- #Maui #Wildfires update
(with 85% of the area searched)Death toll 114
Identified 27Missing 850
(after comparing the missing persons list with persons found)#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85% contained
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85% contained
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% contained -
#MauiFires- #Maui #Wildfires update
(with 85% of the area searched)Death toll 114
Identified 27Missing 850
(after comparing the missing persons list with persons found)#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85% contained
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85% contained
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% contained -
#MauiFires- #Maui #Wildfires update
(with 85% of the area searched)Death toll 114
Identified 27Missing 850
(after comparing the missing persons list with persons found)#Olindafire 1,081 acres, 85% contained
#KulaFire 202 acres, 85% contained
#LahainaFire 2,170 acres, 90% contained