Dustin Kaleiopu and his grandfather evacuated from Lahaina as wildfires burned the community, escaping with only the clothes on their backs. He shares details of the evacuation and what is next for his family.
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#Hawaii #Maui #Lahaina
Notice the power poles aren’t snapped by the wind, just pushed over in the soft soil. Simple properly anchoring power poles in footings would prevent these seasonal fires. A total failure of government regulation. Government regulates the grid!
5:41 Do you really need to interrupt?! F’ng rude.
😂😂😂😂😂 there wasn’t nothing to go back to during Pearl Harbor. So burn baby burn it’s all Bill Gates doing anyways. Hakuna Matata 100% fact and check and I have no love or favoritism towards anyone on planet Earth just facts.
Dustin prayers to you and your family and the love ones and everyone in your community h❤It’s time we stand up and help Maui may God wrap his arms around you and everyone in your community you guys did not deserve this
Well, don’t carry the same voting habits to another State when you leave.. Sorry to hear and see the loss the people of Hawaii is having to deal with..
dont worry the banks will take the property off your hands….
Why do he talk over the people he bring in to interview??? 🤔
how can we help
Directed N erGee Wei pons
Wake Up
Sorry for your loss.
The whole problem is that Maui County did not build a secondary road to handle the traffic out of Lahaina especially when there is an emergency. The County officials are to blame NOT the tourists!
I say send the able bodied migrants to work on rebuilding that Island , migrants came to America for a better life back in the day and built their dreams here so why not continue that tradition by doing just that???
Terrible thing to happen wish the best for recovery
why didnt you start packing earlier, you knew the fire was coming. Your grandfathers medicine is important . You could have left for Kaanapali or other areas on Maui sooner.
Sad thing to hear! He definitely Underestimated it!
Sorry his pets were left behind! Hopefully they survived!
Maui is such a beautiful island! So so very sad. Devastating to watch and hear! Prayers for the people and pets in Maui!
Underground wires would be an answer….this happens repeatedly?🙏🙏🙏🙏💔🙏🙏🙏🙏
I think the count is now at 55 as of this morning. So sad. So fast. You just never know when something like this could happen.
Flamethrower drones, thank your local government 🤬
All world is suffering right now with climate changes. Unfortunately, we have already paid for it.
Does he have a go fund me?
Justin, I send you and yours love and prayers.
Prayers for these people in an horrific entire community destroyed. Homes and land are extremely expensive in Hawaii..the cost of living is expensive …these poor unfortunate true native families are hit hard. This is such devastation 😢. Total family history gone. 😢
Very tragic.
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Sending love strength and virtual hugs to everyone affected by this 💛🙏🏽
Everyone please keep an emergency fund for any disasters fire flood hurricane etc🙏🏽
Nice Feminist Democrat “Climate change” arson… Block out the sun NOW… so your solar panels won’t work… Good times, enjoy feminism everyone.
Many, many ohanas come originally from our beloved home, LAHAINA, MAUI. So, so many of us come from here.
May God bless the people of Lahaina, Maui. 🥺😢💔Thank you for sharing, Justin.
I am so sorry for everyone in this horrendous disaster …
Que tragedia están acabando el planeta.
This is devastating 😢
So sad. God be with the people of Hawaii
She probably isn’t lying! I wasn’t a part of the “Beehive,” but I was a FAN of her and her husband music, and stuff started getting a little off… truth be told, she has become very dark, and her husband doesn’t believe in God! So you be the judge.
Sorry for the loss. Unfortunately, the town will be rebuilt but only for extremely high net worth folks ( with buried power lines). Middle class locals will have go live on the big island.
Mahalo Bro glad you got your Ohana out Prayers for Maui 🙏🙏🙏🙏🤙
Horrible to take over cities…how scary…so sorry. I’ve always wanted to visit there. I’m surprised these people knew the flames were coming and didn’t bother to pack dad’s medicines.
I don’t buy that, if you had home owners or renter insurance, they should pay for the loses and rebuilding. All the und ground piping is in place. Have Helco bury electrical lines this time, do it right. Our land alone is enough to go back to.
Unfortunately that is not necessarily true. I work in the restoration industry and I’ve seen too many times when homeowners are underinsured. If they have an ACV (actual cash value) policy-it will only pay out the depreciated amount. If they have a RCV (replacement cost value) policy it will payout at todays prices of building supplies to repair the structure and replace your belongings-but even then there are hoops to jump through and there are caps (coverage limits)-so if the policy has a max payout of $300k but it’s going to cost $350k to rebuild to a like condition they are going to cut you a check for the $300k and you are on your own to make up the 50k difference. And contents are a whole different beast.
I’ve also seen several instances where someone has remodeled their home or made upgrades to things but never thought to contact their agent to see if their coverage should be increased…and it definitely should have, so they are only covered for the ACV or RCV amount at the time they took out the policy.
If I didn’t do what I do for a living I wouldn’t have a clue about a lot of those things, unless I had a well trained insurance agent that took the time to explain it, but even then, I probably wouldn’t have fully understood it or realized how important it was.
So mission accomplished. My heart goes out to all those in this tragic time. To those who are responsible, there is a day of judgement, may there be the same mercy you’ve ALL shown.
I was a resident in Hawaii for 9 years. I also know what it is to lose your home and no place to go. I feel awful for these people, please help them.This is sheer horror! Our hearts are broken.
Y’all need to come over if China doing y’all like this.
Lahaina is one town, there are losts of fun places so yes continue visiting Maui.
My heart goes out to the state of Hawaii and it’s people! Wishing you strength to get through this!
ALOHA also means compassion ❤🙏🏿 to the people of Maui
Send them BILLIONS
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This is soooo heartbreaking
America destroyed my country too.
Sao sorry 😢
So sorry. Hopefully insurance and government will help rebuild
Californians understand this all too well. Paradise Fire comes to mind. Blessings to everyone there. ❤
Rather, it can be 100% punishing God’s finger! I am sure of it! To how many countries and peoples has America brought grief and death! It comes back to her like a boomerang!
I hope Aloha survives!
I am heartbroken for these families. It’s just unimaginable. Praying for everyone affected.
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Question everything!
🙏’s for all.
Im devastated for these communities and families. He said “there’s nothing to go back to”…
To the people of Lahaina…
You have your lives, your family, your friends and most importantly, you have the Lord to lean on for comfort and strength. Trust in Him. That is all that matters. He will help you rebuild. Grieve the people lost, but stay strong in the Lord. The church is not a building. The Church is the people of God, body of Christ. ❤️🙏
Sending hugs and prayers 🙏
😢so sad
shame on politicians left and right
God bless you all
Don’t worry about anything you might have because all things that you might lose you will recover but never yourself God is our best providers and you will be bless from our LORD l hope that everyone stays safe 🙏 ❤️ keep in mind that who believes in our Lord everything is possible God won’t could forgive yourself he’s so good just believe in him and he would be always with all of you
Looks like the Ukrainian Russia fiasco…
DEWS!! Crimes against humanity!!!
Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21. End of days.
Hawaiians hawaiians…whatever difficulties you are goin thru,…just praise God…
Sorrow from Vancouver Island Canada. We are having the worst fire season ever on record . Five times more land burned than the 20 year average . These poor people , horrible . It’s not just the dead , the destruction . The ones who lived though this with be serverly traumatized .. This came up so fast . Worse than a war zone . I’ve been trapped on northern roads when there has been a fire , it was incredibly frightening , but this . These poor people , my heart hurts .
Sending so much love to Maui and this brave man for sharing his tragic story and telling the country: “Aloha means love”, and “we are done giving, we are the ones in need “
I already saw a news article blaming “global warming” for the fire. :/ I’m so sorry for all this loss and destruction of people’s lives, homes, belongings, even ancient artifacts… and it’s makes me mad that some media outlets are using this disaster to push a false global warming scare. 🙁
It’s an island… where were they going to run?
Prayers🙏
I am praying for all those in Hawaii that they will make it through this with the Lords help. My heart breaks for you. I will continue praying for aid for the people and pets that they wii come through OK. God bless.
Ukraine need 100 billion more to foght Russia
saddest days for Gaia….my heart goes out to you sir…
God send healing! God send miracles to Hawaii! God send Heavenly blessings! Out of this world healing, miracles, love!
I kept asking why this happened he said why! Infrastructure, they knew from past experience this could happen. No matter what it isn’t the citizens fault, it is the government! This is 2023 not 1906!
I am crying watching this… Dustin said his dad came home thinking that his family died. I am so lost for words.
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If everyone feels there is nothing left to go to then you will allow ginormous resorts to takes over with more gold course. They will push out the residents.
a shame this happened during yet another biden beach get away.
❤ to Maui from 🇦🇺.
If all you have is clothes on your back how are you gonna afford plane tickets food hotel???
To the people telling others not to pray:
1. They don’t need your permission.
2. Someone can pray AND donate or help. In fact, the book of James exhorts people to do just that in general. And I know plenty of people personally who do.
3. A couple of you have bitter reply after reply after reply which doesn’t help anyone and lets us all know you are trying to convince yourself you’re right about this. That’s your conscience, not the prayers of others, bothering you.
4. Instead of coming on here and telling people what they may or may not pray about (as if they would obey you over their own consciences), why don’t YOU do something to help?
So horrible
This is truly devastating my son and I visited 2022 and it was absolutely breathtaking there. Definitely in my prayers for recovery and strength.
Be strong with Jesus…be still thanks for those who were abl e to escape…Horrible experienced, my heart goes to all of you in hawaii
I wish I can help you all, be strong with our God, this can happen to others, this might be the beginning of tribulation, dont give up with Our Lord Jesus Christ 🙏
😢sorry that happened man😢
Look closely between 5:50 and 5:56. Does anyone else see something white flying around the fire? My heart goes to all these people. 😢
I feel compassion for all loses, indeed.
Where else could the kids get schooling if most of the schools were burned down?where can these poor people have a place to live while Maui is being rebuilt?
That annoying reporter needs to stop interrupting and let him finish what he’s trying to say.
WHO CARES ABOUT ARTIFACTS. PEOPLES LIVES ARE WHAT MATTER S..PEOPLE WAKE UP.