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<\/span><\/p>\nIn a RawStory.com<\/a> article of August 17, 2023, which links to several other news sources that confirm institutional incompetence and negligence, what stands out is the head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, \u201cHerman Andaya lacked formal experience in emergency response but beat out 40 other applicants for the job and says he was prepared.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n The article continues, \u201cHerman Andaya was not an expert in emergency management when he was hired to lead the Maui Emergency Management Agency in 2017.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n The continuing revelations of the incomprehensible tragedy are worsened with the RawStory.com<\/a> report revealing, \u2018\u201cThe Maui Emergency Management Agency had the authority to issue siren warnings that might have alerted people. After Andaya\u2019s agency decided not to sound them, many survivors reported they only became aware of the fire when they saw and smelled smoke.<\/i><\/p>\n Andaya said sounding the sirens wasn\u2019t an option officials considered because they\u2019re \u201cmainly used for tsunamis.\u201d That\u2019s why they\u2019re mostly located on the coast, he said.\u2019 <\/i>https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/maui-emergency-management\/<\/a><\/p>\n According to an article of August 11, 2023 on Honolulu Civil Beat, \u201cNeither Maui\u2019s fire chief nor its top emergency management official were on the Valley Isle on Tuesday despite the wildfires there being well underway.\u201c <\/i>https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/2023\/08\/mauis-top-emergency-officials-were-off-island-as-wildfires-hit-lahaina\/<\/a><\/p>\n In an article appearing on August 17, 2023 at NBC San Diego, \u201cMaui’s top emergency official resigns after criticism for not activating sirens during fire.\u201d<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/national-international\/mauis-top-emergency-official-is-out-after-failing-to-sound-sirens-as-fires-approached\/3287252\/#:~:text=The%20head%20of%20the%20Maui,killed%20at%20least%20111%20people<\/a>.<\/p>\n From the RawStory.com<\/a> article, cited above, \u00a0\u201cAsked about Andaya\u2019s resume, David Hafner, a retired telecommunications planner for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, questioned whether his relative inexperience affected his agency\u2019s performance in a crisis.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a good ol\u2019 boy network,\u201d Hafner said. \u201cThis time it cost lives.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n On the homepage of Calaveras2024Election.com<\/a>, we cite our primary effort to better Calaveras County as follows, \u201c<\/i>We are done tolerating county-sanctioned and institutionalized conflicts of economic interests, cronyism and exclusionary collusion through the willful suppression of entrepreneurialism and innovation in favor of select support of legacy personalities, businesses and industries through the advocacy of inexperienced and – we allege – inept individuals entrenched in a range of both Calaveras County governmental and business bureau leadership positions.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n The timeline of the Maui wildfire is horrifying\u2026 the town of Lahaina was burned to the ground in only 65 minutes. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2023_Hawaii_wildfires<\/a><\/p>\n If you think a tragedy of this magnitude cannot happen here in Calaveras County, think again.<\/p>\n Calaveras County\u2019s government failed to adequately fund our fire districts or the Sheriff\u2019s Department, while allowing the inappropriately sited construction of a Tesla Supercharger Station at Meadowmont Center in Arnold adjacent to a residential community.<\/p>\n https:\/\/calaveras2024election.com\/blog\/f\/arnold-community-alarmed-by-tesla-supercharger-station-location<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/calaveras2024election.com\/blog\/f\/calaveras-county-government-worsens-public-safety-and-fire-risks<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/calaveras2024election.com\/blog\/f\/calaveras-county%E2%80%99s-long-term-critical-issues-neglect-grand-jury<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Christopher Buttner<\/p>\n\n
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