Another huge factor was the fire earlier on Tuesday. Residents were told that it was "100% contained" so everyone figured the danger was over.
There are many very strange things emerging about the timeline of the tragedy. Like zero siren or text warnings and no cell service. They test the siren warning systems on all the islands EVERY month on the first at 11:45 AM. It's for tsunamis, or fires or any other disaster. It is music to our ears and it's our monthly musical comfort food....knowing that we have a warning siren (it sounds just like an air raid siren). Yet the ONE day it was needed, only a week after it was tested on the 1st, it WAS NOT DEPLOYED? are you FUCKING KIDDING ME? And the system has power backup too. Yet.....crickets.
One thing everyone knows about politics here is that nobody will be held accountable. Remember 6 years ago, when they sent us the false alarm text that North Korea had fired a missile at Hawaii and we had 30 minutes before we were annihilated? I remember it well. I poured myself a shot, looked up at the sky and said "pour me a double honey, it looks like I'll be drinking with you in 30 minutes." I grabbed a fly rod and my bottle of Oban and was loading my car to go fish my favorite little reef in town when the "no worry, false alarm" text arrived on my phone. I figured I'd rather die fishing than sitting on my couch.
Some people died from heart attacks because of that false alarm. And kids were injured when their terrified parents shoved them down sewer manholes in Honolulu in a desperate attempt to save their kids.
Nobody was punished. Nothing happened to the Governor....he was re-elected! A "staffer" was blamed, and was quietly retired with full benefits. So nobody here expects to see anyone held accountable for this tragedy, which is much much worse.
