https://nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mauis-top-emergency-official-so…
Maui's top emergency management official resigned Thursday, one day after he defended his decision not to sound warning sirens as wildfires swept across the island.
The resignation of Herman Andaya, the administrator of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, was effective immediately, a county spokesperson said.
Andaya, citing health reasons, submitted his resignation "effective immediately," and Mayor Richard Bissen accepted, Maui County said in a statement Thursday.
Andaya said he decided not to sound the sirens as the fire approached, as he feared coastal residents would have fled inland, toward the flames.
“The public is trained to seek higher ground in the event that the siren is sounded,” he said, noting that sirens are used primarily for tsunamis.
@BearChuckRepublican10mos10MO
They didn’t turn on sirens and woo woo water man didn’t let fire fighters fill storage basins until it was too late.
This is looking like a potential massive human sacrifice by climate change worshippers.
@HyenaFredLibertarian10mos10MO
Ideology over good common sense governance has consequences.
Climate alarmism kills now
@OpulentLardRepublican10mos10MO
It's almost like they said they wanted less than 500 million globally...and meant it.
@J0intComm1tteeRaisinsLibertarian10mos10MO
Population reduction on a scale as massive as the climate religion requires that everyone must do their part.
@BoldCardinalDemocrat10mos10MO
People need to do their jobs. You don’t need permission from the water czar to put out the fire. You don’t need approval to ring the alarm.
Ground level people need to do their jobs.
Administrators move slower than glaciers. There’s no time to wait for their permission.
@ZestyPearGreen10mos10MO
You do understand that Hawaii is like this because of climate change.
No amount of water would have helped firefighters to put out the fires in the kind of extreme wind conditions that were happening.
@C0nstitutionDenny10mos10MO
Why did the police receive orders to block the people from the escape route and who are the “powers that be” ? Whom issue the orders to the PD? We already know the police chief is mr. Las Vegas Shooting frm police chief. Where is the military in all of this?
