# Maui fires - discussion

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maui-fires-discussion/988432
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 11, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maui-fires-discussion/988432 "2023-08-11T23:59:09Z")
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### Author: ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maui-fires-discussion/988432/11 "2023-08-12T13:24:06Z")

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As the question has been answered, further discussion probably belongs in the main thread.

> [@Wildfires on Maui \[2023-08-10\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildfires-on-maui-2023-08-10/988362):
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> My wife told me about this right before I fell asleep last night. Checking the news this morning, wow. The entire town of Lahaina is basically reduced to ashes. My wife was showing me a picture and saying “I remember walking down that street.” I said “Yeah, that’s where I bought my Hawaiian shirt” (which I’m wearing today).

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