[EAS] LA Times: Reeling from the deadliest wildfire in a century Maui sees ghosts from Californias past

[Rich Parker]

That article is pay walled, but this one is interesting:

"Bachman said they got up to speed on the situation by listening to Hawaii-based Pacific Media Group's "Hawaiian Music 93.5" KPOA. It and other stations had to rely on information from listeners who still had phone service because they weren't getting much help from the local emergency services. "They had more information because they were on the scene, they had people around," she says."

https://www.insideradio.com/free/media-journalist-on-vacation-in-maui-listening-to-radio-was-how-we-knew-whats-going/article_ec6aee3a-3ae6-11ee-a482-cb9e5792586d.html

Rich Parker
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From: EAS <eas-bounces at radiolists.net> on behalf of Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com>
 

Reeling from the deadliest wildfire in a century, Maui sees ghosts from
California's past
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-14/california-maui-hawaii-fire

[...]
A common problem found in some of the worst disasters was, in hindsight,
seemingly inexplicable reluctance to issue clear evacuation orders early,
or even send alerts through tools such as text messages.
[...]

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