FEMA Region 9 IMT 2 is assigned. Arrives today about 1800.
I heard a rumor that some OES engines may be sent . Not sure if it will actually happen or not .
Having taught classes over there it is more likely that they would ferry engines over from the other islands
I’m speculating that this is the FEMA IMAT, not IMT out of Oakland. Whoever picks up the management assistance for this has a heavy lift. Good luck to all!
A primer for FEMA IMAT orientation:
Juan with an overview of what transpired that day.
Major disaster declared.
Spent a couple hours interpreting the before after pictures and helo footage from Lahaina. Here’s my thorough and educated guess on where the extent of damages were using Maui County building footprints from 2020. The green buildings among the red were seen via the Maxar-provided before and after images. The eastern, southern, and northern ends of the fire did not have that imagery so the interpretation was from other photos and helicopter footage from the scene.
Looks like about 2,000+ affected structures, eh?
That’s exactly right, by count I had 2100 red building footprints. That whole north end of town didn’t have satellite images but the video showed it just as badly hit. There will be some random structures in tact in there. There may be more damage from the ‘Unknown’ group I’ve marked as well. Anything in the middle of the action left standing will be heavily smoke damaged as it is.
Really wish I could get my dozer on a ship and headed that way to help!
They keep using the number of 271 structures burned. That must be just Front St. commercial buildings. I agree the number is more than 2000+. Just spent 6 weeks in Maui. So devastating!
I read 700+ unaccounted for…Im hoping that most are simply unable to check in. Unfortunately I guessing the death toll will rise as well…FYI, the sheet is NOT private
This sheet is not private it is available to anyone. I opened with out being logged in.
Ya, not sure why it says that, the original didn’t say anything about being private
The Hawaiian governor just did a interview on TV would not give a updated number he’s waiting for the Press conference at 3 PM Hawaiian Time and said the numbers would go up significantly, hinted that it would probably the worst loss of life in Hawaii from a disaster. he did say 1,700 structures lost.
Request for info.
A group of folks (including me) associated with UC Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin are working to improve fire characterization from satellites.
If anyone deployed to Maui reads this and can get authoritative information on the times of ignition and report times of various fires, that information would be be put to good use.
If you find something reliable please PM me.
Thanks much!