Lahaina Quotes

“The above ground electrical utility power lines are incompatible with high winds.”
― Steven Magee

“The high voltage electrical utility system has been causing wildfires ever since it was invented by Nikola Tesla.”
― Steven Magee

“Wind turbines let you know you are in an area that gets high winds for most of the year.”
― Steven Magee

“High winds cause electrical power line wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

“Electrical utility wildfires are most prevalent in areas near to wind turbines due to the high wind speeds.”
― Steven Magee

“Hurricanes Ian and Dora are both lessons that the government public safety systems do not work.”
― Steven Magee

“Lahaina has a history of wildfires damaging properties.”
― Steven Magee

“The devastating fire in Lahaina is a reminder about the power of climate change: Transformed vegetation, extreme drought and abnormally high winds causing intense fires.”
― Steven Magee

“Hawaiian Electric has turned into the new Pacific Gas and Electric Company.”
― Steven Magee

“Life for electrical utilities in Hawaii forever changed in the August 2023 Maui wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

“Why is a private utility company that is linked to destroying Lahaina being given $95,000,000 in taxpayer money?”
― Steven Magee

“The government telling the public it is hardening the electrical grid is code for free taxpayer money for privately owned electrical utility companies.”
― Steven Magee

“How much has the government spent on the Ukraine war and how much has it spent on the Lahaina disaster in Hawaii?”
― Steven Magee

“No matter how much the government spends on hardening the electrical grid, it will still fail in high winds due to a lack of maintenance.”
― Steven Magee

“After the destruction of Lahaina, I will not be voting Democrat in the next election.”
― Steven Magee

“After seeing Joe Biden give Hawaiian Electric $95,000,000 after their involvement in the destruction of Lahaina, I will not be voting Democrat in the next election.”
― Steven Magee

“I expect the Maui wildfires that destroyed Lahaina to be remembered as one of the biggest tourism disasters in history.”
― Steven Magee

“The biggest risk I see to Hawaiian Electric are its current and past workers testifying against them regarding their power line maintenance before the devastating Lahaina fire.”
― Steven Magee

“After the deadly Lahaina wildfire in August 2023, there was talk of a blatant cover-up by the government and media. In September 2023 the chatter by some Maui residents was the disaster was far worse than what the world was being told. People on the Hawaiian islands were getting a very different horror story from Maui residents.”
― Steven Magee

“It was interesting to watch the Lahaina disaster victims getting an education on how their government really is!”
― Steven Magee

“The victims of the Lahaina disaster are getting an education on how their county, state and federal governments truly are!”
― Steven Magee

“The government is well known for its accounting tricks to keep death tolls and missing persons lists artificially low during high profile disasters.”
― Steven Magee

“In the second month of the Lahaina disaster, it was clear shady things were going on within the Maui government.”
― Steven Magee

“You cannot believe missing persons and death toll numbers the government releases, especially when it involves well known tourist destinations.”
― Steven Magee

“In August 2023, Maui became the Hawaii poverty island.”
― Steven Magee

“After the Maui wildfire disaster only 3,000 rental cars were in use, the other 18,000 were parked in fields as the tourism crashed.”
― Steven Magee

“The Maui wildfires disaster led to the Maui economic disaster.”
― Steven Magee

“There were no doubts the government was engaging in a global misinformation campaign regarding the deadly Maui wildfires disaster.”
― Steven Magee

“In November and December 2023, the popular Maui Kaanapali beach was filled with local wildfire victims that were ‘fishing for housing’.”
― Steven Magee

“The Maui wildfire disaster turned into a sad story about government incompetence.”
― Steven Magee