Residents in Maui are taking matters into their own hands and delivering supplies after they say the government isn’t doing enough to help survivors of the wildfires. Dale Hermo-Fernandez tells NBC’s Gadi Schwartz about how he and his friends are delivering gas and other supplies to those in need.
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This was obviously planned they wont even help their own people just letting them die out there if that doesn't say something idk what else will
We can't rely or trust our governments anymore we have to start being that change its up to all of us now to do something and make a difference
THE MAUI FIRE WAS THE RESULT OF A NEW MILITARY 'PARTICLE BEAM' WEAPON. IT WAS 'NOT' NATURAL AND IT WAS 'NO' "ELECTRICAL" FIRE. NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE-UP. SERIOUSLY.
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The victims should be deciding where to move to. This place will take a long time to clean up and rebuild. Take your insurance money, sign up for assistance where you can, and rebuild your lives elsewhere. Cold hard reality to a tragic situation. Lahaina is a toxic wasteland now, and will be for a while.
FEMA BLOCKED THEM UNTIL IT GOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.. also BLACKROCK is buying up the homes while they are still smoking 🤔
The government is probably out there forcing and intimidating people to sell their homes.
Why are people who didn’t get burned out getting eviction notices?
The government is literally just like insurance you pay and pay and pay and pay when you need them nothing.
Joe Biden is a disgrace !!!
Have we the public even seen FEMA and other gov't people?! As much as the media has been covering this disaster, you'd think we also would have seen mass gov't workers coming in to help? All I've seen is ordinary citizens helping each other out. Come on!
my mom's cousin managed/owned the Lahaina location of the Maui Brewing Company. they are spearheading wildfire support. i visited in 2017. i hope everything is okay.
People have learned a lot from Katrina. 👍
Dale ❤
It’s difficult to be perfect during a disaster.
Bureaucracy and no common sense.
Listen to the people!!
FEMA needs to be mobile in delivering supplies. It’s clear that the rural areas of Maui aren’t getting the help they need. I live in LA county and sister churches, pro surfs are gathering donations to fly over on charter planes. I hope very soon they are over run with supplies. The cost of living on the Hawaiian islands is expensive and without jobs, homes and cars they will need help for a very long time. I do hope people will go visit other parts of the island so they don’t loose the tourism that helps support the economy. Kihei is a pretty town to visit as is Hana. Both worth a visit.
This is not the biggest or worse fire in American history guys kinda shell shocked I get it but come on now ….
Our government so incompetent. Thank goodness for individuals.
Gods calling you Dale. Your new business could be a facilitator for tragic events.
Good man Dale! Much Aloha God Bless!
Im worried of the children and mothers to be, of the 3rd and 4th smells.
FEMA, this is not your first rodeo what is the problem with getting help to these people, it has been over a week, shameful!
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Our own government is killing us
Pride of Maui cancelled all their bookings and immediately started driving trucks and boats over to lahaina from day one. Now working with Aloha Response Team these two are doing the same as these amazing men. I'm getting frustrated because I'm trying to find out where all the west sided refugees are and why we can't help them!! It's maddening and frustrating. I connected with a few on that side telling me what they need. With generous donations from mainland friends I'm buying what I hope the a perfect amount of the right things (not surplus or diapers) to the right people but the info between sides of maui are so disjointed I want to get into a car and figure it out. Why can't our gov have a better system and a way to organize. And our emergency response director wasn't even on island to take care of that part properly and neighbors were saving neighbors. As the dust settles my frustration rises
Braddah Dalefor sharing with the nation. They are not forgotten, Prayers from Haiku.GOD BLESS.
right wingers “We hate or distrust the government, and don’t want their help”
Also Right wingers “why isn’t the government reacting FASTER to help people in this crisis?”
People there are suffering from heat stroke and lack of adequate aid. Another Katrina
NBC thanks for getting this information out. A news reporter tried to ask questions about this today & the Governor tried to say it was Social Media making things up, so don’t believe it. This guy Dale, explains things very clearly. Road blocks…checkpoints because certain Officers who feel a certain way.
People stuck there and no official rescue people looking for them ? unbelievable. This is so concerning. Who is in charge?
From the beginning of this tragedy their lack of speediness is infuriating.
My friends were amongst those who fled to the ocean to survive. Lots of the front street buildings were still standing at that point.
Where was the help dropping water?
Why did nobody call the military for help?
Oahu is not that far away and has every single branch of the military there with high tech planes and massive boats.
So many questions answered. But unfortunately no answers will ever erase
So fema and the military is our enemy