What is "secret" about this room full of equipment and where is the evidence that its in Maui?
I don't know. I'm getting September 11 vibes from this one.
Right, as I said in my post after that, looking at the videos more and paying attention to the details, they actually do look like regular car fires. Like I said there are a host of complex composite materials in modern cars today that can sustain high temperature fire. In fact, it would make sense why the grass around the cars did not burn. The fuel was in the car. Once the fuel ran out the fire stopped.I'll give you a scenario. Someone abandons the car. Windows open. Embers enter the car and set fire to the cloth material, seats etc. The car starts to burn, then burns completely. Look at it another way. Take a car, put it in an empty parking lot and set fire to the inside of it. Would you be surprised to see the same result?
Yes I’d be surprised. The upholstery and plastic interior burns. But what kind of temps does that produce? Cars are designed to limit the possibility of interior fires causing a gas tank fire. But even if the gas tank goes up, would it melt glass and the rims? Charred embers hit the tires? Meh. Embers would need to be sheltered from the high winds by going into an open window as you suggest and landing on the fabric or carpet (which are probably coated with an EPA mandated flame retardant).I'll give you a scenario. Someone abandons the car. Windows open. Embers enter the car and set fire to the cloth material, seats etc. The car starts to burn, then burns completely. Look at it another way. Take a car, put it in an empty parking lot and set fire to the inside of it. Would you be surprised to see the same result?
I think that's the problem here. They just don't make cars like they used to. Also, many modern cars today have interchangeable parts that are used in electric cars. I am sure you have seen what happens when one of those electric cars catches fire.Yes I’d be surprised. The upholstery and plastic interior burns. But what kind of temps does that produce? Cars are designed to limit the possibility of interior fires causing a gas tank fire. But even if the gas tank goes up, would it melt glass and the rims? Charred embers hit the tires? Meh. Embers would need to be sheltered from the high winds by going into an open window as you suggest and landing on the fabric or carpet (which are probably coated with an EPA mandated flame retardant).
I think that's the problem here. They just don't make cars like they used to. Also, many modern cars today have interchangeable parts that are used in electric cars. I am sure you have seen what happens when one of those electric cars catches fire.
Yes I’d be surprised.
Correct, but The cars shown on Maui did not look like Teslas or EVs. And Joe, yeah, once the alloys get going, yeah, they burn like crazy. I just don’t think it can be stated categorically one way or the other but to repeat, I don’t think the way the fires got going is the big deal here: more the bizarre responses and aftermath. And whether it was intentional or not.I think that's the problem here. They just don't make cars like they used to. Also, many modern cars today have interchangeable parts that are used in electric cars. I am sure you have seen what happens when one of those electric cars catches fire.
In relation to the burned car, I think a lot of people are also forgetting the air was most likely very hot too, a furnace of its own. The video showed both sides of the roads had major fires, wall of fire perhaps? Very hot air, a few embers in just the right spot, readily available fuel source: perfect for high heat kind of melting that was seen.I don't know. I'm getting September 11 vibes from this one.
I would suggest they might be lying.
Hawaiian Electric says power lines were shut off hours before wildfire
On Sunday, Hawaiian Electric revealed that it had de-energized all its power lines in West Maui hours before devastating wildfires broke out on the island on the afternoon of August 8.
The claims contradict those made in lawsuits filed by Maui county and others against the energy company, accusing it of "inexcusably [keeping] their power lines energized during forecasted high fire danger conditions."
In a news release, HE said that while a downed power line did spark a fire on the morning of August 8, it was quickly attended to and "100% contained. The company went on to state that records "conclusively establish" that power lines to Lahaina bad been de-energized for six hours when the afternoon fire broke out.
"We were surprised and disappointed that the County of Maui rushed to court even before completing its own investigation," HE CEO Shelee Kimura said. "We believe the complaint is factually and legally irresponsible."