A Lahaina resident talks about the recovery efforts after a wildfire swept through the Maui town.

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    1 year ago

    I wouldn’t talk about a meltdown of society here - this is a natural disaster, not the sacking of Rome. In due time help will arrive, people will bury the dead and rebuild. Though I agree it makes you appreciate how we take things for granted until one day they aren’t.

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      1 year ago

      Climate change caused this so I don’t know that you can really call it natural. Unless you include things people do as natural (I tend to but that’s not how most people use the word.)

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        I mean, humans are perfectly natural beings. Everything we do to cause climate change comes from natural sources.

        Technically it’s natural. It’s just more accurate to say man-made.

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          Yeah, I agree.

          Honestly I think the word natural doesn’t mean anything. Is an anthill unnatural? If not, neither is a city or a computer.