Lahaina FIRE Update - June 2024 DRONE Tour - Maui Continues to Recover

My heart still will be with those who will never be able too rebuild their homes .

I pray every single day for the people of Lahina-that decisions are made with wisdom and love, not greed.

I am so thankful for your current videos. God Bless everyone that lost everything!

As someone who loved visiting Lahaina Town for its historical charm and middle class vibe, I hope the State of Hawaii and local authorities will mandate a plan for rebuilding that doesn’t result in another Kaanapali complex of high rise hotels for the wealthy, pushing out all the locals! As a resident of coastal California, we know well the political influence of real estate speculators and developers working with pro-development city councils, who work in tandem to undermine the local citizen approved careful planning of city, county, state and coastal commission efforts.

Prays go out to all that lost so much. 😢😢❤❤

Mahalo. I served three weeks with the American Red Cross in helping Lahaina citizens with immediate financial relief. Also serving the men and women of Maui Fire, Rescue and Police. My heart belongs to you, my Ohana.

With the Hawaiian Islands so far away from the Mainland, it's amazing to see how much cleanup has been done so far. I think the cleanup here is going much faster than in the 9th Ward of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. My heart still aches when seeing these drone flyovers, but so much Aloha for the People of Lahaina and glad to see a sort of normalcy slowly starting to return. Mahalo!

The Maria Lanakila Catholic Church with the RED ROOF in the video, (time stamp 17:20) was never touched by the Lahaina inferno fires. Even the Rectory wasn’t touched, either was the grass & palm trees on the property, they weren’t even singed! Furthermore, the inferno fire and heat that completely destroyed other properties that surrounded the Church property, the intense heat from all that surrounding destruction, didn’t even wilt the flowers on the Altar inside the Church. Lastly, Maria Lanakila stands for OUR LADY OF VICTORY!!! Ave Maria! Viva Cristo Rey!

I work in toursim in Maui and I recommend your content to EVERYONE.. Mahalo for your very informative videos. Truely the sourse for information and visiuals.

Just bringing the huge volume of building materials requires enormous effort, with so many projects going at once!

God bless everyone involved in bringing back all that has been lost

Seeing Lahaina like that still breaks my heart, BUT is is go good to hear how hopeful YOU are. THAT is the most important thing.

We were there for 8 days last month and the progress was uplifting. However I still cried every time we drove by the affected areas. We live in a high fire danger area and have been evacuated many times. My heart goes out to everyone there.

Thank you so much!!! Our news isn’t covering recovery. Thank you again!

Thank you for sharing with us. It’s good to see the progress; but my heart goes out to everyone affected by this massive tragedy.

As much as I do appreciate your update videos.... There is no way that it will be possible to rebuild Lahaina as it WAS. I TREASURE walking through every gift shop with creaky floors, and no extra flair. BUT, they were original family owned shops!! And will they EVER be able to afford to rent or own these store fronts again? It just breaks my heart to remember the shops, WITH THE MOST FRIENDLY PEOPLE. I would rather make my purchases from them. I haven't been back to Maui since the fires. Was supposed to go last year. But I don't know if I REALLY would not CRY the entire time. Feeling so much for these people. Thank you for sharing, and I HOPE that no one takes this comment as anything negative. I am a very sentimental person, I can't help it.

I’m glad to see Maui is on the comeback trail keep up the wonderful work

I am very surprised to see how much progress has been made! For such a widespread area, it looks like the teams responsible in the rebuilding process are doing a fantastic job!

I'm praying the residents of Lahaina will be able to return without the red tape and increased prices and insurance rates. Two towns in Oregon were pretty much destroyed by fire, down to the ground, including trailer parks and apartments in 2020 and they are still rebuilding. The entire state of Oregon has come up with new, higher rates of insurance or not even insuring homes considered in the high danger level. I had to switch insurances and got 1/2 the amount the insurance would pay. I can't imagine what Lahaina will go through, and I wonder who'll be able to afford to live there. My prayers for you.

My wife and I live in Miami but we have vacationed in Maui 13 times over the past 25 years. We have walked Lahaina dozens of times over the years and as devastating as the fire was, I’m happy to see all the work that has been done to bring back the area in recent months. We continue to pray for those impacted by the fire hopefully all those families waiting to return to Lahaina to live and work will be able to ASAP.