The media as well as there are growing questions and concerns about whether the island was prepared for this fire, whether the warning sirens went off on time and with the residents of the area were given enough time to try to make their way to safety, because these fires spread very rapidly. We know they might have been fed at least in part by a hurricane that was taking place in the area, so some very terrifying scenes of residents having to flee to the ocean. It might be ready to get under way here, so lets see if we can get to listen if we can get the hawaiian governor to take the podium momentarily it looks like, about to get under way. 0k. Thank you forjoining us today during this most difficult time, especially for the people of maui. We are here to provide you with the latest updates and information from the county, the state and our federal partners as it relates to the wildfires throughout maui. At this time, i would like to invite governorjosh green to share his remarks. Aloha. It is an impossible day for us aloha. It is an impossible day for us alt aloha. It is an impossible day for us all. Our hearts are with maui for us all. Our hearts are with maui. After they have suffered this tragedy. Today is also a day this tragedy. Today is also a day of this tragedy. Today is also a day of arrival, and arrival of a great deal of services and promises. As we shared two days ago. Promises. As we shared two days ago. The promises. As we shared two days ago, the mayor and i want to be very ago, the mayor and i want to be very available to tell you what we are very available to tell you what we are seeing, what we can do, what we are seeing, what we can do, what our we are seeing, what we can do, what our people are experiencing, and so we appreciate you, we appreciate your appreciate you, we appreciate your patience because the hard work your patience because the hard work that your patience because the hard work that is going on Behind The Scenes is extraordinary. Once the scenes is extraordinary. Once again, as weve done before, once again, as weve done before, we want to recognise the work before, we want to recognise the work that our fire, our police the work that our fire, our police and our fema teams and so many police and our fema teams and so many other Public Servants are doing. So many other Public Servants are doing, because the things they are doing, because the things they are are doing, because the things they are seeing on the things our families have experienced are unlike any other experience. So that is why we are trying experience. So that is why we are trying to be cautious. I want are trying to be cautious. I want to are trying to be cautious. I want to share that with you. Have want to share that with you. Have a want to share that with you. Have a few slides today to frame have a few slides today to frame our conversation, but here is frame our conversation, but here is what our messages. The mess here is what our messages. The mess is here is what our messages. The mess is is here is what our messages. The mess is isjust like the messages out of our message is that we messages out of our message is that we are working as a team. It that we are working as a team. It is that we are working as a team. It is rarem that we are working as a team. It is rarem it that we are working as a team. It is rare. It is rare that we it is rare. It is rare that we see it is rare. It is rare that we see this level of government leadership all come together. You have leadership all come together. You have heard that we have been you have heard that we have been in you have heard that we have been in contact at the highest level been in contact at the highest level and been in contact at the highest level and the president has been level and the president has been generous with us Beyond Measure been generous with us Beyond Measure. But to send the head of fema measure. But to send the head of fema to be with us, you get to Nteet Of Fema to be with us, you get to meet in of fema to be with us, you get to meet in person, the head of the smatt to meet in person, the head of the Small Business association, these the Small Business association, these are the Small Business association, these are individuals that can describe these are individuals that can describe to you what we can do to help describe to you what we can do to help recover, to help heal the community. I will get into that the community. I will get into that in the community. I will get into that in a the community. I will get into that in a moment. You are all wondering that in a moment. You are all wondering what we saw on the ground wondering what we saw on the ground today, there are more fit allergies. The chief will unpack fit allergies. The chief will unpack this a bit more, what they unpack this a bit more, what they have unpack this a bit more, what they have been seeing, studying more fatalities. There have more fatalities. There have been more fatalities. There have been 89 fatalities. We want have been 89 fatalities. We want to have been 89 fatalities. We want to brace people. Because of this want to brace people. Because of this scale of this operation, we are doing a few things operation, we are doing a few things it operation, we are doing a few things if i operation, we are doing a few things. If i can pop this slide for you there we go. Ok. So it is a complicated experience that we faced. Complicated experience that we faced. So complicated experience that we faced, so we are going to do some faced, so we are going to do some reviews so we can make things some reviews so we can make things safer going forward. Peobte things safer going forward. People have asked why we are reviewing what has gone on because reviewing what has gone on because the world has changed. A storm because the world has changed. A storm now can be a Hurricane Fire or a storm now can be a Hurricane Fire or a a storm now can be a Hurricane Fire ora fire a storm now can be a Hurricane Fire or a fire hurricane. That is what fire or a fire hurricane. That is what we fire or a fire hurricane. That is what we experienced. That is why we is what we experienced. That is why we are is what we experienced. That is why we are looking into these policies why we are looking into these policies to find out how we can best policies to find out how we can best protect our people. An emerging picture. If you look at what emerging picture. If you look at what has been seen now, in west at what has been seen now, in west maui. At what has been seen now, in west maui, 2200 structures have been west maui, 2200 structures have been destroyed or damaged, 86 are residential, and 544 structures have been exposed, and 96 structures have been exposed, and 96 are residential. The tosses and 96 are residential. The losses approach 6 billion in estimate. The extraordinary thing estimate. The extraordinary thing is estimate. The extraordinary thing is to have his leadership from thing is to have his leadership from dc. Thing is to have his leadership from dc, they can begin to look at how from dc, they can begin to look at how we from dc, they can begin to look at how we can rebuild and also how at how we can rebuild and also how we at how we can rebuild and also how we can get resources to our people how we can get resources to our people who have lost almost everything. Now, the mass shows one snapshot of what has happened here. But these are the human happened here. But these are the human realities. Last night through the human realities. Last night through the extraordinary work of the through the extraordinary work of the mayor and his team, 1418 people of the mayor and his team, 1418 people received shelter. But that people received shelter. But that is people received shelter. But that is also the backdrop of the toss that is also the backdrop of the loss of life. We are grateful that people have survived. You go to the shelter that survived. You go to the shelter that you survived. You go to the shelter that you should go to the shoulders and talk to people. We are shoulders and talk to people. We are not shoulders and talk to people. We are not allowed in. Standby. Thank you we are not allowed in. Standby. Thank you. This we are not allowed in. Standby. Thank you. This is we are not allowed in. Standby. Thank you. This is not we are not allowed in. Standby. Thank you. This is not the thank you. This is not the community abortion. Thank you. This is not the community abortion. You will be able to see community abortion. You will be able to see the community abortion. You will be able to see the faces community abortion. You will be able to see the faces as community abortion. You will be able to see the faces as they able to see the faces as they come able to see the faces as they come out able to see the faces as they come out community portion. You come out community portion. You can come out community portion. You can donate to them. We ask for a you can donate to them. We ask for a lot you can donate to them. We ask for a tot of you can donate to them. We ask for a lot of understanding about for a lot of understanding about travelling into the zone where about travelling into the zone where the fire occurred, and the reason for that is the health the reason for that is the health consequences. We have to id health consequences. We have to go with health consequences. We have to go with caution. There are heavy go with caution. There are heavy metals there are, toxic states heavy metals there are, toxic states where the houses have come states where the houses have come down and businesses have come come down and businesses have come down. The recommendations are to come down. The recommendations are to avoid come down. The recommendations are to avoid those structures because are to avoid those structures because they could still fall on people, and we have lost too much on people, and we have lost too much life on people, and we have lost too much life already. There are propane much life already. There are Propane Tanks there, a lot of hazard Propane Tanks there, a lot of hazard. What have we been doing . Hazard. What have we been doing . We have been distributing food in great amounts for those who have seen, amounts for those who have seen, those are the pictures where seen, those are the pictures where thousands and thousands of pounds of water and food have of pounds of water and food have come. The ritz carlton and lila gateway have been attributing provisions. The mayor attributing provisions. The mayor was able to get provisions across the area and we did provisions across the area and we did open up for those trucks to make we did open up for those trucks to make sure people could get there to make sure people could get there services fatalities. We there services fatalities. We have there services fatalities. We have one of our heroes, chad buck, we have one of our heroes, chad buck, who we have one of our heroes, chad buck, who has been working tirelessly to distribute so much tirelessly to distribute so much provision, and much of that much provision, and much of that is much provision, and much of that is coming from around the state that is coming from around the state and. That is coming from around the state and, frankly, around the Country State and, frankly, around the country. Thousands and thousands of pounds of Food Have Thousands of pounds of food have been donated and are coming have been donated and are coming and are basically en route coming and are basically en route. We should talk to you about route. We should talk to you about energy. Maui electric will give about energy. Maui electric will give us lots more updates, but we will give us lots more updates, but we have had one out of three but we have had one out of three Transmission Lines restored, meaning 3700 customers got their energy back~ customers got their energy back. One of the challenges ust back. One of the challenges just like back. One of the challenges just like i should share this with just like i should share this with you just like i should share this with you. One of the challenges is that with you. One of the challenges is that as with you. One of the challenges is that as much as we would like is that as much as we would like to is that as much as we would like to get people into hotel rooms like to get people into hotel rooms and we are going to talk about rooms and we are going to talk about that here in a moment, we have about that here in a moment, we have some about that here in a moment, we have some good news about that, we have have some good news about that, we have to have some good news about that, we have to make sure they have power we have to make sure they have power there because we dont want power there because we dont want to power there because we dont want to move people from a place want to move people from a place where they do have power that have place where they do have power that have working bathrooms to a place that have working bathrooms to a place that they dont. That is coming a place that they dont. That is coming online very quickly. The is coming online very quickly. The scope is coming online very quickly. The scope of the transfer was extraordinary, almost 15,000 passengers per day were flown out~ passengers per day were flown out it passengers per day were flown out. It makes a Recovery Work but a out. It makes a Recovery Work but a tot out. It makes a Recovery Work but a lot easier, and that is why but a lot easier, and that is why people have left most of that region. We still have peopte that region. We still have people staying at the airport. Peopte people staying at the airport. People are Making Decisions as to when people are Making Decisions as to when they feel they are ready to when they feel they are ready to to when they feel they are ready to go. A lot of people are stunned, traumatised. Traumatised by what they see peopte traumatised by what they see people going through. The mayor is spearheading this effort in maori is spearheading this effort in maori and we commend him because maori and we commend him because the workload is extraordinary maui. We are bringing extraordinary maui. We are bringing some support. When you look bringing some support. When you took at bringing some support. When you took at the bringing some support. When you look at the support that we can offerm look at the support that we can offer. There it is. He co ordinates this effort, but we have co ordinates this effort, but we have additional Military Support we have additional Military Support that has arrived. 50 Nationat Support that has arrived. 50 National Guard men have arrived today, National Guard men have arrived today, you National Guard men have arrived today, you will see many more coming today, you will see many more coming in today, you will see many more coming in the days ahead, and that coming in the days ahead, and that is coming in the days ahead, and that is important because when we have that is important because when we have those actual National Guard we have those actual National Guard individuals in the Service Guard individuals in the service and also from active duty military, and we will meet active duty military, and we will meet these gentlemen today, will meet these gentlemen today, it makes us more possibte today, it makes us more possible was to protect certain areas possible was to protect certain areas so possible was to protect certain areas so people can do their work areas so people can do their work at areas so people can do their work at ground zero. But then also, work at ground zero. But then also, open work at ground zero. But then also, open up the road, make it easier also, open up the road, make it easier for also, open up the road, make it easier for us also, open up the road, make it easier for us all to travel to places easier for us all to travel to places we easier for us all to travel to places we are familiar with. That places we are familiar with. That is places we are familiar with. That is a places we are familiar with. That is a big part of this operation. We will also meet the director of fema, and 150 peopte the director of fema, and 150 people on the ground, 90 assisting Search And Rescue, i will leave assisting Search And Rescue, i will leave it to leadership, Deeann Will Leave It to leadership, deeannis will leave it to leadership, deeann is an extraordinary individual and it is amazing to see her individual and it is amazing to see her in individual and it is amazing to see her in that top post and the experiences she has had across the experiences she has had across many tragedies, including the Covid Tragedy In New including the Covid Tragedy In New york, makes her supremely positioned new york, makes her supremely positioned to help us here. You are going positioned to help us here. You are going to meet our commanders. And they, in turn, commanders. And they, in turn, witt commanders. And they, in turn, will run the task force, but turn, will run the task force, but they turn, will run the task force, but they can do so much to bring but they can do so much to bring this but they can do so much to bring this community into a safer bring this community into a safer place. Dad was working for state safer place. Dad was working for state and federal space. We are negotiating for additional facilities but people are most interested in housing, how we can hows interested in housing, how we can hows our people. We have put together a temporary Housing Task Force which will work Housing Task Force wh