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So we kind of was like, okay, maybe we need to get ready to go, since it's kind of close and the wind is pretty strong. and by the time we dropped off my brother at his house and i made it back to my grandmother's house, there was already just dark, black smoke right behind the houses that was adjacent to lahaina luna road, which is about three houses from my grandmother's house. and with that said, you know, they were already scrambling to grab things that they could reach, put it in their car. my grandmother was, you know, she -- all she grabbed was her purse and maybe a pair of -- a change ...

>> yes. we've been able to actually drive back into the neighborhood several times. yesterday it was up and down. we would hear it is kind of safe to go in there. we went in. wrapped some heirlooms to be safe. then we would hear the next hour oh, the fire is coming down the gulch. make sure you don't go in there. the neighbor is crying and fleeing again. and this morning we felt pretty good about it. you know, we woke up. the house was still there. we got a picture of our home from the friend who said it is looking good. winds are down a notch since yesterday. you can probably still hear them,...

Right of that is where the people were on the beach. and, yeah, it was pretty intense seeing that. >> so, walk through the challenges for us from your view in the sense, listening to what you're describing, which is just out of this world. and then the images we see as well, you are seeing other images. you talked about the efforts to bring the resources together. are there enough resources on maui to handle this disaster? and from your sense, are they making the necessary adjustments to coordinate them and all that? >> i don't think anybody's really ready for all this. if you talk to any fire...

Overwhelmed with burn patients and those suffering from smoke inhalation. these violent and explosive wildfires are not under con troelg on maui, which is the second largest of the 137 islands. the fires are being fueled by strong winds from a hurricane 800 miles away. let's bring in bill weir and chad myers. bill, how unprecedented is this kind of situation in hawaii? >> you know, jake, you could hear it in the voice of the lieutenant governor who was talking about the fact that we are prepared as hawaiians out there vulnerable in the middle of the pacific when it comes to hurricanes, they kn...

Hawaii state department of defense. >> aloha and good morning. so lieutenant governor green appointed me as the overall incident commander for the state for this incident. however, i just wanted to stress that in accordance with hawaii statute 127 alpha, we are in support of the counties and they are the lead. it is very difficult because of the conditions last night, the high winds and the fire, we really don't have all of the details on exactly how many structures are damaged, but we do know power is out and having problems with water and i'll let the county share the details of each -- each...