HE shares in the widespread sorrow and empathy for the God-knows-how-many-victims of the Maui (mostly Lahaina) inferno.
Everyone is asking themselves this question: “If I only had 10 or 15 minutes before my house is fully engulfed in flames, what would I try and save, family members and pets aside?”
I would first see if someone nearby was in trouble and needed my help, including any stray dogs or cats who might be wandering around.
I would not risk my life to save a neighbor’s aquarium or wall paintings or 4K flatscreens, and certainly no furniture unless it’s an heirloom or a valued antique.
This may sound small-minded but it’s not really. I would grab my iPhone and two computers plus chargers, connecting cords, computer bags, podcast hardware, etc. Plus as much of my wardrobe as I could save (finest T-shirts, Kooples shirts, favorite jeans, three or four Italian lace-ups, favorite boots.
There were 93 confirmed Maui firestorm deaths as of 8.12.23, “and at least 1,000 other residents of Lahainā unaccounted for.”