As the grim search for missing people continues in Maui, scrutiny is growing over the emergency alert system that failed to warn thousands about the fire headed their way last week.
On Sunday, Hawaii’s Gov. Josh Green said he has asked the state’s attorney general for a comprehensive review of the emergency system.
“We will know soon whether or not they did enough to get those sirens going,” Green said. “But there was a massive destruction of telecommunications. Otherwise, we ourselves would’ve communicated with each other, like we always do, within seconds on our cell phones.” Annelise Cochran, a Lahaina resident, said she jumped over the seawall into the ocean and clung to a wall for seven hours to escape the flames. She also tried to help her elderly neighbor, though he didn’t survive.“I am incredibly frustrated. I know that the projected reason why it didn’t work was because there was no power. But it’s an emergency system and frequently in emergencies the power goes down so to rely on this system is negligent,” said Cochran.
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