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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
The Pioneer Mill Smokestack with the Lahainaluna “L” on the hillside are seen on Aug. 12.
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To paraphrase philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset: “The mob in search of bread; the first thing they do is burn down the bakeries.”
Blame and retribution can wait while Hawaiian Electric repairs and fire-hardens the grid, not only on Maui, but also on the other islands it serves. The same is true for the user-owned electrical utility on Kauai.
Due to climate change and the demise of large agricultural plantations, with their well-watered crops replaced with dried-out grasses, weeds and haole koa, wildfires will likely become more frequent and more destructive.
John Priolo
Pearl City
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