The residents of Maui, Hawaii, are nonetheless recovering from the tragic wildfires that raged throughout the island on Aug. 8. The fires reportedly took the lives of a minimum of 99 individuals. America‘s deadliest wildfire in over 100 years took place from nonnative grass planted on the island to feed livestock.
A number of present and former Black Hawaii residents have shared their experiences over social media. On X, previously often known as Twitter, John Murray saluted a pair of Black males for his or her swift motion to the information.
“Shout-out to Floyd Mayweather for serving to over 60 households in Hawaii with meals, resorts, aircraft tickets and garments,” Murray posted on X. “The fireplace did a lot injury on Maui however the ache can also be felt on Oahu. Over 1,000 individuals nonetheless lacking.”
Oahu is over 100 miles away from Maui. Murray is the daddy of Atlanta Hawks star guard Dejounte Murray.
“Additionally an enormous shout-out to Rayford Younger for checking on me and my household to see if we have been affected by the wildfire,” Murray posted about Younger, Trae Younger’s father. “I admire you, bro.”
“All love, bro,” Younger replied. “I haven’t been to Hawaii since faculty, so I didn’t know the way shut you have been. Glad you and the household are good.”
Whereas Murray has shared different individuals’s movies from the destruction, he has additionally just lately posted movies from the place he lives and stated he’s nonetheless praying for Maui.
Stunning Day on the island 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Nonetheless praying for Maui. pic.twitter.com/OdKYoWe9UH
— Mr. Murray 🏁 (@TeamMurray05) August 13, 2023
A well-known former Black resident of Hawaii additionally publicly shared his response. Barack Obama inspired individuals to donate to the affected households on the island by way of a video on X.
“As somebody who grew up in Hawaii, as somebody who has taken my household to benefit from the unimaginable great thing about that island and the hospitality of the individuals of Lāhainā, we now discover ourselves mourning the lives which were misplaced, and our ideas and prayers exit to the households which have misplaced a lot,” Obama stated within the video. “The factor about it’s, although, ideas and prayers in a second like this should not sufficient. We now have to step up.”
Obama then posted a Pink Cross hyperlink for individuals to donate.
It should take all of us coming collectively and doing what we will to assist these in want in Maui and Lāhainā proper now. I hope you’ll be a part of me in donating to the Hawai’i Pink Cross immediately: https://t.co/CPtVJ8fGSq pic.twitter.com/yvIDCG15MP
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 15, 2023
Oprah Winfrey, who owns a house in Maui, stated she’ll make a donation after all the “smoke and the ashes have settled right here and we work out what the rebuilding goes to seem like.” She stated she’s frolicked on the shelters and requested residents what they wanted.
Oprah, who owns a house on Maui, says: “Sooner or later I’ll make a significant donation after all of the smoke and the ashes have settled right here and we work out what the rebuilding goes to seem like.”
The video comes after Oprah visited a shelter in Wailuku with a digital camera, however was… pic.twitter.com/T2tUtjdHTD
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) August 14, 2023
