FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Large Brush Fires Impacting Maui and Hawaii Islands (August 8, 2023)
Old Aug 29, 2023 | 9:20 pm
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mfirst
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I have been back/forth twice since the fires - the first was that first night when every flight was packed.... now the loads are a fraction of what they have been
UA, as we discussed as been cutting flights - and even those flights are light
Coming back today - I was going to SFO-KOA-OGG and the SFO-KOA looked like <20% load.... ended up SFO-HNL-OGG and that was very light

regarding the power line issue - my understanding from reading the banter back and forth in the news is that HECO cant just cut power to the grid (or parts of it) without a formal process that involved discussions with the State of Hawaii (or some state government department).... I also dont know if a down single line can be instantly turned off?
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