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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 13:19:34 EDT lnxw48a1
   A friend sent me a link about the recovery efforts in #HI, saying that things are happening slowly. I thought: nearly the whole town burned down, they’re still finding bodies, and people expect construction materials to fall from the sky?
   
   #Maui is an island so everything has to be shipped in. Also, the state and / or #Maui_County has to approve everything that gets rebuilt. I would hope they require less flammable materials, too. Now that this has happened once, we know it can happen again.
   1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 15:22:45 EDT GeniusMusing

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      Related: Maui: Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson launch recovery fund CNN
      
      https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/31/entertainment/oprah-winfrey-dwayne-johnson-maui/index.html
      
      >Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson have launched a recovery fund for the people who lost housing in the Maui wildfires, the pair announced in a video shared on Instagram Thursday.
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      >The two stars together donated $10 million to get the campaign started and are inviting the public to help in the effort.
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      >“We have created the People’s Fund of Maui that will put money directly in the hands of the people who need it right now,” Winfrey said, explaining that adults who lost their primary homes in the Lahaina and Kula fires are eligible to receive $1200 a month. This includes both homeowners and renters.
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