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I do find it somewhat plausible the explanation that sounding the sirens could cause people to seek higher ground when that was basically the worst thing they c
by emodendroket 3y ago
I do find it somewhat plausible the explanation that sounding the sirens could cause people to seek higher ground when that was basically the worst thing they could do.
- ggm 3y agoYes. It's absolutely plausible.
- lurking_swe 3y agoi call BS. it’s plausible, until you take into account that this emergency occurred in the middle of the night when many residents were asleep. And cell towers were offline by this point, so there was literally no other way to alert people in west maui. The risk that some residents are stupid enough to run into a fire uphill seems WAY better than letting one thousand plus people die in their sleep.
- macinjosh 3y agoI am sure once outside the nature of the emergency would become clear. They are people not lemmings.
- emodendroket 3y agoWhy are you sure of this? If it were so readily apparent just by looking what difference would the sirens make?