Seems like seawater was indeed used for the helicopters: Many Maui Komohana communities refuse to accept WML’s rewriting of history. They know, for exa

Seems like seawater was indeed used for the helicopters: Many Maui Komohana communities refuse to accept WML’s rewriting of history. They know, for example, it was actually high winds that prevented helicopters from fighting the fires, and when they were ultimately used, seawater proved more accessible. From: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalism https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii... The Guardian article seems to paint things in a very different light to the OP article.