IGNED!

The relatives of the people who aren't dead because the emergency sirens didn't tell them to run away from a (non-existent) tsunami into the real flames, aren't making any fuss at all.

Flyguy doesn't understand this, or much else besides. Neither does John Larkin. Both of them share Trump's enthusiasm for telling half-truths (or less) that suit their political agenda.

With any luck America won't need a fool killer any more - the politicians are encouraging fools to kill themselves, putting him out of business.

Hey Bozo, I have not heard a SINGLE Maui resident say "Boy, am I glad they didn't sound the sirens!" It is exactly the OPPOSITE: they have ALL complained about the lack of sirens. This is why you don't want bureaucrats to run things.

Yes, that's certainly true. That particular manager does not WANT to be in that hotseat the next time an alert falls short of expectations, so he won't be

But, that's exactly what losing the manager IS doing, it's putting his bosses (also part of the same bureaucracy) into the next months and years of either micromanaging from desks that mainly don't handle emergencies, OR hiring another manager (which might work, or might not: very fast moving fire was never the intended message of those sirens).

The press has picked up some dissatisfaction and spread it around, so the complaints are news. After the fire's out, it might be the main news, for a few weeks. It's like the continuing drama at Fukushima's nuclear facility: THAT wasn't why tens of thousands died, but it was ongoing big news for many months after.

There's at least one very sad reason we aren't hearing those stories.

Nor ignorant householders. Bureaucrats are at least trained to think about things in advance. Ignorant householder and arm chair strategists like you revel in the clarity of vision you get from 100% hindsight, and are always willing to second guess the people who had to make the less-well-informed choices at the time.

It's a contemptible activity.