Like so many other climate-change-fueled phenomena, the Hawai'i wildfires are so horrifying in their immediate reality + terrifying in what they suggest about our futures. This from 2021 is the best explainer I've found about what's made the islands so susceptible to devastating fires.
(Tl;dr: It's not just climate change, it's also introduced grasses and other ecological meddling.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/us/hawaii-wildfires.html?unlocked_article_code=PTPNSu9ugAu25j0Ey_8crC7cFgf7SadYYweaCwaiGRnCng_JYFEX_IY0qeoJ3EK9tCU9b_9R3so5sPOmOf_rmSVHRW-Hc7VF2QCM9jZBsfiG6mbqm4Jc2NcgYA32br0aD8gAhTS0Lpu886CDjvHDMi34z753wufrW2-8FdCr4PzctRw5PHizS1_ObjrYIrSsdh-OdJoWrBSvSSH8SzuyzzhyvvdFS7OKLejoSDg5N1x8dCrlQgkFYG-eIVJHOecpgSUcLRBcplzqh1dC_eKa5_3F8I7ANXR7TCGrMD3pqrf7jjs_i70gL2EXIJfw_3DhiH99yZg&smid=url-share
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2023-08-10 16:56:11
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