Five local hospitality workers recount the harrowing days following the crisis and the eeriness of watching the visitors crucial to their economy sip mai tais at resorts.
staff party. My Papa‘aina chef texted me that the power was out. I was like, “Well, sit tight, maybe it will come back on.” We can’t really afford to lose a day of business, you know?
Decimated restaurants and hospitality businesses in and around Lāhainā town represented a dire economic reality for now-unemployed residents. Others learned that their houses had turned to ash and debris. Many are still on the search for missing friends and family.Lāhainā is one giant graveyard right now. Many of my family members have been pulling bodies out from the fire, and it’s easily in the hundreds.
There are going to be 1,000 people that have perished. The vast majority of them are so unrecognizable they’re not going to be able to be identified. I feel lucky in comparison. My immediate family’s fine. My youngest sister gave birth just after the fire. So, my family’s growing while others are shrinking.My house is still standing. The fire didn’t jump the highway. They just reopened it to go back to the West side. But I don’t want to see the town, to be honest.
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