In response to other questions and comments regarding Soiltac.
The current Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for Soiltac (liquid) is available through the following link:
https://www.dropbox.com/t/7KijhvnTPlTJIfyq
In addition, Dr. Craig Downs was referencing the wrong product in his research. We are not recommending the Powdered product.
Days turned to weeks. A town sized ash pile comprised of highly toxic materials like asbestos, lead, arsenic, dioxins, and of course, melted plastics, all freely blowing into the broader natural habitat, unsecured, sat across roughly 20 million square feet of what was once Lahaina.
The debate about whether or not to secure that deadly ash stuttered on, in and out of BlueJeans meetings, in private email trains and text messages, on weekly task force zooms, on the occasional social media post flanking rants about directed energy weapons and smart cities. Thousands of residents continued to live adjacent to burn zones, existing in a virtual airborne superfund toxic site. Thousands more who had lost everything to the fires continued to rummage through contaminated ash, overcome with emotions that often crowded out abstract concerns around exposure to airborne carcinogenic dust. The dust that was never bound, the ash that was never secured in place, the filtration storm socks that were too few and too sparse, the retention basins that were never constructed, the wattles that bravely awaited that impending deluge.
Then the rain came. Like a sudden burst of tears after months of unprocessed pain. It was torrential, thanks to a nearby low pressure system. Like a thief in an unguarded house, it took everything it could, swiftly and unencumbered by conscience.
The day after, it didn’t seem all that bad- to be honest, many quietly felt good about it. Everything seemed a bit less destroyed, a bit less like a warzone. The air felt fresher. God bless the ocean, she just kind of drank it all up. “Good thing we didn’t spray that deadly plastic chemical!”, someone commented on an Instagram post with newly captured drone footage. A few land owners talked amongst themselves about how the Army Corp of Engineers will have an easier time now that all that ash is gone.
But the lawaiʻa knew. He saw. He tried to comfort himself with the thought that it would pass. It would not, at least, not for a long, long time. So did the generational ʻohana who intimately knew Kanaloa. And when the scientists went to collect data, they found their instruments destroyed. But they didn’t need them. It was obvious to even the lay person. Something horrible had happened, something that couldn’t be undone, something that ultimately would bring about more loss.. perhaps, over time, much more than even the fire had.
Days turned to weeks. Molokaʻi and Lāna’i reefs too began to die off. Kanaloa, Kahoʻolawe, she bore it with grace like all the other affronts. The EPA declared nearshore Lahaina a superfund toxic site. Algae blooms exploded, died off, and countless fish washed up dead at Hanakaoo. A whale carcass became food for manō in the auau channel. Then two more. As global media reported, tourism to Maui slumped to record lows, thousands were laid off, and a new debate emerged: who was to blame? But it didn’t matter. We were all to blame.
“I strongly encourage community members to send their questions for resource personnel before Wednesday’s meeting via eComment or by e-mailing DRIP.Committee@mauicounty.us or Tamara.Paltin@mauicounty.us,” - Lāhainā News.
To the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the American Red Cross and more:
Is there a plan in place to support local community efforts for the bioremediation of the fire-affected areas? If so, what is the plan to support these local community efforts? Mahalo.
--
Maui Bioremediation Coalition
info@mauibiorem.org
With the relocation of Kamehameha 3 Elementary School to Pulelehua development site, has there been any disussion on using Pulelehua for modular homes? Are there any other locations planned for modular homes such as Boxabl
First off i would like to send my love and prayers to all those who were affected and devistated by these tragic events that the Wildfire has caused, and i have high hopes for our beloved island of maui to recover and become much more empathetic and understanding for one another.I pray that in our time of grieving and struggle, the good lord may help us all find some kind of peace and hope for a better tomorrow....
With that being said, My question to the resource personel is, when the United States Government sends aid for emergency transitional housing, does that mean it was meant for people who are in need of housing?
Moreover, why would you make that more complex and complicated then it has to be? Simply, aid for emergency housing was made for our people who are in a state of emergency that do not have housing is that not correct?
If so, why does your resource personnel make requirements for aid recipients that make it much harder to acquire, takes longer for them to acquire the help they need, and then not equally disburse the aid but rather ration the aid and at the same time portion it to who you feel is more qualified to receive more aid?
Let me simplify the question now, to be frank if you lost your house to the wildfires, you are now homeless, until you rebuild your home. So the government sends aid for transitional housing to help anyone who was affected by the wildfires, directly and indirectly. Which would mean it was meant for those who lost their homes and for those who didn't have a home to begin with, as long as they were directly and/or indirectly affected by the wildfire. So why is it that the homeless community that is growing in numbers continues to have their civil and human rights violated and discriminated on? I myself and a handful of others have been affected with homelessness issues that plague or community because of this type of behavior. I am saddened and disheartened by our government saving face in front of the world and acting like they truly want to help our homeless community but make things so complex and complicated to aquire simple aid. Is there a way we can measure who is more American, who is more homeless, who is more grief stricken, who is more in need, who is more deserving, who is more qualified to receive this so called aid that was given to releave the homelessness problem that is rapidly growing in our island of Maui because of multiple factors....
I have been advocating for the homeless here on maui for some time now. It all started when my father, who was never there for me in my life, was sickly and all alone on the streets because his family gave up on him. I left my mothers home to help my father and which in turn, pushed my own family away from me. What was i supposed to do? Let him suffer for what he did? No, i rendered aid when he critically needed it. that when i stepped up. I made it so that he would be a part of my life and I became his care taker. I was the last person he ever would have thought came to his aid on his last dying days. From his words 'the one I abandoned is the one that came and saved me. He has passed away for awhile now, but I still advocate for the homeless, like myself.
I want to know if your personnel is here to help the homeless with emergency transitional housing, and how is it fair to send certain homeless to hotels and airbnb and send some homeless to shelters that resemble enternmant camps... If you feed the needy hamburgers, give them all hamburgers, please don't give some people cake and ice cream and then the rest of them get crackers and syrup. We need more empathy and understanding, not quarrel and division... which it seems you want our people to do?
Thank you for your continued efforts to support and amplify the voices of our west Maui community. What has happened to our friends, family and community is devastating and continues to weigh on us daily. My husband and I lost our home in Ho'onanea during the fires and are fortunate to have found housing upcountry through family.
I continue to be denied help from the Red Cross on housing subsidies as well as FEMA. My issue with the Red Cross is that it was not explained to people that we would need to spend a minimum of (3) nights in a Red Cross shelter, prior to the September deadline, in order to be eligible for their transitional housing program. I never heard this until the deadline was upon us to register. We worked to try and secure housing as quickly as possible after the fire because we have a dog and knew that it would be near impossible to find housing that would allow us to have him. Every time I speak to someone from FEMA or the Red Cross, I receive different information and/or directive on next steps.
There are so many members of the community that are still looking to secure housing and I absolutely believe that they should be the priority. I just want to ensure that people in our position, who found housing on their own, and are responsible for covering rent, mortgage and HOA dues for the next 3-5 years are not lost in the shuffle and that we also get government support. I have no interest in taking out an SBA loan and going into debt when government officials are speaking about getting money into the hands of those affected.
I hope that during this week's meeting, these organizations can provide more transparency on the long term support efforts that will actually help us. So far, we have been told that there will be help along the way, but no one can actually share with us any details. It makes planning for the next few years extremely difficult and adds to an already stressful situation.
Thank you all for your continued help and consideration during these times.
Mahalo,
Sara Bill & Kaliko Leialoha-Dutro
808-639-1638
In response to other questions and comments regarding Soiltac.
The current Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for Soiltac (liquid) is available through the following link:
https://www.dropbox.com/t/7KijhvnTPlTJIfyq
In addition, Dr. Craig Downs was referencing the wrong product in his research. We are not recommending the Powdered product.
Respectfully,
Chad Falkenberg
CEO & Founder
Soilworks, LLC
chad@soilworks.com
"Then the Rain Came"
Days turned to weeks. A town sized ash pile comprised of highly toxic materials like asbestos, lead, arsenic, dioxins, and of course, melted plastics, all freely blowing into the broader natural habitat, unsecured, sat across roughly 20 million square feet of what was once Lahaina.
The debate about whether or not to secure that deadly ash stuttered on, in and out of BlueJeans meetings, in private email trains and text messages, on weekly task force zooms, on the occasional social media post flanking rants about directed energy weapons and smart cities. Thousands of residents continued to live adjacent to burn zones, existing in a virtual airborne superfund toxic site. Thousands more who had lost everything to the fires continued to rummage through contaminated ash, overcome with emotions that often crowded out abstract concerns around exposure to airborne carcinogenic dust. The dust that was never bound, the ash that was never secured in place, the filtration storm socks that were too few and too sparse, the retention basins that were never constructed, the wattles that bravely awaited that impending deluge.
Then the rain came. Like a sudden burst of tears after months of unprocessed pain. It was torrential, thanks to a nearby low pressure system. Like a thief in an unguarded house, it took everything it could, swiftly and unencumbered by conscience.
The day after, it didn’t seem all that bad- to be honest, many quietly felt good about it. Everything seemed a bit less destroyed, a bit less like a warzone. The air felt fresher. God bless the ocean, she just kind of drank it all up. “Good thing we didn’t spray that deadly plastic chemical!”, someone commented on an Instagram post with newly captured drone footage. A few land owners talked amongst themselves about how the Army Corp of Engineers will have an easier time now that all that ash is gone.
But the lawaiʻa knew. He saw. He tried to comfort himself with the thought that it would pass. It would not, at least, not for a long, long time. So did the generational ʻohana who intimately knew Kanaloa. And when the scientists went to collect data, they found their instruments destroyed. But they didn’t need them. It was obvious to even the lay person. Something horrible had happened, something that couldn’t be undone, something that ultimately would bring about more loss.. perhaps, over time, much more than even the fire had.
Days turned to weeks. Molokaʻi and Lāna’i reefs too began to die off. Kanaloa, Kahoʻolawe, she bore it with grace like all the other affronts. The EPA declared nearshore Lahaina a superfund toxic site. Algae blooms exploded, died off, and countless fish washed up dead at Hanakaoo. A whale carcass became food for manō in the auau channel. Then two more. As global media reported, tourism to Maui slumped to record lows, thousands were laid off, and a new debate emerged: who was to blame? But it didn’t matter. We were all to blame.
Makana
“I strongly encourage community members to send their questions for resource personnel before Wednesday’s meeting via eComment or by e-mailing DRIP.Committee@mauicounty.us or Tamara.Paltin@mauicounty.us,” - Lāhainā News.
To the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the American Red Cross and more:
Is there a plan in place to support local community efforts for the bioremediation of the fire-affected areas? If so, what is the plan to support these local community efforts? Mahalo.
--
Maui Bioremediation Coalition
info@mauibiorem.org
With the relocation of Kamehameha 3 Elementary School to Pulelehua development site, has there been any disussion on using Pulelehua for modular homes? Are there any other locations planned for modular homes such as Boxabl
First off i would like to send my love and prayers to all those who were affected and devistated by these tragic events that the Wildfire has caused, and i have high hopes for our beloved island of maui to recover and become much more empathetic and understanding for one another.I pray that in our time of grieving and struggle, the good lord may help us all find some kind of peace and hope for a better tomorrow....
With that being said, My question to the resource personel is, when the United States Government sends aid for emergency transitional housing, does that mean it was meant for people who are in need of housing?
Moreover, why would you make that more complex and complicated then it has to be? Simply, aid for emergency housing was made for our people who are in a state of emergency that do not have housing is that not correct?
If so, why does your resource personnel make requirements for aid recipients that make it much harder to acquire, takes longer for them to acquire the help they need, and then not equally disburse the aid but rather ration the aid and at the same time portion it to who you feel is more qualified to receive more aid?
Let me simplify the question now, to be frank if you lost your house to the wildfires, you are now homeless, until you rebuild your home. So the government sends aid for transitional housing to help anyone who was affected by the wildfires, directly and indirectly. Which would mean it was meant for those who lost their homes and for those who didn't have a home to begin with, as long as they were directly and/or indirectly affected by the wildfire. So why is it that the homeless community that is growing in numbers continues to have their civil and human rights violated and discriminated on? I myself and a handful of others have been affected with homelessness issues that plague or community because of this type of behavior. I am saddened and disheartened by our government saving face in front of the world and acting like they truly want to help our homeless community but make things so complex and complicated to aquire simple aid. Is there a way we can measure who is more American, who is more homeless, who is more grief stricken, who is more in need, who is more deserving, who is more qualified to receive this so called aid that was given to releave the homelessness problem that is rapidly growing in our island of Maui because of multiple factors....
I have been advocating for the homeless here on maui for some time now. It all started when my father, who was never there for me in my life, was sickly and all alone on the streets because his family gave up on him. I left my mothers home to help my father and which in turn, pushed my own family away from me. What was i supposed to do? Let him suffer for what he did? No, i rendered aid when he critically needed it. that when i stepped up. I made it so that he would be a part of my life and I became his care taker. I was the last person he ever would have thought came to his aid on his last dying days. From his words 'the one I abandoned is the one that came and saved me. He has passed away for awhile now, but I still advocate for the homeless, like myself.
I want to know if your personnel is here to help the homeless with emergency transitional housing, and how is it fair to send certain homeless to hotels and airbnb and send some homeless to shelters that resemble enternmant camps... If you feed the needy hamburgers, give them all hamburgers, please don't give some people cake and ice cream and then the rest of them get crackers and syrup. We need more empathy and understanding, not quarrel and division... which it seems you want our people to do?
Mario Aquino Sol, Jr., masol@hawaii.edu
Aloha,
Thank you for your continued efforts to support and amplify the voices of our west Maui community. What has happened to our friends, family and community is devastating and continues to weigh on us daily. My husband and I lost our home in Ho'onanea during the fires and are fortunate to have found housing upcountry through family.
I continue to be denied help from the Red Cross on housing subsidies as well as FEMA. My issue with the Red Cross is that it was not explained to people that we would need to spend a minimum of (3) nights in a Red Cross shelter, prior to the September deadline, in order to be eligible for their transitional housing program. I never heard this until the deadline was upon us to register. We worked to try and secure housing as quickly as possible after the fire because we have a dog and knew that it would be near impossible to find housing that would allow us to have him. Every time I speak to someone from FEMA or the Red Cross, I receive different information and/or directive on next steps.
There are so many members of the community that are still looking to secure housing and I absolutely believe that they should be the priority. I just want to ensure that people in our position, who found housing on their own, and are responsible for covering rent, mortgage and HOA dues for the next 3-5 years are not lost in the shuffle and that we also get government support. I have no interest in taking out an SBA loan and going into debt when government officials are speaking about getting money into the hands of those affected.
I hope that during this week's meeting, these organizations can provide more transparency on the long term support efforts that will actually help us. So far, we have been told that there will be help along the way, but no one can actually share with us any details. It makes planning for the next few years extremely difficult and adds to an already stressful situation.
Thank you all for your continued help and consideration during these times.
Mahalo,
Sara Bill & Kaliko Leialoha-Dutro
808-639-1638