Maui Wildfires: 3 Essential Survival Tips You Must Know Now

The Maui wildfires are the deadliest in the U.S. in over 100 years.

  • 2200 structures burned
  • 115 found dead so far
  • 850 remain missing
Maui wildfires and survival
Destroyed homes and cars, Aug. 13, 2023, Lahaina, Hawaii/AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

If you lost everything in a wildfire, could you survive?

“You ever seen hell in the movies? That is what it looked like. Fire everywhere. Dead people.” Kekoa Lansford, Lahaina resident

Three parachutes allow anyone to survive the worst disasters. Not avoid, but survive.

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Cross this bridge and thrive over troubled waters

Bridge Over Troubled Water, the celebrated song by Simon & Garfunkel, is a compass.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Whatever you’re trying to find, look for . . .

  • loyalty . . . I’m on your side
  • compassion . . . I will comfort you
  • encouragement . . . Sail on silver girl
  • vision . . . All your dreams are on their way
  • companionship . . . I’m sailing right behind

. . . and you will thrive over troubled water.

Untold millions recall the song’s August 1970 release as it inspires hope.

Last Christmas, our family watched the CBS special, Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon.

We found three treasures in what Stevie Wonder calls “one of the most beautiful songs ever written.”

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Cross this bridge and thrive over troubled waters