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Ableton on Air is part of the following organizations, the National Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences, Boston, New England Chapter, and the Society of Professional Journalists. Welcome to this edition of Ableton on Air, the one and only program that focuses on the needs, concerns, and achievements of different label. I've always been your host, Lawrence Seiler. On this, before we get to this edition, which we are talking about the wildfires in Hawaii, before we get to that important topic, I would like to thank our sponsors, Washington County Mental Health, and the partnership with Higher Ability Vermont, the partnerships with the Division for the Blind in Vermont, and the Association for the Blind in Vermont, and many, many, many others that have helped us in sponsorships or partnerships with Ableton on Air. Now, let's get to today's, to this week's topic, which is the devastation that happened in Hawaii. So, what happened in Hawaii, according to the Associated Press, and many other news outlets that have been following this, including Ableton on Air, in Hawaii, according to the Associated Press, a mobile Mark unit has arrived on Tuesday. Now, imagine this has devastated the island of Hawaii. Maui and everybody else that is going through this. A mobile Mark unit arrived this past Tuesday to help Hawaii officials working painstakingly to identify the remains of people killed in wildfires that ravaged Maui. And the death toll rose above 100. As a matter of fact, now, according to President Biden, it is 106. And teams intensified the search for more dead in neighborhoods and reduced to ash. I mean, excuse me, Governor Josh Green, Joshua Green of Hawaii announced that confirmed the death toll has rise from 99 to 101. And in the afternoon video saying we are heart sick, we've just had such a loss. The U.S. and now it's 106 as of today. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services deployed a team of coroners, pathologists, technicians, along with an exam table, X-ray units and other equipment to identify victims. And process remains as Jonathan Green, the agency's deputy secretary for response. According to the Department of Health, it's going to be a very difficult mission, says Green, and patients will be incredibly important because of the number of victims. A week after the blaze tore through the historic Lahana, Hawaii, and many survivors moving to hundreds of hotel rooms set aside for displaced locals while donations of food, ice water, and many other centers poured in. Crews with cadaver dogs that scoured about 32% of the area of the county of Maui said in a statement Tuesday that the governor asked for patients as authorities became overwhelmed with requests to visit the burn area. Just three bodies have been identified thus far and officials are starting to release names. Tuesday, according to the Maui police chief, John Pelleter, who renewed and appealed with families of missing relatives to provide DNA samples. So far, according to this report, 41 samples have been submitted by the county of Maui in a statement and 13 DNA profiles have been obtained with the remains. The governor warned that scores of bodies can be found while fires and some have not been fully contained and are ready to deadliest in the US in more than a century. The cause is under investigation. When asked by the Hawaii News now, which is a television program, if children are among the missing, Green said Tuesday, tragically yes, the bodies are smaller and we know it's a child. He described of the sites being searched too much to share to see if it's just human perspective. Another complicating factor says Green that the storms, wind and rain were in the forecast of the weekend. Officials are modeling whether preemptively power is down or lack of short period of time because now the infrastructure is weaker. A week after the fire started, some residents remain with intermittent power and reliable cell phone service and uncertainty whether to get assistance. Some people walked periodically to a seawall where phone connections were strongest to make calls. Flying low off the coast with a single prop airplane and loudspeaker to blur information where to get water and supplies. Victoria, a month to see, lost her scuba business and a boat who lost her scuba business and a boat, planned to travel to her storage unit in Kauai and Kahana Home Wednesday to stash documents and keep safe and to keep by her friend which house was burned. These things she grabbed and the only thing she could grab and I wanted to keep them safe. She said, although a local power utility has been faced with criticism by not setting up the power as strong as when buffed under a high risk area for fire. And it is not clear whether the utility equipment played any role in igniting the flames. The Hawaiian Electric Company president and CEO, Sidney Kimura, said that factors go into the decision to cut power including the impact on people who rely on specialized medical equipment and concerns that a shout off in the fire would knock out water pumps. If you have specialized medical equipment during a wildfire, it's really hard to deal with. Green said the flames raised as fast as a mile, 1.6 kilometers every minute in some areas, fueled by dry grass and propelled by strong winds from a passing hurricane. The blaze that swept into centuries old Lahana last week destroyed nearly every building in the town of 13,000. The fire had been 85% contained according to the country, according to the county. Another blaze as an off county fire was 60% contained. The Lahana fire caused about 3.2 billion in short property losses according to the calculations by Cameron Clark and Company, a prominent disaster and risk modeling company that doesn't count damage to uninsured property. The firm said that in 2,200 buildings were damaged and destroyed by flames and 3,000 damaged by fire and smoke or both. Even when the flames had retreated, authorities had warned that toxic byproducts remain in drinking water and flames spewed poisonous fumes that people are unable to return home. The Red Cross said that 575 Blackened Easts were spread across shelters on Monday. Green said that thousands of people needed housing for at least 36 weeks. He said on Tuesday that some 450 hotel rooms and 1,000 Airbnb rentals will be made available. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he and the First Lady would visit Hawaii as soon as they can and he doesn't want his presence to interrupt recovery and cleanup efforts. During a stop in Milwaukee to highlight his economic agenda, Biden pledged that every asset they need will be there for them. FEMA will be providing $700 to displaced residents, $700 each to displaced residents to cover the cost of food, water, first aid and medical supplies. In addition to qualifying coverage of lost homes and personal property. The Biden administration is seeking $12 billion more of Governor's Disaster Relief Fund as part of the supplemental funding request by Congress. Green said that leaders across the board are helping to donate 1 million pounds, which is about 450,000 kilograms of food as well as ice, water, diapers, formula, US Marines and Hawaii National Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers and Coast Guard have all joined the aid of recovery efforts. The Lahana resident Kiyoka Lansford said that who helped rescue as the flames, she was helped being rescued as the flames swept across the town. Now he is collecting stories of survivors hoping to create a timeline of what happened. He has 170 emails so far. The scene was haunting, horrible. Lansford said Tuesday you could see you have seen hell in the movies. That's what it looked like fire everywhere and dead people. Honolulu reported and Los Angeles Associated Press journalist Bobby Conner, Calvin of Kauai and even Daly of Hawaii and other reporters from New Hampshire and other places including Washington have contributed. The Associated Press climate environmental coverage receives support from several private foundations. Also, if you want more information on the wildfires, you can go to www.apnews.com slash Hawaii. So now I'm going to give you information on American Red Cross disaster relief. So if you're having any disaster right now, fires, floods, anything of that nature, the Red Cross has disaster relief services. You can go to www.redcross.org. That's www.redcrossredcorsf.org. The Red Cross responds to an emergency every eight minutes. So if you need help from home fire relief, hurricane relief, wildfire relief or flood relief, you can go to www.redcross.org. And down here, as you can see on your screen, there is a graph. If you want to learn more about the historic disaster responses, according to year, the method, let's go to 2022 and go across the graph. Hurricane Ian was in 22. So going up top, if you want to volunteer, I'm going to the part up top here. So anybody that wants to volunteer for the American Red Cross, again, you can go to www.redcross.org. You can be a blood ambassador and give blood. You can do blood transportation. You can be a blood transportation specialist. 90% of the Red Cross workforce are volunteers. And there are videos to watch and training to watch and so on. So volunteers help respond to an average of 60,000 disasters every year. More than 25,000 volunteers support Red Cross blood services. More than 15,000 nurses and nursing students are volunteers. 25% of volunteers are age 24 or younger. And you can go here to give blood. There's training and certification, so on and so forth. So for more, again, there's a graph drop down menu. But for more information on the American Red Cross, you can go to www.redcross.org. That's R-E-D-C-R-O-S-S dot org forward slash volunteer. It's extremely important to help our neighbors in need, especially during the Montpelier flood that we've had recently or anything that is dealing with disaster relief. We must help our neighbors also by giving food. One last website I'm going to give during this show. If during disaster relief, during the disaster situation, anybody that needs food stamps during this time of need. I'm going to go click here. Anybody that needs food stamp benefits during flash flood fires and so on, you can go to www.usa.gov forward slash food stamps. So that's www.usa.gov forward slash food stamps. And they give you information on how to known as food stamps, SNAP, the supplemental nutrition assistance program. You can pay for food if you have low income. Each month SNAP benefits are added to an electronic benefit transfer EBT card, but you can shop for food. To be eligible for SNAP benefits during disasters or regular time, you must meet your state's requirements. So you must meet the Vermont requirements if you need food stamps. And it's part of your income limit. States can take other resources into account like the money you have in your bank to decide if you qualify for SNAP. To apply for SNAP, contact your state or local SNAP office. Depending on your state, you may apply online in person by mail or fax. You may need to be interviewed before you get SNAP benefits. So Vermont and on the side of this page, the USA.gov, it also talks about school meals. So let's go there for a minute because we're going to be going into school in September. School meals and food programs for children. Your child might qualify for a free reduced price meal at their school or childcare center. They can get food assistance through the school year and summer break. You can scroll down and go to the national school lunch program, the school breakfast program, and the special milk program for milk for students. For more information on this page or this information, you can go to www.usa.gov. For sports last school meals starting in September or maybe this summer they also have school meals. This information was important today due to the wildfires or anything, any other resource that you needed on today's program. You can also go to www.orchimedia.net and look at Ableden on Air. So that's www.orchimedia.net, forward slash Ableden on Air. This has been an episode of Ableden on Air. Again, Arlene is not here today. She is recuperating in the hospital and we wish her speedy recovery. I'm Lauren Seiler. See you next time. 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