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Really horrible. I feel like it's got to be worse on an island than the mainland since your options for getting out of the area are more limited. I assume your only option is up-wind and then you have to hope that the wind direction doesn't change.

There's also another thread on this that's been going for a bit longer.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/1144492-maui-fire.html

I'm not sure what would be worse, the wild fire or a lava flow. The lava flow would be pretty scary, but presumably, slower so you'd have an easier time getting out of the path.

I don't remember hearing about wild fires in HI before. I assume this is not terribly common.

Texas has had a lot of wild fires going for a bit. We're having very hot dry weather. I suspect they are mostly in wide open spaces that are sparsely populated. Although in our 85 mile drive yesterday, we probably saw the results of a dozen different small fires on the side of the road, some very small, some quite a bit larger. Texas currently has 176 counties out of 254 with burn bans. I'm surprised I haven't heard much about fires in Cali.