Maui Resident Shares How to Help and Whether Visitors Should Travel to Maui After the Wildfires

Michael Binder, who splits his time between L.A. and Maui and owns Kapalua Zipline, shares his experience during the devastating fires, how people can help and if tourists should still travel to the island.

[@luvindaopera111]

Helpful info. Thank you both. 🙏 for Maui. 🌴

[@peldridge2627]

Thank you for this interview. Very informational from someone who knows Maui. Very helpful. 🙏🏻✌🏼

[@clarencewiles963]

So Sad😢

[@michaelvigil478]

Good interview, video. The great tragedy is the loss of lives. Then the loss of the history of Lahaina. So good to hear rational facts and compassion and not any of the horrible conspiracy theories that are sprouting up. As for the buildings that burned, didn't most of them have insurance coverage? So many talking like people are going to have to rebuild from scratch and need donations to do so. You don't operate a business on Front Street in a building worth upwards of a million dollars or many million, without a good fire or multi hazard policy. The insurance companies are the ones that will assess the cost to rebuild the properties they insured. The same goes for individual homeowners, who should have maintained a homeowners policy. If their house was still financed, a homeowners policy is a requirement. Also, most policies provide money for temporary housing for a specified time frame while repairs are under way. Now...the people who lost jobs and need temporary housing, food assistance, medical, and the like...those individuals should be our primary concern.