Ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā kikowaena aniau mamao ma Lahaina a me Malaya e nānā i nā kūlana ahi

Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nei kahi kikowaena aniau mamao ma Lahaina. PC: Ke Keʻena ʻĀina a me nā Kumuwaiwai Kūlohelohe o Hawaiʻi.
I kēia mau lā iho nei, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā kikowaena aniau mamao ma nā wahi o Lahaina a me Maalaya, kahi i maʻalahi ai nā ʻūhā hipa i nā ahi ahi.
ʻAe ka ʻenehana i ka Hawaii Department of Forestry and Wildlife e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili e wānana i ke ʻano o ke ahi a nānā i ka puhi ʻana o ka wahie.
Hōʻiliʻili nā kikowaena i ka ʻikepili no nā mākaʻi a me nā mea kinai ahi e pili ana i ka ua, ka wikiwiki a me ke kuhikuhi o ka makani, ka mahana o ka ea, ka haʻahaʻa pili, ka makū o ka wahie a me ka hoʻomālamalama o ka lā.
Hōʻiliʻili ʻia nā ʻikepili mai nā kikowaena aniau mamao aku i kēlā me kēia hola a hoʻouna ʻia i nā satelite, a laila hoʻouna ʻia i nā kamepiula ma ka National Interagency Fire Center ma Boise, Idaho.
Kōkua kēia ʻikepili i ke kaua ʻana i nā ahi ululāʻau a me ka loiloi ʻana i ka pōʻino o ke ahi. Aia ma kahi o 2,800 mau kikowaena aniau mamao ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Puerto Rico, Guam, a me nā mokupuni ʻo Virgin Islands o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
"ʻAʻole wale nā ​​​​keʻena ahi e nānā nei i kēia ʻikepili, akā ke hoʻohana nei nā mea noiʻi meteorological iā ia no ka wānana a me ke kumu hoʻohālike," wahi a Mike Walker, he kahu ululāʻau ahi me ka 'Oihana Ululāʻau a me nā Wildlife.
Nānā pinepine nā luna o ka ʻoihana ululāʻau i ka Pūnaewele, e nānā ana i ka mahana a me ka haʻahaʻa e hoʻoholo ai i ka pilikia o ke ahi ma ia wahi. Ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe, aia kekahi mau kikowaena i lako me nā kāmela e ʻike mua i nā ahi.
"He mea hana maikaʻi loa lākou no ka ʻike ʻana i ka pilikia o ke ahi, a he ʻelua mau kikowaena nānā lima hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e nānā i nā kūlana ahi kūloko," wahi a Walker.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole paha e hōʻike kahi kikowaena aniau mamao i ke alo o ke ahi, hiki i ka ʻike a me ka ʻikepili i hōʻiliʻili ʻia e kēia hāmeʻa ke lilo i mea waiwai nui i ka nānā ʻana i nā hoʻoweliweli ahi.