Oprah Winfrey was on the ground in Maui Thursday supporting the island’s residents amid wildfire evacuation efforts.
The mega-producer and media mogul was stopped by the BBC while handing out supplies at the War Memorial Stadium evacuation center, one place residents have relocated amid the ongoing wildfire blazes. Beginning on Tuesday, at least four major blazes have left more than 50 dead and displaced an untold number of residents, primarily around Lahaina, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
While in the evacuation center, which is one of six currently open on the island, Winfrey — who has had a residence on Maui for more than a decade and owns a private farm that sits on more than 2,000 acres there, according to local outlet Hawaii News Now — was visibly shaken.
“It’s a little overwhelming, you know,” Winfrey said, taking a long pause. “But I’m really so pleased to have so many people,...
The mega-producer and media mogul was stopped by the BBC while handing out supplies at the War Memorial Stadium evacuation center, one place residents have relocated amid the ongoing wildfire blazes. Beginning on Tuesday, at least four major blazes have left more than 50 dead and displaced an untold number of residents, primarily around Lahaina, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
While in the evacuation center, which is one of six currently open on the island, Winfrey — who has had a residence on Maui for more than a decade and owns a private farm that sits on more than 2,000 acres there, according to local outlet Hawaii News Now — was visibly shaken.
“It’s a little overwhelming, you know,” Winfrey said, taking a long pause. “But I’m really so pleased to have so many people,...
- 8/11/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hawaii Gov. David Ige said that he was delayed in notifying the public about a missile alert false alarm because he could not log into his Twitter account.
“I have to confess that I don’t know my Twitter account log-ons and the passwords, so certainly that’s one of the changes that I’ve made,” Ige told reporters on Monday, according to the Star Advertiser. “I’ve been putting that on my phone so that we can access the social media directly.”
The governor’s communications director, Cindy McMillan, previously told BuzzFeed News that staff members handle his social media accounts.
“I have to confess that I don’t know my Twitter account log-ons and the passwords, so certainly that’s one of the changes that I’ve made,” Ige told reporters on Monday, according to the Star Advertiser. “I’ve been putting that on my phone so that we can access the social media directly.”
The governor’s communications director, Cindy McMillan, previously told BuzzFeed News that staff members handle his social media accounts.
- 1/23/2018
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
[[tmz:video id="0_a4tzwlxb"]] The morning panic caused in Hawaii when an emergency alert about an incoming ballistic missile was sent to residents' cellphones was the result of a wrong button being pushed ... according to the administrator of the state's emergency management team. Vern Miyagi just revealed the chain of events that led to the false alarm at 8:07 Am in Hawaii, telling people to seek immediate shelter and "This is not a drill." Miyagi says there was an...
- 1/13/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
False alerts advising Hawaiians to “seek immediate shelter” from an incoming ballistic missile caused understandable terror on Twitter Saturday.
Residents of the the Aloha State were woken up by their mobile phones on Saturday morning as notifications were blasted telling that a “ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii,” according to social media posts.
Though the message said it was “an extreme alert” and “not a drill,” followup messages 38 minutes later explained it was a mistake. “State Warning Point has issued a Missile Alert in Error! There is No threat to the State of Hawaii!” the Honolulu police department wrote on their website.
Residents of the the Aloha State were woken up by their mobile phones on Saturday morning as notifications were blasted telling that a “ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii,” according to social media posts.
Though the message said it was “an extreme alert” and “not a drill,” followup messages 38 minutes later explained it was a mistake. “State Warning Point has issued a Missile Alert in Error! There is No threat to the State of Hawaii!” the Honolulu police department wrote on their website.
- 1/13/2018
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
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