# @newsnation on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=G-sWzbFgym4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8285038-newsnation-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2023-08-18T22:13:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NewsNation (@newsnation) — https://gondola.cc/newsnation

## Caption

Cellphones were rendered useless and communication towers burnt to a crisp when flames engulfed the idyllic Maui community of Lahaina early this week. But calls for help were still answered.

While emergency officials rushed to aid residents, its generational residents turned to an old but still solid form of communication: the “coconut wireless.”

Full story: https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/west/hawaii-wildfires/native-hawaiians-coconut-wireless-aftermath-fires/

#Maui #MauiFires #Hawaii

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## Stats

- **Views:** 1,228
- **Likes:** 48
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- **Comments:** 8

## Tags

maui, mauifires, hawaii

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