In gentle of the fires at the moment impacting the island of Maui, many distinguished figures together with actor and native Hawaiian Jason Momoa have advised vacationers to remain away. Nonetheless, some locals, together with Daniel Kalahiki, proprietor of meals truck Like Poke, have criticized these statements. Kalahiki stated that his truck is in Wailuku and wasn’t impacted by the fires, which have significantly impacted Kula and Lahaina, in keeping with a report by Yahoo.com.
“Lahaina’s closed. We grieve for them, we cry for them, we do every thing we will for them, and it’ll by no means, ever be okay or be the identical,” Kalahiki stated. “However we nonetheless want the remainder of the island to be open so we will proceed to dwell.”
He additionally insisted that native companies nonetheless want the assist from vacationers to remain open in gentle of those tough instances and that statements by individuals like Momoa make issues worse.
“Jason Momoa, have enjoyable in your late-night exhibits throwing spears along with your buddies, however what’re you guys going to do for us now?” he requested.
Kalahiki referred to as on vacationers to as a substitute plan their journeys responsibly and steer clear of Lahaina.
