Rob and Natalia Howde of Federal Way, Washington were stuck in Maui with little more than their rental car, cell phones, and the clothes on their back.
“We were actually planning to hang out in the Front Street area for the earlier part of the day as we often had, but seeing that most businesses were closed due to the electricity being out from high winds, we opted to go shopping further south.” “At that point, we found out about the fire,” he said. “Our experience was not as chaotic or panicked as many others. We just ended up with none of our possessions.”"After sitting in traffic for 4 hours, we pulled off the highway and found a side street that was being used by others in the same situation, and slept in our car for the night,” Howde said.“[We] got a good night’s sleep,” she said, “and we’ll work on how to get back to Connecticut eventually.
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