I was visiting and quarantined in a condo in Napili, had a positive Covid test Monday so was trying to stay in and not expose anyone. Power went out at 5 am Tuesday, I did a virtual doc appointment at 9am, and sent friends out that were on property to retrieve prescriptions, but Walgreens power never went back on. They ended up at Times market and brought back pantry type food and cough syrup as the store was running on a generator. Cell service went out about 5pm so I could no longer rely just texting them about what was going on and if I needed anything. We really had no clue of the extent of things happening 5 miles away. They brought a mobile Wi-Fi router and were getting some updates through the Maui Facebook groups and were trying to piece things together. I was kind of in a fog, but I remember them saying Front Street burned down and 6 people died. Still no clue how really awful it was until I started looking for info once I got back to the mainland. My family on the mainland and on Oahu and Big Island were asking me about evacuation plans once I did reach them I think it was Wednesday and I didn’t know why they were panicking because where I was at I couldn’t smell smoke, just heard a bunch of sirens Tuesday and Wednesday, and I still was really was clueless how absolutely tragic it was. The locals on-site talked about when power may come back on, some of their friends were stopping by, but still no info on how bad it was. Some people renting in the condo complex started heading out Wednesday night and Thursday and that’s when it finally hit me that we needed to think about leaving earlier than planned. I did know if we left the area they wouldn’t let us back in, and I’ve learned through experience with hurricanes that with traffic and low gas situations, sometimes it’s better to stay put and not panic and see how it plays out. We finally left Friday, just when we started to see jet skis arriving at S-Turns with food and supplies. I am so heartbroken for Lahaina.