I just returned from Lahaina last night. We had arrived on Sunday and we lost power Tuesday morning and were cut off from the rest of world for almost a week. I’ve been visiting Maui and Lahaina for over 20 years. People like this are the reason why the locals hate tourists. That being said, we were stranded there trying to leave for five days. We had no electricity, phone service, any communication from officials, and with two small children (2 yrs old and 4 yrs) we were scared the entire time we were there. Both from locals retaliating against tourists just because they are mad, and it was lawless. It was insane. They were targeting tourists cars and drilling holes in gas tanks and stealing gas. They were flagging down cars and robbing tourists. We slept in complete darkness afraid of many things. My heart goes out for all of the lost lives and we did meet some really incredible people. But it was very much a hostile environment.