Fleetwood Mac‘s Stevie Nicks has shared an announcement concerning the wildfires which have swept by way of Maui.
The singer-songwriter posted a prolonged assertion on her Instagram web page expressing her disappointment concerning the fires which have devastated the island and fears for her household – see the total publish beneath.
She wrote: “As I’m positive you will have heard – the island, Maui, the place I personal a home I’ve been staying at for the reason that 80s – and the small village, metropolis, most magical place on earth, Lahaina, burned to the bottom over the previous couple of days.
“And to make the state of affairs worse my younger niece, her husband, and their little boy had simply arrived for a really wanted trip earlier than she began up her college 12 months (on her solution to turning into a psychologist) for 10 days. That they had one and a half days of enjoyable after which – the hearth began.”
Nicks continued: “The ability went out at 5:12am (Tuesday morning) however they’d no concept why – It was nonetheless out at midday, realising that many surrounding homes had additionally misplaced energy. It was a thriller. My home is 15 to twenty minutes from Lahaina – however nonetheless nobody knew concerning the hearth. We knew right here in Houston, however there was no solution to get Jessi (my niece) on the cellphone. Your entire space of Lahaina and the whole lot round it was down. However right here in Houston… we knew.”
She went on to say that the island “outlined Fleetwood Mac”.
Nicks added: “There was no solution to know that this superb city that had survived a lot for thus lengthy would burn down and disappear into the historical past books, leaving a lot disappointment, destruction, and demise behind it in its wake.
“This island, in so some ways, defines Fleetwood Mac and me and our households. Mick [Fleetwood] and I got here right here in 1978, went as much as Kula to take a look at an enormous, lovely home and stood in entrance of it listening to the mild magical wind. He stated to me, ‘I’ll dwell and die on this island.’ I knew he was telling the reality. John [McVie] additionally lived right here in Maui for a very long time – Christine [McVie] by no means lived right here however visited many instances.”
She continued: “My reality was that I needed a home right here simply so I might spend time in Lahaina strolling the streets; visiting the artwork galleries – sitting on the rock wall – Most all of the opals I put on on my fingers got here from a retailer on Entrance Road. I hope the candy girl who owned that retailer was capable of seize all her opals and run. I hope she made it out.”
Her feedback come after Mick Fleetwood confirmed earlier this week that his restaurant on the island was one of many quite a few buildings that burnt down.
To this point 93 individuals have died for the reason that fires broke out earlier this week, based on BBC Information.
