Hey, everyone. It's Alyssa. Last week I had the pleasure of joining Dan on PodSave America to

discuss Hawaii relief efforts with Senator Maisie Horono. It was a great conversation,

and I'm excited to share the full interview for Thursday's pod for hysteria listeners.

Senator Horono is one of hysteria's favorite guests. How is she holding up after everything that

happened? Aaron, you know Maisie and the people of Hawaii. It's a long road ahead on Maui,

but she won't stop fighting until Maui's back on its feet. If you like what you hear,

be sure to tune into PodSave America to listen to the full episode. Enjoy.

Senator from Hawaii, Maisie Horono, welcome to PodSave America.

Good to be with you always. Aloha. Aloha. We are a few weeks out from the fires that ravaged Maui,

specifically in Lahaina and Kula. We see the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia across the south.

Mother Nature feels very pissed at us right now. I saw that a recent brush fire, another one,

albeit brief, a causative evacuation of Lahaina, are the fires fully contained on the island

at this point? The fires are contained 100% as far as I know in Lahaina, but everyone is

ever watchful, you can imagine. The fires have been contained as far as I know.

What are the unique challenges of being an island state when it comes to recovering from

a disaster like this? We are also a very tourist dependent state and when something like this happens

and people no longer come to our state, it's going to have a devastating impact on our economy

and our ability to recover. And that is why the governor and the mayor of Maui County is asking

people to help with the economic recovery by continuing to visit it not Lahaina, but the other

parts of Maui being very sensitive to the fact that there is a lot of grieving and loss being

experienced by the people of Maui. But still the recovery is going to take time and resources

and part of that are tourists who will come in and support the economic recovery of Maui,

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