It was bad enough to have a wildfire, but there's a hurricane bringing massive winds onto the islands, and there's no way anyone can fight the flames...they're using the Maui airport as a shelter for those fleeing the wildfires, but it looks like hell on earth...such a special, spiritual place...we were in South Kihei about 15 years ago, Kerry was in a store and I was sitting on the hood of the rental car, when suddenly I could hear bagpipes...I thought fuck, I'm having a stroke, Kerry comes and out and says...Hey I hear bagpipes...(oh thank fuck)...we look towards the ocean and there's a bunch of people marching up and down the beach...playing the pipes, drums etc, so we went over and listened and when they stopped the Drum Major came over and introduced himself...when he heard my accent he shouted..."Hey, a Scotsman...!!!" LOL...the band came over and a young guy said "Sir, can I shake your hand...I've never met a real Scotsman before...I had a couple of Scottish shirts wih me so he got one and another band member...they played Scotland the Brave for us, and I asked if we could take a photo...brilliant day that day in paradise, they're all in our thoughts right now
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