"For Maui, high tides and big waves came in Lowell’s wake, stripping many idyllic beaches of any sand, turning them into volcanic rock-strewn outcroppings," writes Sentinel Opinion Editor Don Miller. "Enough already? Nope. Hurricane Nolo followed, and stalled west of the islands for days, sending winds reminiscent of the 2023 hurricane-force gusts that sparked the Lahaina fires."