bombaysaffires
08-13-2023, 12:10 AM
She posted on social media tonight:
Her official twitter:
https://twitter.com/StevieNicks/status/1690498415182884864
Stevie Nicks
@StevieNicks
Lahaina is not gone ~
It is just away ~
With Aloha,
Stevie Nicks
and an image of one of her "letter" format messages was attached:
Houston Friday August 11, 2023
9:30pm
As I am sure you have heard~ the island, Maui, where I own a house I
have been staying at since the 80's - and the small village, city, most
magical place on earth, Lahaina, burned to the ground over the last few
days. And to make the situation even worse my young niece, her
husband and their little boy had just arrived for a very needed vacation
before she started up her school year (on her way to becoming a
psychologist) for 10 days. They had one and a half days of fun and then
the fire started. The power went out at 5:12am (Tuesday morning) but
they had no idea why - It was still out at noon, realizing that many
surrounding houses had also lost power. It was a mystery. My house is
15 to 20 minutes from Lahaina ~ but still no one knew about the fire. We
knew here in Houston, but there was no way to get Jessi (my niece) on
the phone. The entire area of Lahaina and everything around it was
down. But here in Houston... we knew.
There was no way to know that this amazing town that had survived
so much for so long would burn down and disappear into the history
books, leaving so much sadness, destruction and death behind in its
wake. This island, in so many ways, defines Fleetwood Mac and me and
our families. Mick and I came here in 1978, went up to Kula to look at a
huge, beautiful house and stood in front of it listening to the gentle
magical wind. He said to me ~ "I will live and die on this island." I knew
he was telling me his truth. John also lived here in Maui for a long time
- Christine never lived here but visited many times.
My truth was that I wanted a house here just so I could spend time in
Lahaina walking the streets; visiting the art galleries- sitting on the rock
wall- Most all the opals I wear on my fingers came from a store on
Front Street. I hope the sweet lady who owned that store was able to
grab all her opals and run. I hope she made it out.
(end page one)
Over the next two days we managed to get Jessi and her family back to
us. They put their little boy (he's 6) in the back seat with an iPad so he
would not see the devastation on the drive up past Lahaina to the
airport. But they saw it ~ and Jessi and her husband Alec are
devastated. Now that they are back in L.A and seeing the news coverage
~ they are totally freaked out. They escaped a bullet. My house and the
surrounding area was not burned. The wind took the fire in a different
direction. It was all about the wind. Jessi said there were three doves at
the house the whole time. There have never been doves there, ever. The
end result could have been very different.
The Lahaina that we knew- The Lahaina that in many ways connect
Fleetwood Mac and our music to the world, is gone. But my memories of
everything that happened to me there is clear as a bell. I will still walk
those streets ~ still watch the sunset from the many cool restaurants that
we drove in to see every night ~ I will see Mr. Fleetwood's beautiful new
restaurant rebuilt and sparkling in the middle of Front Street ~ I will
remember meeting Sharon Celani, my sweet singer, at the Blue Max in
1979. In my dreams I will see Lahaina from the ocean ~ beckoning all
those who are on boats back to the marina where the Pioneer Inn waits,
and the Banyan Tree dances in the wind~
Lahaina is not gone-
It is just away
With Aloha,
Stevie Nicks
Her official twitter:
https://twitter.com/StevieNicks/status/1690498415182884864
Stevie Nicks
@StevieNicks
Lahaina is not gone ~
It is just away ~
With Aloha,
Stevie Nicks
and an image of one of her "letter" format messages was attached:
Houston Friday August 11, 2023
9:30pm
As I am sure you have heard~ the island, Maui, where I own a house I
have been staying at since the 80's - and the small village, city, most
magical place on earth, Lahaina, burned to the ground over the last few
days. And to make the situation even worse my young niece, her
husband and their little boy had just arrived for a very needed vacation
before she started up her school year (on her way to becoming a
psychologist) for 10 days. They had one and a half days of fun and then
the fire started. The power went out at 5:12am (Tuesday morning) but
they had no idea why - It was still out at noon, realizing that many
surrounding houses had also lost power. It was a mystery. My house is
15 to 20 minutes from Lahaina ~ but still no one knew about the fire. We
knew here in Houston, but there was no way to get Jessi (my niece) on
the phone. The entire area of Lahaina and everything around it was
down. But here in Houston... we knew.
There was no way to know that this amazing town that had survived
so much for so long would burn down and disappear into the history
books, leaving so much sadness, destruction and death behind in its
wake. This island, in so many ways, defines Fleetwood Mac and me and
our families. Mick and I came here in 1978, went up to Kula to look at a
huge, beautiful house and stood in front of it listening to the gentle
magical wind. He said to me ~ "I will live and die on this island." I knew
he was telling me his truth. John also lived here in Maui for a long time
- Christine never lived here but visited many times.
My truth was that I wanted a house here just so I could spend time in
Lahaina walking the streets; visiting the art galleries- sitting on the rock
wall- Most all the opals I wear on my fingers came from a store on
Front Street. I hope the sweet lady who owned that store was able to
grab all her opals and run. I hope she made it out.
(end page one)
Over the next two days we managed to get Jessi and her family back to
us. They put their little boy (he's 6) in the back seat with an iPad so he
would not see the devastation on the drive up past Lahaina to the
airport. But they saw it ~ and Jessi and her husband Alec are
devastated. Now that they are back in L.A and seeing the news coverage
~ they are totally freaked out. They escaped a bullet. My house and the
surrounding area was not burned. The wind took the fire in a different
direction. It was all about the wind. Jessi said there were three doves at
the house the whole time. There have never been doves there, ever. The
end result could have been very different.
The Lahaina that we knew- The Lahaina that in many ways connect
Fleetwood Mac and our music to the world, is gone. But my memories of
everything that happened to me there is clear as a bell. I will still walk
those streets ~ still watch the sunset from the many cool restaurants that
we drove in to see every night ~ I will see Mr. Fleetwood's beautiful new
restaurant rebuilt and sparkling in the middle of Front Street ~ I will
remember meeting Sharon Celani, my sweet singer, at the Blue Max in
1979. In my dreams I will see Lahaina from the ocean ~ beckoning all
those who are on boats back to the marina where the Pioneer Inn waits,
and the Banyan Tree dances in the wind~
Lahaina is not gone-
It is just away
With Aloha,
Stevie Nicks