John Hall caught a faint whiff of smoke at his family’s off-the-grid farmhouse before the sun rose over the Big Island, as he was logging into work remotely with his Colorado colleagues. The windows were closed to keep out the hurricane-force winds rushing across the island. It was just after 4 a.m. on Aug. 8, … Continue reading Big Island Farmers Held Back A Fire Until Help Arrived: ‘It Could Have Been Another Lahaina’