$3.66DESIGNATEDAREASHIGHER©2023Dlatimes.comMONDAY,AUGUST14,2023Getthestoryasit’shappening.Downloadtheappforinstantbreakingnewsalerts.MAALAEA,Hawaii—Afteranexhaustingdaybattlingtoprotecthisfamily’shomeinLahainaagainsthurricane-likewind—itfelledtrees,toreapartroofsandknockeddownpowerlines—BryceBaraoidanfig-uredthingscouldn’tgetmuchworse.Thenhesawdenseblacksmokeblowinghisway.LikesomanyothersinLahaina,whohadlostelectricityandinternetservicehoursbeforetheflamesar-rivedTuesday,Baraoidanandhisfamilywerecompletelycutofffrom21stcenturyinformationsources.Theyhadnothingtorelyonbuttheirfivesensesandwhathecalledthe“coconuttelegraph”:friendsandneighborsrunning...