Hey, mom, the front yard is falling in the ocean!

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El Niño weather is wearing down some ocean-front property in NorCal. Watch parts of the cliff fall as this drone flies by.

04:28. Notice all the people walking around the balconies just a few feet from the edge. I'd be terrified it would all go.

  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    What shocked me was seeing a person walking in and out of a second floor apartment (at about 4:30 on the video) and patio furniture still in use in that second building.

    The building on the left is clearly abandoned but have to wonder why the next one over has not bee cleared as it's the next to go down the hill.

    I couldn't sleep well if I lived there...
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    It's insane the city hasn't evacuated that entire neighborhood all the way to the interstate in the far background at the beginning of the video.

    Once the ocean gets over the rocks it will eat away at that dirt like it's a case of pudding snack packs in Wooster.
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  • I am jus' surprised they built alla that stuff on the edge of a cliff in the first place.

    If I had been the construction guy in charge, I'da extended the cliff before I built on the f*cker.

    Another hundred yards out into the sea, an' those cliffs woulda been perfect for developin' luxury seaview accommodation.

    But, no — they had to cut corners.

    Some people are jus' plain stoopid.
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    They are staying for the freaking fun. They are not permanent stayers there I think.
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    • Profile picture of the author David Beroff
      Originally Posted by Yosheena View Post

      They are staying for the freaking fun.
      The "freaking fun" of falling to one's death in a landslide into the ocean, and probably getting crushed by pieces of the building on the way down? Is this a new sport of which I was not previously aware?
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      • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
        Originally Posted by David Beroff View Post

        The "freaking fun" of falling to one's death in a landslide into the ocean, and probably getting crushed by pieces of the building on the way down? Is this a new sport of which I was not previously aware?
        It's called "extreme vacationing" <insert loud 80's metal riff here>. They wait for the building to crumble while eating and drinking nothing but Slim Jims and Mountain Dew.
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      • Profile picture of the author Yosheena
        Originally Posted by David Beroff View Post

        The "freaking fun" of falling to one's death in a landslide into the ocean, and probably getting crushed by pieces of the building on the way down? Is this a new sport of which I was not previously aware?
        They just want it to happen and waiting for the cliff to fall that won't happen anytime soon and they already know it, I bet. So, the owner is renting it for short-term stay and this is where you saw an empty room beside the one taken.
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        • Profile picture of the author David Beroff
          Originally Posted by Yosheena View Post

          ...So, the owner is renting it for short-term stay....
          A new AirBnB category: a reduced rate, but also a reduced probability of surviving until checkout time. And AirBnB thought that their biggest headache was melting roofs.
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            Originally Posted by David Beroff View Post

            A new AirBnB category: a reduced rate, but also a reduced probability of surviving until checkout time. And AirBnB thought that their biggest headache was melting roofs.

            Don't panic, in the event of an emergency the entire house becomes a boat anchor.
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            • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
              Out where I was on Nantucket, there were houses being moved just a couple of blocks away.

              Million dollar estates sit on a cliff that is totally eroding into the ocean.

              Anyway, some of the smaller houses are often cut off from the foundation, sawed in half, and then carted further inland. They have to move power lines to get them into some of the back hidden areas. The main road going into the center of the island gets all traffic jammed up. They have to announce the moves in the paper so people know to travel around them.

              It's cheaper to move an old house as the materials to make the new ones are too expensive.
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      • Profile picture of the author Cali16
        Originally Posted by David Beroff View Post

        Is this a new sport of which I was not previously aware?
        It's called "living on the edge"...
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