marylander1940 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 A Colorado home that looks straight out of 'The Flintstones' asks... NYPOST.COM In Larkspur, Colorado, a home known as “The Rock House” -- which was built into an ancient rock -- has hit the market. samhexum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Stunning drone footage shows vulnerable oceanfront houses that dot the Outer Banks on the brink of collapsing into the sea. The footage — recorded Friday by WRAL News in Raleigh-Durham — caught a cluster of homes in Rodanthe, North Carolina, that the water seems particularly intent on claiming. The banks have already foreclosed on some of the houses, which once stood about 100 yards away from the rising surf, one homeowner said. “So many people say hateful things [and] ask why we built our house in the middle of the ocean,” said Sharon Troy, whose family has owned one of the homes for 16 years. “It was not like this when we bought it,” she said of her house, which is near a pile of sand that used to be GA Kohler Street. “There was a football field of beach behind these houses.” Not anymore. Now it stands in the path of waves with a group of other homes after years of beach erosion and high winds as sea levels rise. The waves splash wildly against the wooden footings of the houses — even at low tide, the station said. And their septic tanks have cracked open, spilling sewage into the water. “It wasn’t like this just a few years ago. And, we aren’t rich people. We are hard-working normal people. We can’t afford to move it,” she said. “There is nowhere to move it,” Troy continued. “The insurance company won’t pay out until it falls over.” Mark Gray, of WM Dunn Construction, told WRAL that his company has been contracted to clean up debris from at least five of the homes in the last few years. “When it’s rough like this, like when the last one went in, we had to clean 11 miles of beach,” Gray told the station. “It’s a mess.” The waves do their damage quickly — Gray said that between Monday and Tuesday last week, the ocean swallowed up another few feet of sand. “It’s changed the whole dynamics of this thing,” the contractor said. “Eventually, when the ocean erodes enough of the beach, then it takes the foundation out from under the house,” he continued. “As it lost beach, it lost the sand under its pilings and eventually the house just collapsed.” “We’re bringing more equipment down to get ready for the potential collapse of the house,” he added. “Everything’s changed now. If the house falls, there’s no beach to get on to clean it up, so I don’t know what we’re going to do.” “It’s a really unfortunate situation because that debris can scatter long distances across the seashore,” Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Dave Hallac told the station. Climate change is further exacerbating the natural erosion that shifts the sands of the ever-changing barrier islands, Hallac said. And that puts more and more buildings at risk. “When you add a foot of water or 2 feet of water, that just makes everything worse,” Hallac said. Meanwhile, saltwater floods the neighborhood’s sandy, barely-paved streets, reminding the 200 or so residents left that their little beach community is on the clock. “It’s incredibly sad,” Troy, the homeowner, said. “All we can do is hope and pray.” The troubling scene has played out time and again along the Outer Banks, a 200-mile string of barrier islands off North Carolina and Virginia. Last month, another house in Rodanthe collapsed into the sea in a caught-on-camera disaster —and it was the seventh house to be carried away by rising tides in just the last four years. David and Teresa Kern of Hershey, Pennsylvania, had bought the four-bedroom, two-bathroom vacation home in 2019 for $339,000. The destruction left the couple scrambling to salvage what they could of their finances. The Kern’s 1,500 square-foot home collapsed into the ocean back in August. Debris from the home is seen washed up on shore. A cluster of homes in Rodanthe, North Carolina, are on the brink of collapse because of sea level rise and erosion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousByNature Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 15 hours ago, samhexum said: Stunning drone footage shows vulnerable oceanfront houses that dot the Outer Banks on the brink of collapsing into the sea. The footage — recorded Friday by WRAL News in Raleigh-Durham — caught a cluster of homes in Rodanthe, North Carolina, that the water seems particularly intent on claiming. The banks have already foreclosed on some of the houses, which once stood about 100 yards away from the rising surf, one homeowner said. “So many people say hateful things [and] ask why we built our house in the middle of the ocean,” said Sharon Troy, whose family has owned one of the homes for 16 years. “It was not like this when we bought it,” she said of her house, which is near a pile of sand that used to be GA Kohler Street. “There was a football field of beach behind these houses.” Not anymore. Now it stands in the path of waves with a group of other homes after years of beach erosion and high winds as sea levels rise. The waves splash wildly against the wooden footings of the houses — even at low tide, the station said. And their septic tanks have cracked open, spilling sewage into the water. “It wasn’t like this just a few years ago. And, we aren’t rich people. We are hard-working normal people. We can’t afford to move it,” she said. “There is nowhere to move it,” Troy continued. “The insurance company won’t pay out until it falls over.” Mark Gray, of WM Dunn Construction, told WRAL that his company has been contracted to clean up debris from at least five of the homes in the last few years. “When it’s rough like this, like when the last one went in, we had to clean 11 miles of beach,” Gray told the station. “It’s a mess.” The waves do their damage quickly — Gray said that between Monday and Tuesday last week, the ocean swallowed up another few feet of sand. “It’s changed the whole dynamics of this thing,” the contractor said. “Eventually, when the ocean erodes enough of the beach, then it takes the foundation out from under the house,” he continued. “As it lost beach, it lost the sand under its pilings and eventually the house just collapsed.” “We’re bringing more equipment down to get ready for the potential collapse of the house,” he added. “Everything’s changed now. If the house falls, there’s no beach to get on to clean it up, so I don’t know what we’re going to do.” “It’s a really unfortunate situation because that debris can scatter long distances across the seashore,” Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Dave Hallac told the station. Climate change is further exacerbating the natural erosion that shifts the sands of the ever-changing barrier islands, Hallac said. And that puts more and more buildings at risk. “When you add a foot of water or 2 feet of water, that just makes everything worse,” Hallac said. Meanwhile, saltwater floods the neighborhood’s sandy, barely-paved streets, reminding the 200 or so residents left that their little beach community is on the clock. “It’s incredibly sad,” Troy, the homeowner, said. “All we can do is hope and pray.” The troubling scene has played out time and again along the Outer Banks, a 200-mile string of barrier islands off North Carolina and Virginia. Last month, another house in Rodanthe collapsed into the sea in a caught-on-camera disaster —and it was the seventh house to be carried away by rising tides in just the last four years. David and Teresa Kern of Hershey, Pennsylvania, had bought the four-bedroom, two-bathroom vacation home in 2019 for $339,000. The destruction left the couple scrambling to salvage what they could of their finances. The Kern’s 1,500 square-foot home collapsed into the ocean back in August. Debris from the home is seen washed up on shore. A cluster of homes in Rodanthe, North Carolina, are on the brink of collapse because of sea level rise and erosion If you have to build your house on stilts it may be a sign you should build further inland, or at a higher elevation... samhexum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ azdr0710 Posted Saturday at 01:01 AM Share Posted Saturday at 01:01 AM (edited) Abandoned Hollywood Hills mansion covered with graffiti WWW.NBCLOSANGELES.COM An abandoned mansion in the Hollywood Hills has been taken over by taggers and squatters. owner is John Powers Middleton - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Edited Saturday at 01:03 AM by azdr0710 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyDown Posted Saturday at 03:23 AM Share Posted Saturday at 03:23 AM (edited) 2 hours ago, azdr0710 said: Abandoned Hollywood Hills mansion covered with graffiti WWW.NBCLOSANGELES.COM An abandoned mansion in the Hollywood Hills has been taken over by taggers and squatters. owner is John Powers Middleton - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Our local news reported this home has been abandoned and occupied by aggressive squatters for 2 years. I wonder how Zillow scores the walkable rating for nearby real estate. 😅 Edited Saturday at 03:24 AM by TonyDown samhexum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted yesterday at 03:56 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:56 AM On 9/19/2024 at 7:57 PM, samhexum said: A cluster of homes in Rodanthe, North Carolina, are on the brink of collapse because of sea level rise and erosion Another Outer Banks home collapses into Atlantic, third home lost on Rodanthe street this week CuriousByNature 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiGuyNola Posted yesterday at 05:21 PM Share Posted yesterday at 05:21 PM One of the houses near mine collapsed into the ocean in the Outer Banks, and it was an alarming sight. The combination of the storm of elements, winds, waves, and erosion had been weakening the shoreline for quite some time, but no one expected it to happen so suddenly. Over the past few months, the rising sea levels and more and more aggressive storms had steadily eaten away at the foundation of the house, inching it slightly closer and closer to the edge. Then, one day, the structure gave way and plunged into the ocean, thankfully it was empty at the time, leaving behind only debris and a strong reminder of the ongoing struggle in coastal areas like the Outer Banks- homes built too close to the ever and ever shifting shoreline. Seeing it happen so close to me like that it was a flashing sign of the fragility of living along any coast really. samhexum and CuriousByNature 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousByNature Posted yesterday at 08:10 PM Share Posted yesterday at 08:10 PM 2 hours ago, BiGuyNola said: One of the houses near mine collapsed into the ocean in the Outer Banks, and it was an alarming sight. The combination of the storm of elements, winds, waves, and erosion had been weakening the shoreline for quite some time, but no one expected it to happen so suddenly. Over the past few months, the rising sea levels and more and more aggressive storms had steadily eaten away at the foundation of the house, inching it slightly closer and closer to the edge. Then, one day, the structure gave way and plunged into the ocean, thankfully it was empty at the time, leaving behind only debris and a strong reminder of the ongoing struggle in coastal areas like the Outer Banks- homes built too close to the ever and ever shifting shoreline. Seeing it happen so close to me like that it was a flashing sign of the fragility of living along any coast really. I recall something from years ago that showed the progression of housing towards the shoreline over the decades. The photos showed much longer setbacks in the past, where it would have been comparatively safer to build. With each decade, new homes were built closer and closer to the shore, and in one or two cases, owners even built their new homes closer to the water after their original homes had been destroyed by a hurricane. Nominees for the Darwin Awards, perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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