I used to always rent beach front on a vacation. At night i couldn't sleep from hearing the waves and worrying about the Ocean taking me out to see in my sleep. The lifestyle is not worth the amount of rent. You can still hear see and smell the ocean 2 to 3 blocks away.
@@Randysgirl Both learned and learnt are correct forms of the past tense and past participle of the verb learn. Of the two, learned is far more commonly used in American English. Learnt is used in British English and some other varieties.
@@RandysgirlUmm… learnt IS the correct word also, you know this right? Maybe you should have “learnt” this before trying to making someone else look stupid.
@@DR-mq1vn don't bother trying to explain that. These ignorant people don't understand... they think that these houses were built recently right "in the middle of the ocean." 😅
@@Randysgirl It bugs me that so many people think that! These homes were obviously built in the 1980s (judging from the look of them). Maybe the 90s, but I doubt that though. Yes, they were built oceanfront, but at the time there was a lot of beach/sand separating the ocean from them!
This section of Roadanthe has been shown for most of hurricane season... with talk of housing collapse. These houses should have been torn down months ago not used as a background about rebuilding which anyone with common sense knows is not going to happen. All of these islands are "barrier islands" and never meant to be permanent.
The ridiculous insurance companies won't pay out until the homes collapse. Blame the insurance policies. But, yes they should DEFINITELY be dismantled BEFORE collapse.
This area should never have been built on, ever. Driving through it myself many times, I have always felt this way. That region has always had flooding, catastrophic weather, and erosion.
The Towns dont care, the towns lose nothing, all the greedy town want is the TAX dollars from the home owners for as long as the houses will stand. The towns only want more and more money. This from a home owner on Oak Island NC. Its all about more tax dollars.
When these houses were built 40 years ago in the mid 80s there were several hundred yards of beach and a couple rows of sand dunes between them and the ocean.
The Outer Banks barrier islands are known to shift, just look at the history of the lighthouses, some of which had to be moved. Should be all national seashore. People who built there have enough money that it is no loss to them, just visual pollution to the rest of us
Don't know what the attraction to the waterfront is. Rented a place for one week in FL. Left the doorwalls open at night as I thought it would be cool to hear the waves. By the end of the week my running shoes had mold on the inside, and they were brand new for the trip. Ugh, all the stickiness from the salt air, idd smell, don't get it. Love living in the north, real 4 seasons, no pythons, crocks, no hurricanes, no problem getting homeowners insurance. Have not been back to the south since, that was 22 years ago!
@@benk4881 I remember when I was in grade school seeing videos of houses on stilts on beaches on tropical islands, but they were primitive and not modern ones.
The stilts were added as the water got close. The houses behind them will probably be jacked up in the same way, so the owners can get a few more seasons of use out of them.
@@jpdemer5 I don't think so. The houses on ground level were probably "grandfathered" in and not required to meet new codes. How are you going to add 18-20 feet high pilings AFTER the house is built ground level? Do you realize how much that would cost, if it's even possible?! Way more than house is even worth.
Most of the plumbing has broken and washed away, but on the two most forward brown houses, you can see their exposed septic tanks, one sort of left of the left house, and one to the right side of the right house, more inland what is now beach.
I used to watch a show called Island Life on TLC, and buyers would look for oceanfront houses. Looking at these houses now I realise how many homeowners check for erosion and warnings for potential disasters like these.
These homes were likely built in the 1980s. They were much farther from the surf back then. Consider the history of the Hatteras lighthouse. The sea eroded the beachfront where the lighthouse was built ( in 1890!) to the point that it had to be physically moved about a mile back from the surf. The ocean currents, storms and time shift these beaches constantly. Many oceanfront properties have been lost following hurricanes in this area. Isabel was a particularly destructive storm in the early 2000s.
@@ucruci It really isn't not a matter of rising sea levels it's a matter of the sand beaches being reclaimed and moved from one part of that island area to another part whether it be further along the the the island or further out to the ocean.
@@davekemerer2566 Must be pictures at low tide. Global average sea level has risen 8-9 inches since 1880, and 4 inches in the past 30 years. Assuming that you really want the truth, start with the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center - lots of data on their website.
One thing I have learned living by the ocean in a beach town is that you never build beside it …… even though these homes are 20+ years old and had a few hundred feet of beach in front of them when they were constructed ….. tides always shift , storms always come , beachfronts always shift
The house second from left has now collapsed, damaging the underpinnings of the left-most house. It's just a matter of time for all of these properties.
This was always going to happen for some time. Why weren't the owners ordered to remove they're homes before it came to this?. The next block back should be moved away too, better than trashing the ocean.
Scientists have reported that the outter banks sand has moved for millions of yrears years and will continue long after man has left this planet. Why would politicians and developers think that they can hold back the Atlantic Ocean. Anyone who buys a house close to the ocean should do so at their on expense if the ocean wants that land back.
Matthew 7: 26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
Ih so sad , dont build on the ocean , they had to move a hundernd year old lighthouse 20 years ago that was built 300 yards from the beach over 100 years ago.
They are sensesless houses. Stilt houses with poles driven into the sand and in hurricane zones. Two floors of a house on the poles is too much, is stupid
Those houses in the background aren't going to stand a chance. Why isn't the Army Corp of Engineers placing rock jetties for a little protection. Astounding
Never construct or buy a house near rivers, lakes or Ocean, because you will see you investment dissapear. And every year is going to be worst due to the global warming.
Not sad for the rich folks that chose to build so close on a barrier island! But as usual it's the taxpayers that will pay to rebuild. Just absolutely stupid 💯
Well Im kinda sad for you because you seem to be one of the many miserable people in here who think you know it all when you really know next to nothing about the place. These houses were built a long time ago when there was 100-200 yards of beach in front. Some of these houses had 3-4 other houses in front of them... also... do you actually see these places? Some of them are small 2-3 BR summer getaways... you didnt have to be "rich" to afford a 2nd house like this back then. What makes you think a house is gonna fall into the ocean and then somehow be rebuilt in that very same spot? Do you see the septic tank and piping exposed? Mannn... comments in here are BRUTAL.
As a North Carolinian I say we need to raise taxes across the state. Rebuilding these beaches and protecting these homes will be expensive and everyone needs to be in this together.
What absolute losers to build there at all. Simply wanting to be the one with the ocean view, so you go in front of and above the homes that were there first in the last positions... amazing sense of self-entitlement. They should be on the hook for every dollar spent to pickup after them.
Oh my God, are you serious? Do you know how many people in the world build their houses on the coast? How old do you think these houses are anyway? They weren't right on the ocean when they were first built years and years ago. What a rude ass comment.
I used to always rent beach front on a vacation. At night i couldn't sleep from hearing the waves and worrying about the Ocean taking me out to see in my sleep. The lifestyle is not worth the amount of rent. You can still hear see and smell the ocean 2 to 3 blocks away.
I’m practically in the sea in my current apartment and you’re right the rent is ridiculous when you’re that close to the sea!
The wise man built his house upon the rocks.
The foolish man built his house upon the sand.
We learnt this at 5 years old.
I learned it as a child too? ( learnt..?)
@@Randysgirl Spelling is important, and I thank you for catching that.🍍
@@Randysgirl
Merriam-Webster dictionary: "The meaning of LEARNT is chiefly British past tense and past participle of learn."
@@Randysgirl Both learned and learnt are correct forms of the past tense and past participle of the verb learn. Of the two, learned is far more commonly used in American English. Learnt is used in British English and some other varieties.
@@RandysgirlUmm… learnt IS the correct word also, you know this right? Maybe you should have “learnt” this before trying to making someone else look stupid.
Stupid place to build a house, I hope taxpayers don’t have to pay for this.
Are bathrooms inside is it flushed into the ocean@@WinterberryThyme-3333
When they were built many years ago, the ocean was not that close.
@@DR-mq1vn don't bother trying to explain that. These ignorant people don't understand... they think that these houses were built recently right "in the middle of the ocean." 😅
@@Randysgirl It bugs me that so many people think that! These homes were obviously built in the 1980s (judging from the look of them). Maybe the 90s, but I doubt that though. Yes, they were built oceanfront, but at the time there was a lot of beach/sand separating the ocean from them!
@@DR-mq1vnbarrier islands shift and move.
I appreciate the silence. Its the silence that made it more impactful.
This section of Roadanthe has been shown for most of hurricane season... with talk of housing collapse. These houses should have been torn down months ago not used as a background about rebuilding which anyone with common sense knows is not going to happen. All of these islands are "barrier islands" and never meant to be permanent.
The ridiculous insurance companies won't pay out until the homes collapse.
Blame the insurance policies.
But, yes they should DEFINITELY be dismantled BEFORE collapse.
This area should never have been built on, ever. Driving through it myself many times, I have always felt this way. That region has always had flooding, catastrophic weather, and erosion.
new jersey .SUCKERS
Yes, it should have been preserved for public use, or used as a wildlife area. Not sure, haha but I bet somebody made a lot of money.
Why were they given permits to build so close to the ocean
The Towns dont care, the towns lose nothing, all the greedy town want is the TAX dollars from the home owners for as long as the houses will stand. The towns only want more and more money. This from a home owner on Oak Island NC. Its all about more tax dollars.
When these houses were built 40 years ago in the mid 80s there were several hundred yards of beach and a couple rows of sand dunes between them and the ocean.
@@jeanwoolley7213 💰
@@trevorn9381 Sand dunes? You never learned geology?
Blame it on global warming! Ice is melting 🫠
The Outer Banks barrier islands are known to shift, just look at the history of the lighthouses, some of which had to be moved. Should be all national seashore. People who built there have enough money that it is no loss to them, just visual pollution to the rest of us
I live here, and there was just one lighthouse that had to be moved. I guess people aren't realizing that these houses are not new.
@@Randysgirl Judging by the style and size of some of them, they aren't all that old either.
Don't know what the attraction to the waterfront is. Rented a place for one week in FL. Left the doorwalls open at night as I thought it would be cool to hear the waves. By the end of the week my running shoes had mold on the inside, and they were brand new for the trip. Ugh, all the stickiness from the salt air, idd smell, don't get it. Love living in the north, real 4 seasons, no pythons, crocks, no hurricanes, no problem getting homeowners insurance. Have not been back to the south since, that was 22 years ago!
Why don't these people just live in a boat on the ocean??? To build houses in the ocean makes no sense at all.
The ocean was fifty or a hundred yards away when the houses were built.
@@jpdemer5just as stupid your comment makes no argument you sound like you have a mental deficiency.
@@56dh i want to see insurance $$$$$$$$$$ for that home
@@56dh sand erodes and water comes forward
I cant understand how much closer u have to be ?A football field of beach before this? Still to close its the ocean!
Why would you build your house on stilts in the ocean? It’s like living on an oil rig.
Note that the houses are on stilts, so the builders must have anticipated the occasional flood already.
What no garage parking there?
@@benk4881 I remember when I was in grade school seeing videos of houses on stilts on beaches on tropical islands, but they were primitive and not modern ones.
I believe it's code because of storm surge damage. It is in Florida, so I would assume all HC areas.
The stilts were added as the water got close. The houses behind them will probably be jacked up in the same way, so the owners can get a few more seasons of use out of them.
@@jpdemer5 I don't think so. The houses on ground level were probably "grandfathered" in and not required to meet new codes. How are you going to add 18-20 feet high pilings AFTER the house is built ground level? Do you realize how much that would cost, if it's even possible?! Way more than house is even worth.
how are these homes Sewered ? I see no piping for a sewer connection ?
Most of the plumbing has broken and washed away, but on the two most forward brown houses, you can see their exposed septic tanks, one sort of left of the left house, and one to the right side of the right house, more inland what is now beach.
I used to watch a show called Island Life on TLC, and buyers would look for oceanfront houses. Looking at these houses now I realise how many homeowners check for erosion and warnings for potential disasters like these.
Where did the inhabitants dump their waste and sewer, I'm afraid to ask?
@@StewartKidGriffin The toilets sinks and showers drain directly into the ocean below…fish and crabs deal with solid waste…🫢
how old are the homes??? surely when they were built the beach front was much further away, the erosion must be horribly fast
These homes were likely built in the 1980s. They were much farther from the surf back then. Consider the history of the Hatteras lighthouse. The sea eroded the beachfront where the lighthouse was built ( in 1890!) to the point that it had to be physically moved about a mile back from the surf. The ocean currents, storms and time shift these beaches constantly. Many oceanfront properties have been lost following hurricanes in this area. Isabel was a particularly destructive storm in the early 2000s.
Exactly. People aren't getting that.
Thin strip of land with water on both sides. There is NO way I would buy a house on barrier islands, especially with rising sea level.
@@ucruci It really isn't not a matter of rising sea levels it's a matter of the sand beaches being reclaimed and moved from one part of that island area to another part whether it be further along the the the island or further out to the ocean.
Sea levels haven’t risen, anywhere. Pictures from over a hundred years ago are proof
@@davekemerer2566 Must be pictures at low tide. Global average sea level has risen 8-9 inches since 1880, and 4 inches in the past 30 years.
Assuming that you really want the truth, start with the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center - lots of data on their website.
😂@@davekemerer2566
@davekemerer2566 so the houses just moved a couple hundred yards in to the ocean on there own ?
One thing I have learned living by the ocean in a beach town is that you never build beside it …… even though these homes are 20+ years old and had a few hundred feet of beach in front of them when they were constructed ….. tides always shift , storms always come , beachfronts always shift
The house second from left has now collapsed, damaging the underpinnings of the left-most house. It's just a matter of time for all of these properties.
Where is this it looks beautiful!
I can understand water-beach-ocean front home but I think they got a little carried away by what was safe. What are insurance cost?
I do hope those home owners are held responsible for cleaning their glass, etc. and not just walk away.
This makes me sad. These houses were built with dreams and hopes, now they have to be left behind.
How the hell do they get in and out?
This was always going to happen for some time. Why weren't the owners ordered to remove they're homes before it came to this?. The next block back should be moved away too, better than trashing the ocean.
Honestly who doesn’t expect this when you build this? Too much money then they yell for FEMA…these should never have been here…
Scientists have reported that the outter banks sand has moved for millions of yrears years and will continue long after man has left this planet. Why would politicians and developers think that they can hold back the Atlantic Ocean. Anyone who buys a house close to the ocean should do so at their on expense if the ocean wants that land back.
Houses built on sticks in the sand, at the edge of the ocean. What could go wrong?
why were they allowed to build so close to the water in the first place.
When it gets to the end of the day there's "a risk " it will get dark.
If you build your home in the ocean, don’t be surprised when she takes it one day
Well why would you build a house that close to the sea to begin with?
When they were built, they were not that close to the ocean.
Funny…Towards the end of the video I noticed a person doing exercises like it’s yet another day at the beach.
Matthew 7: 26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
Wow in just a few years....
Ih so sad , dont build on the ocean , they had to move a hundernd year old lighthouse 20 years ago that was built 300 yards from the beach over 100 years ago.
They are sensesless houses. Stilt houses with poles driven into the sand and in hurricane zones. Two floors of a house on the poles is too much, is stupid
Insurance check will help build a new, mountain view,?
Those houses in the background aren't going to stand a chance. Why isn't the Army Corp of Engineers placing rock jetties for a little protection. Astounding
@@tamaradudley7398 why are they building their houses on barrier islands? Barrier islands are not made for houses.
...and the bigger, more expensive houses behind them appear to be next...
In a few years, it will probably wash away those houses too.
Rising Ocean = less ocean front property.
Reminds me of the fable, “The Three Little Pigs.”
What about horses?
You couldn’t pay me to live in one of them.
"Fools rush in where wise men never go...🎶"
Here come the hikes in your property insurance.
I feel soooo bad for the rich people and inheritors.
We rented that one for 10,000.00
A week back when…..
Never construct or buy a house near rivers, lakes or Ocean, because you will see you investment dissapear. And every year is going to be worst due to the global warming.
Only the beginning.
Pretty sure they knew the risks...
Just rent if you want to stay there
Wait till tomorrow, the rest will go
:40 this house collapsed 9-24-24
How do you feel sorry for someone that was stupid enough to build like this. Sorry gang, not interested.
Are you thinking they were built right on the ocean? These are old houses.
@@Randysgirl Why are the legs so long?
Stupid is as stupid does. next time build it 4 ft higher! That’s our ocean anyway and we’re taking it back
Better roll up some pontoons and get to moving..
Folks wonder why their house fall in the water
ummm, WHY ARE YOU LIVING THERE? nice ocean view? ;-P
Who does this? Building a home there! WTAF?
What did you think would happen,,,lmao…
The ocean can wipe away the entire outer banks in one season. But god bless if you,have the money to lose
All those houses even then ones back all gonna be u der water soon
Shame on whoever allowed structures to be built there. Do not mess with nature. And now so much gross debri in the water. :-(
Do not build on sand. Said. GOD.
get out yer wallets taxpayers time to buy mo sand for da rich folk!
Not sad for the rich folks that chose to build so close on a barrier island! But as usual it's the taxpayers that will pay to rebuild. Just absolutely stupid 💯
Well Im kinda sad for you because you seem to be one of the many miserable people in here who think you know it all when you really know next to nothing about the place. These houses were built a long time ago when there was 100-200 yards of beach in front. Some of these houses had 3-4 other houses in front of them... also... do you actually see these places? Some of them are small 2-3 BR summer getaways... you didnt have to be "rich" to afford a 2nd house like this back then. What makes you think a house is gonna fall into the ocean and then somehow be rebuilt in that very same spot? Do you see the septic tank and piping exposed? Mannn... comments in here are BRUTAL.
lol
I don’t have much sympathy for them.. Building their houses out there on barrier islands at all they were just asking for destruction.
Ridículo😢😢Praqe issooo👎
These are arrogant people with a lot of money. Sticking the finger to nature
Nature has the biggest middle finger of all. Wait til these house go out to sea. 🌊
People should sue the owners and the companies that insured these homes
As a North Carolinian I say we need to raise taxes across the state. Rebuilding these beaches and protecting these homes will be expensive and everyone needs to be in this together.
These houses are old recks but make a great backdrop for climate change,
Next, it will be the houses behind them, so sad..😞
What absolute losers to build there at all. Simply wanting to be the one with the ocean view, so you go in front of and above the homes that were there first in the last positions... amazing sense of self-entitlement. They should be on the hook for every dollar spent to pickup after them.
Oh my God, are you serious? Do you know how many people in the world build their houses on the coast? How old do you think these houses are anyway? They weren't right on the ocean when they were first built years and years ago. What a rude ass comment.
I feel so sorry for those homeowners. Not
Need scuba gear to deliver mail
I cleaned up fran and Bonnie top sail beach. You could not give me a house on water😂😂😂