That woman that said she wasn't leaving...the policeman should just have asked for her next of kin, so they can be notified, then called her stupid and left her there. Let's hope she learned something before it's too late, if not, her family can always put her in for the Darwin awards.
A year after this was uploaded, they bulldozed these apartments and the apartments on the other side of the street had ocean views and the rent immediately went up $2500 per month.
They finally tore down the whole apartment building and cleared the site. They really need to remove 3 or 4 blocks of the residential area, but the rest of the residents will stubbornly stay until their homes fall into the ocean. The entire area is former sea bottom sand deposits and is made even more unstable by the San Andreas Fault, which goes into the ocean around there and crosses the Golden Gate, offshore, before coming back on land at Drakes Bay. The people who bought homes there and the city that allowed the homes to be built are all idiots for insisting on living there. But that is what you can expect from a state like California.
With the Calif. Coastal Commission how could this have even been a "site" to begin with??? You not supposed to build any where near since 1970, unless there was a grandfathered old building and the developer got around it that way. These units to begin with a fairly new but not build well. Down she goes.
@@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki These residences have been there since before the Coastal Commission was established. The area is former sea bottom that was uplifted by seismic activity and the Pacific Ocean is taking it back.
Regardless of the faults, my heart goes out to the residents along the coast. They lived, slept, and listened to those waves for years. A bad situation for all.
How do I search for an actual view of the houses on the cliff in Google Earth? I want to see if she has moved out of her house or she still lives there.
It wouldn't bother me if the whole state washed into the ocean. I was called out with National Guard in the 70s by then Gov. Jerry Brown to fill sandbags because his girlfriends, Linda Ronstadt's house in Malibu was in danger of collapse because of beach erosion. After her house was secured we were then put under command of the fire dept. as to what other houses to save (the rich & famous first of course).
Those structures are NOT sitting on "sandstone", they are sitting on 100% sand! There are no rocks or stones holding those places up. The sand you see on the beach below, is the exact same sand that makes up those highlands near the edge.
What you say suggests that there must have been experts who could have told them. The question is, would anyone have listened? Ultimately it seems like the companies who built these structures are responsible.
@@danawinsor1380 True, but those companies are long gone. Also, the cities, counties and governmental bodies that permitted such construction, should be responsible as well. However, back then, such concerns were often glossed over. Even today, there are probably hundreds of structures, up the coast into San Francisco that are still in danger of collapsing eventually into the Pacific Ocean. But.....oh, those 5 million dollar views are great, as long as they last!
I love how this always makes national news when it happens. This happens about every 10 years or so in Pacifica when a round of bad storms hit. It is the nature of those bluffs unfortunately.
All ocean front properties cliff front properties are in jeopardy with climate change I’d be surprised if any are left standing at the end of this century . Extreme weather is changing the landscape fast and oceans are rising.
If you don't want to leave fine, but thats nothing to play with. Take your valuables, move your furniture to storage or new place, and contact your renters insurance.
@@diddyfan64 no, i don't know where OP got his info. The city just deemed everything unsafe and tore it all down. So they probably had to drag her out.
Some of these places were once 100's of feet away from the edge. You can clearly see that it is just dirt and sandstone which erodes easily. Someday the edge may be 1000's of feet further inland.
Just ask the regulation-free city of Houston which practically outlawed zone regulations and people, read that as developers can build what they want wherever they want and just look what 90" inches of rain which Hurricane Harvey did tobthe city last year
Those apartments were built in the 50s, when there were probably dozens more like that one, across the street, on the side that is now a cliff. Erosion sucks, but the better phrase would be "don't build on sand"! Notice when you're in the water, standing on the sand, how the dirt around your feet seems to suck your feet into it? That's the sand being sucked out with the waves. Logic dictates if sand can do this, while you're standing on it, then probably best NOT TO BUILD ON IT! Mother Nature will eventually take back what's hers, and the more you fight her, the harder she fights back!
"'Wow!' said the broken Californian down On the beach that used to be by the beach Town hasn't moved but's getting closer, losing ground Making better views and close relaxing sounds Ground sure don't like the way it's treated so now It's moving back to the sea" -Modest Mouse, 1996
HAHAHA, Homes in a forest that burns ever year, homes on collapsing cliffs, California stop smoking crack XD I don't feel bad about your short-sighted decisions.
I don't blame the people for not wanting to leave. I mean... where will they go??? Too many homeless in CA as it is. No one will help them. I feel her pain. But is it worth risking dying; should the house erode off into the ocean? NO.
Set posts into the ocean to act as a barrier to slow down the waves. Waves will eventually deteriorate the cliff. In Dubai they build islands out of nothing and you can’t put in simple wave barriers.
0:15 Just watched another video of this footage, would it surprise you to find out that there are still people in those apartments? Doesn't surprise me a bit.
It's just like the people who don't want to leave during the hurricanes in Louisiana, but then the next day wanna cry and say their not getting the help the need. Or nobody helped them get out, or the families saying my parents or loved one died cause you didn't help them. No it's because you were acting selfish.
Bro did we forget about Pangea or how almost all the land was an ocean... the earth changes and people are like yea let’s build houses on the edge off this cliff because it’ll stay like that forever.
I certainly like to have an ocean view. I wouldn't buy a home that close. I live on the east coast, about 70 miles from the ocean. When I go to the shore, buildings are about a quarter mile from the water. And there are no high cliffs. I don't care if a home is given to me free and no taxes! Even on the east coast, storm damages happen.
I'm guessing that by now, every building on the cliff side of the road has been demolished and the ground underneath eroded away - possibly the road as well.
"I'm not leaving and the neighbors aren't leaving" Yeah, well, hate to inform you there hunny, but your residence is about to be condemned, I assure you, you are leaving. It may not be today, but you are leaving.
they didnt see climate change and rising ocean levels, and still no one wants to admit it. Look at the polar icecaps melting, glaciers retreating by kilometers per year where 100 years ago they retreated by meters. Ocean rises, it has more power to crash inland. Glad i live on a mountain, ill have ocean front soon.
Oh yes! She is LEAVING, by LAND, OR BY SEA! Her choice.
😂😂😂
😂😂
My bet is on by SEA
By SEA but not on Love Boat!
She is leaving the world.
I will never ever buy a house next to an eroding cliff by the ocean...
.. I have no money.
Your life must suck
@@listenup8660 yours ? Lol.
Well in case it is a blessing
Problem solved.
@くろしやまぐち Wuhan
Joke 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I understand she doesn't want to leave her home but hello????, the cliff doesn't care about how you feel. I'd be outta there pronto!!
+Destiny082403 her house is about to fall off. she and her neighbors are probably in denial.
UnsettlingSun They tore those apartments down, still working on trying to stop the erosion, or slow it down. More homes are gone.
Destiny082403 The human mind is an AMAZING thing to perceive.
She must be drunk from breathing ocean Air. İ wonder where she is now.
Ha
“You’re going to have to drag me out” ... don’t worry the ocean will do that for you. DUMMY
The ocean chose her. She will be taking Maoi across the great sea to restore the heart of Te Fiti
@@booooooooooooooooooooooo 😭😭😂
If you are not leaving you better be on your knees praying. 🙏❤️😁
@Mike Jamieson here weeee gooo with the americans comments sigh fuckin sheep lol
Is she a dummy? Or does she have nothing to lose?
Meanwhile across the street "Just a matter of time for a sweet ocean view"
That was good
underrated
LMAO!!! Nice!
it has already happened the two apartment buildings are gone
320 Esplanade Ave, Pacifica, CA 94044
Mother nature doesn't care how good your view from the balcony was!
One way or another lady - you're leaving
LOL :)
She’s not leaving. She’ll just be moved to a downstairs apartment with a built in pool....
She has a name, and odds are, it's "Karen"
Lol
Lol "I'm not leaving." Darwinism.
What
JewTube - Censor Yourself. Or we'll do it for you. What’ll hit me?
@@jacktheflash8478 DX
BraininajarSociety😹 okay?
@DiaKorrus 18 Yeah. Those Cali cliffs were deteriorating faster than support for Hills in 2016.
That woman that said she wasn't leaving...the policeman should just have asked for her next of kin, so they can be notified, then called her stupid and left her there.
Let's hope she learned something before it's too late, if not, her family can always put her in for the Darwin awards.
They can't. Her family would sue the police for leaving her there smh
@@ccho907 That was her decision though.
@@orlando1145 exactly. People are shady, they would still try to sue smh
I hope they learn the lesson the hard way to thin gene pool
I can just imagine how much the rent was for those apts.
8000.00 a month for a one bedroom!
@@LB-pg3no No, that can't be true.
@@crand20033 you’ll be surprised
@@crand20033 it probably is
Thats why sis said they'd have to drag her out 😂 Them cali prices have everyone ready to risk it all lmaoo
Why even argue with that lady? Her last dream in life might be to win a Darwin Award.
It only counts if you've never reproduced.
@@stolasgoetia93 Or if you can still reproduce I imagine. I think if she had children they would have forced her out of that house.
A year after this was uploaded, they bulldozed these apartments and the apartments on the other side of the street had ocean views and the rent immediately went up $2500 per month.
Doesn't surprise me.
This takes new meaning to living on the edge of a cliff
They finally tore down the whole apartment building and cleared the site. They really need to remove 3 or 4 blocks of the residential area, but the rest of the residents will stubbornly stay until their homes fall into the ocean. The entire area is former sea bottom sand deposits and is made even more unstable by the San Andreas Fault, which goes into the ocean around there and crosses the Golden Gate, offshore, before coming back on land at Drakes Bay. The people who bought homes there and the city that allowed the homes to be built are all idiots for insisting on living there. But that is what you can expect from a state like California.
With the Calif. Coastal Commission how could this have even been a "site" to begin with??? You not supposed to build any where near since 1970, unless there was a grandfathered old building and the developer got around it that way. These units to begin with a fairly new but not build well. Down she goes.
@@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki These residences have been there since before the Coastal Commission was established. The area is former sea bottom that was uplifted by seismic activity and the Pacific Ocean is taking it back.
Ah California, the best state there is.
One might ask, why would someone built at the edge of a cliff?!
i was thinking the same thing
Jude Abijah it wasn't..Erosion happened
30 years ago this was choice real estate. Erosion ruined the view.
verybigname are u stupid do u know what erosion is how do u think the Grand Canyon was formed idiot
He clearly said 20feet disappeared
Regardless of the faults, my heart goes out to the residents along the coast. They lived, slept, and listened to those waves for years. A bad situation for all.
man who would have thought! A coastal cliff of all things eroding? This is surely madness and could have never been foreseen.
How do I search for an actual view of the houses on the cliff in Google Earth? I want to see if she has moved out of her house or she still lives there.
It wouldn't bother me if the whole state washed into the ocean. I was called out with National Guard in the 70s by then Gov. Jerry Brown to fill sandbags because his girlfriends, Linda Ronstadt's house in Malibu was in danger of collapse because of beach erosion. After her house was secured we were then put under command of the fire dept. as to what other houses to save (the rich & famous first of course).
Those structures are NOT sitting on "sandstone", they are sitting on 100% sand! There are no rocks or stones holding those places up.
The sand you see on the beach below, is the exact same sand that makes up those highlands near the edge.
What you say suggests that there must have been experts who could have told them. The question is, would anyone have listened? Ultimately it seems like the companies who built these structures are responsible.
@@danawinsor1380 True, but those companies are long gone. Also, the cities, counties and governmental bodies that permitted such construction, should be responsible as well. However, back then, such concerns were often glossed over. Even today, there are probably hundreds of structures, up the coast into
San Francisco that are still in danger of collapsing eventually into the Pacific Ocean. But.....oh, those 5 million dollar views are great, as long as they last!
I love how this always makes national news when it happens. This happens about every 10 years or so in Pacifica when a round of bad storms hit. It is the nature of those bluffs unfortunately.
All ocean front properties cliff front properties are in jeopardy with climate change I’d be surprised if any are left standing at the end of this century . Extreme weather is changing the landscape fast and oceans are rising.
5 years later, we need an update 🥺
When this was built, it was far from the cliff. Edventually after decades upon decades erosion and Mother Nature caught up
According to the Pacifica registry of deeds, most of this complex was built 75 feet from the high water mark in the 1990's.
If you don't want to leave fine, but thats nothing to play with. Take your valuables, move your furniture to storage or new place, and contact your renters insurance.
Ruben I don't know if ins paid or not, I heard no..
Three weeks later her apt went over the cliff and she went with it. Stupid people don't die of old age.
Tommy Two Toes she actually died?
I’m curious if she did die or not
@@diddyfan64 no, i don't know where OP got his info. The city just deemed everything unsafe and tore it all down. So they probably had to drag her out.
this was 5 years ago. how was the erosion? we need an update. specially the "not leaving" lady. did she get a happy ending?
Someone replied 3 years ago saying those apartments are gone. Look up in the comments
Why would cities/counties even give permits to build units on unstable ground. Who bought the engineer that inspected this property.
that is incredible that any of that was permitted. California has pretty tough laws
Some of these places were once 100's of feet away from the edge. You can clearly see that it is just dirt and sandstone which erodes easily. Someday the edge may be 1000's of feet further inland.
Just ask the regulation-free city of Houston which practically outlawed zone regulations and people, read that as developers can build what they want wherever they want and just look what 90" inches of rain which Hurricane Harvey did tobthe city last year
If she wants to leave with the sea, don’t save her when she’s drowning
You have to admit that it's a helluva view!
True, but sadly it will be the last thing they all see if they don't move..
"I'm nto leaving"
okay, well, you can fall then.
Solution: don’t build near a cliff edge
Or at Least one like this
Those apartments were built in the 50s, when there were probably dozens more like that one, across the street, on the side that is now a cliff. Erosion sucks, but the better phrase would be "don't build on sand"! Notice when you're in the water, standing on the sand, how the dirt around your feet seems to suck your feet into it? That's the sand being sucked out with the waves. Logic dictates if sand can do this, while you're standing on it, then probably best NOT TO BUILD ON IT! Mother Nature will eventually take back what's hers, and the more you fight her, the harder she fights back!
DUHHH !
"'Wow!' said the broken Californian down
On the beach that used to be by the beach
Town hasn't moved but's getting closer, losing ground
Making better views and close relaxing sounds
Ground sure don't like the way it's treated so now
It's moving back to the sea"
-Modest Mouse, 1996
Should NEVER allow houses to be built within 300 yards of a shoreline. Period.
the whole state needs to go this way
has that place collapsed now? what happened? anyone know?
Cliffs don't care about your feelings 😄
that is how I feel. hopeless. soon I will be like standing at a cliff. praying day and night!
Well cliffs have nothing holding them together so what do you expect?
Man, what a view!
Serves you right for building there. !
Local council is to blame also for allowing homes so close to the cliff.
I remember my friend had to move because the one apartment complex he lived in was close to the cliff
Any link of this in 2018?
I remember when I lived in Ukraine. A lot of people I know thought that California would rip off and fall into the ocean
It still might but hopefully not in my lifetime.
That is not "teetering on the edge of disaster" That is already disaster and just waiting to fully unfold.
who moves there in the first place?
Barbara Streisand?
the people in the video duh
Never have I ever seen a backyard with negative square footage
......."I don't even feel comfortable standing out here"
....Calls the camera man out for a look-see!😆
HAHAHA, Homes in a forest that burns ever year, homes on collapsing cliffs, California stop smoking crack XD I don't feel bad about your short-sighted decisions.
liberals
I don't blame the people for not wanting to leave. I mean... where will they go??? Too many homeless in CA as it is. No one will help them. I feel her pain. But is it worth risking dying; should the house erode off into the ocean? NO.
I guess the good thing about this is, the landscaping cost goes down each year instead of up like everyone else
Set posts into the ocean to act as a barrier to slow down the waves. Waves will eventually deteriorate the cliff.
In Dubai they build islands out of nothing and you can’t put in simple wave barriers.
Reminds me of "Livin on The Edge" by Aerosmith
Ocean view apartments in CA. I can only imagine the rent.
Too foggy and cold there. That's the low rent district. People like the warmer bayside climate. More expensive there.
@@prisonersofspacetime6304 it's still right next to the ocean and it's california I'm sure they still cost alot regardless.
@@kylem1112 It's all relative 😋
0:15 Just watched another video of this footage, would it surprise you to find out that there are still people in those apartments? Doesn't surprise me a bit.
cipher88101 No way??😮
what did they think was going to happen building on a sandy cliff
Shouldn't be legal to build so close to the ocean.
It's just like the people who don't want to leave during the hurricanes in Louisiana, but then the next day wanna cry and say their not getting the help the need. Or nobody helped them get out, or the families saying my parents or loved one died cause you didn't help them. No it's because you were acting selfish.
Bro did we forget about Pangea or how almost all the land was an ocean... the earth changes and people are like yea let’s build houses on the edge off this cliff because it’ll stay like that forever.
Does anyone else think it was retarded to have houses that close to the edge to begin with? They obviously didn't plan ahead.
"I'm not leaving". Okay, then you can start a whole new life under the sea.
I certainly like to have an ocean view. I wouldn't buy a home that close. I live on the east coast, about 70 miles from the ocean. When I go to the shore, buildings are about a quarter mile from the water. And there are no high cliffs. I don't care if a home is given to me free and no taxes! Even on the east coast, storm damages happen.
I'm guessing that by now, every building on the cliff side of the road has been demolished and the ground underneath eroded away - possibly the road as well.
Nope.
Cliffside Beach living has always been temporary. It may have taken 60 years but nevertheless its temporary.
Its always nice watching Darwin at work :D
"I'm not leaving" lol either the cops drag you out or the ocean drags you out. have fun lady!
Mother nature: You realize that you can also get a view near a beach that is not 50 feet below the level that your town is on, right?
its easy to understand that no one wants to evacuate their home, but that ocean is a force! man cannot rule over the sea...
Steel barriers would work
I saw a drone footage update video all those buildings are gone now 😳
"I'm not leaving and the neighbors aren't leaving" Yeah, well, hate to inform you there hunny, but your residence is about to be condemned, I assure you, you are leaving. It may not be today, but you are leaving.
There is no home owner's insurance for such stupidly placed residence.
so 5 years l;ater,did this place turn into a beach yet?
EMS is not allowed to rescue her
Um, did anyone as a kid on the beach build an awesome sand castle. The tides returned as I watched my castle erode away from the waves
I get why people build so close to the ocean...but I also don't get it.
they didnt see climate change and rising ocean levels, and still no one wants to admit it. Look at the polar icecaps melting, glaciers retreating by kilometers per year where 100 years ago they retreated by meters. Ocean rises, it has more power to crash inland. Glad i live on a mountain, ill have ocean front soon.
@@paddington1670 I know climate change is real but i doubt that when the icecaps melt the water will reach all the way up there
I wonder if those people eventually left...
Why did you buy a house right next to a cliff
I don't know why this is popping up on my TH-cam 5 years later but it needs TOOL-ÆNIMA playing in the background.
1:48-Where are they now.?
Why are there no sea defences if they have houses literally built on a cliff? Pretty obvious solution to help reduce storm impacts
I wonder if she left or the sea just took her house away with her.
PUXA, TERRÍVEL! PESSOAS PERDENDO SUAS CASAS. MUITO, MUITO TRISTE.
Whats it like now?
So who we're the engineers that approved these structures?
holy roller, engineers? Oops! Now the head contractor remembers who he was supposed to call but forgot.
Never got why people want to build homes next to cliffs.
What's it like now?
Nature doesn't give a dam about your house. That cliff is done & the ocean is relentless.
😢😢When I was a kid we built sand castles on the beach and then the waves came in and destroyed them. This is no different.
I’m ready to go now my neighbors are in the ocean.
Did they rebuild?
It's beautiful 😍
What was that quote about not building your house on sand?
Duh, when you build close to water of course this is going to happen... Exactly why all beach front homes will be in the water one day.
that's crazy
El nino or La nina?
Those rocks piled up at the bottom of the bluff will do NOTHING. Trying to hold the ocean back with some boulders is futile.
It’s sad cause some of those homes are very expensive. Hope they have good insurance.
So would this property appreciate or depreciate in value.
That woman will have a beachfront condo very soon!!! “” Stock up on life jackets “”
This is terrible, what is the situation in 2020?
The pinnacle of Exceptionalism.