3 fall into ocean after Santa Cruz Wharf collapses due to strong waves ahead of storm

[@riley6723]

Structural engineers were on site testing the structural integrity of the pier….as it falls into the water with them on it. You can’t make this stuff up.

[@jesserideout6202]

Classic california logic

[@bettyshmetty2664]

Yeah they say they knew it was unsafe they knew the swell was coming so they sent out some engineer nerds to do what? Yell when they got dumped in the ocean w a full shitter?

[@ralphhodges9547]

the dude is waving his arms and in my 'head soundtrack' he's screaming " Look like a Red Tag situation"

[@ShadowcasterZero]

Ya whoever ordered these engineers out on the wharf have some serious explaining to do

[@Imanimal-lover]

😮 ... plus that bathroom stank.... Still I have many good memories from many trips to that wharf. Oh, and that amazing seafood. 😢

[@CAMacKenzie]

"The wharf is now closed." The wharf is now GONE.

[@Flamingorr]

😂😂😂😂😂😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@PseudonymAliase]

I got a warning in Santa Cruz mountains and the mountains are GONE! TORNADOES IN SCOTTS VALLEY. AND THE HOCK TUA CHICK IS GONE!

[@johnlafever3162]

Only the end of it. Most of the wharf is still there.

[@johnlafever3162]

@@PseudonymAliase for Heaven's sake, it's "Hawk Tuah, spit on that thing!"

[@McNuttDickerson]

I was about to comment the same thing “no shit” hahahah

[@Catapultout]

“Potentially life threatening”. Did they decide that before or after the wharf went in? 😅

[@johnypitman2368]

"potentially" holly crap they cant even say for sure, sad

[@RC-ot5nw]

I think it was bad maintenance not global warming.

[@matthewwillis4892]

Open sewer line if the restroom broke away. That pier has been in need of real repairs for decades.

[@PhillTheGreat]

The California coastal commission, look it up.... its not the climate it's the red tape!

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

Florida piers damaged from hurricanes are not getting repaired. Cities waiting for Federal money Good Luck with that.

[@Feraeond]

It all ends up in the ocean regardless. This just causes the missed step of a treatment plant adding industrial chemicals first, if anything.

[@lsingstock1646]

That seems obvious. I don't trust many tourist areas anymore.

[@andrewlessman]

Driving a bobcat on it im sure didnt help

[@freddiematta1119]

Exactly!!!

[@robertsontirado4478]

He had to say climate change to get brownie points with local blue hair people.

[@anthonygreenfield2577]

It’s the climate, it’s not the 110 year old rotting pylons. Got it.

[@bantheundead4162]

I wonder if they saved the bobcat

[@NoahFroio]

Funny, that's about all I could think of as well... Looks like it is riding that piece pretty good though!! Hopefully it catches a wave to shore!! Go little, Bobcat, Go!!

[@tknight8719]

that bobcat is definitely in the ocean

[@foxstar498]

I thought the same

[@BLENDZ87]

without being sexist this is a male thing im sure , i thought exactly the same thing as soon as i saw it through til the end , came to comment about it and immediately saw yours

[@Harrisongrey19]

@THErEmIxMaStEr1987ok woketard

[@bayareagrl4ever526]

That wharf has been there since I was a child. Its like everything is collapsing and washing away.

[@GodsSparrowSpeaks]

I think that’s the wef’s plan - not just zero private prop ownership, but erase all sense of normalcy, history, tradition, comfort… Sooooo much ☁️🌧️☁️ ‘C’ Ding going on, changing *God old fashioned weather patterns*

[@mopam7]

The end of all things. It's in Daniel 12. There is hope! Jesus is the way to eternal life and believe in him, he is the only God, and be saved by him and taken up and outta here, this world, in the rapture soon to meet Jesus in the clouds, in the air!

[@johnypitman2368]

this climate change bullshit never ends as you say it has been there for many years. im 69 and it was there in the 60s and no doubt before that. stuff gets old when it has been in the ocean for ever and has to be replaced. like all government agencies they never have money for upkeep but always have emergency money to fix the catastrophic damages

[@robertmarmaduke186]

I can remember driving over the hills to Santa Cruz for the day was a *thrill* in the 1980s. We went back with the kids now grown in 2010s. Oh, my G-d. Oh, my G-d. Oh, my G-d!

[@mopam7]

@@robertmarmaduke186 I remember places like that too. Not Santa Cruz, but the White Mountains (Pinetop AZ). Etc.

[@Bobisnotcool]

Blaming global warming instead of maintaining infrastructure 😂😂😂😂

[@conniewolf7300]

The bigger waves may have been related to climate changes. They were already working on it. I know it's CA but do we really have to deal with this guy?

[@sumiland6445]

No, it's not failing infrastructure. It's the force and direction and height of the swells. The pier usually doesn't take hits from the side. It's meant to head into the swells. Storms way out in the ocean can produce some terrifying swells. Glad everyone's okay. What a loss. Santa Cruz has taken some heavy hits from natural disasters. Strong community. 💜

[@markdunham744]

It was built in 1914, and lasted a long time. What do you want for delivering potatoes?

[@AlbertoMerida-n3o]

Ucrania first$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[@Dane-o7q]

Newsome just took new gas tax money with a stroke of a pen! 5 billion per year. in the name of climate change! we are being ripped off.

[@Igotstaknowit]

"Wilson!" - Dude shouting as the bobcat floated away 😢

[@taocffej]

I’d think he would yell, “Robert”! Because it’s a Bobcat, not a volleyball manufactured by Wilson sports equipment company. 😂

[@JustLikeHeaven77]

​@@taocffej Not funny at all.

[@veetwotls]

just show the piss poor maintenance on it

[@DylantheScapegoat18]

The power of our changing climate, dude its the ocean and we built a giant wooden plank with toothpicks, and expect it to hold up forever?? I believe in climate change, but this is using it a strange context.

[@tomoliver9786]

@@DylantheScapegoat18 LOL climate change has been around since the beginning of time that is why we have fossil fuel. That Pier is totally negligence been up there for 100 years now do they put any time or maintenance on it no hell no they take taxpayers money. And they line their pockets.. nothing but corrupt people. Running our government.. and of course we are in the end times. And these are facts. But not to worry if you are a believer in God. You shall be fine. And God bless you and your family and a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and may it be prosperous for you all.

[@Livesoutdoors-c2v]

Excuses

[@Dane-o7q]

Climate change is meant to take your tax dollars. manbearpig is real! wharf is what a cat coughs up!

[@mbgrocott7115]

My thoughts exactly except climate change...naw. Especially not that we are causing.

[@jerrysanders9101]

Exactly-,-another leftist climate conspiracy clown

[@OneManOnFire]

The only affordable house in California

[@GuitarWithBrett]

Nah it’s 1.5m but a hedge fund already paid cash

[@enigmaa17]

Great water views.

[@riley6723]

@@OneManOnFire do you mean the only affordable beach house?

[@OneManOnFire]

@@riley6723 Beach view, Ocean view, Pier view, with free transportation 🤣🤣🤣

[@stephaniesomer5934]

Changing climate? Oh bull💩. They knew it needed repairs for how long? When was it built-how old was the structure? It’s not climate change-it’s poor management of resources. The California government continues to misappropriate our crumbling infrastructure repair funds to pay for other things. 🤗❤️🇺🇸

[@christalniederer7012]

No, they keep working on repairs but the models showing the forces of the ocean are no longer accurate with stronger and more frequent storms.

[@mrparts]

Climate change has changed current patterns all across the Pacific Ocean. All infrastructure is suffering from accelerated erosion because of the effect of the atmosphere by the billions of tons CO2 released.

[@johnfetter]

@@christalniederer7012 No Gov just bought a 9mil mansion with the money...get a clue.

[@PKing90]

Climate change

[@PseudonymAliase]

Yeah I ride my bike over there all the time and that entire section was dilapidated and fenced off. the entire structure had dropped 2-3 feet in the calm summer time and the restaurant was condemned for a while. either the pylons deteriorated or the sub marine soil had eroded underneath it. but that scares me for the rest of the wharf.

[@matthewhall7548]

that did not come down from high surf...b.s...more likely it's been in extreme disrepair for a long time.

[@jfinchPC12]

Due to strong waves or deferred maintenance?

[@0888peter]

Complete lack of maintenance.

[@JaneMurray-di3gq]

I’d say both.

[@justinknott4177]

2nd one😂

[@california5877]

🙏 prayers Santa Cruz Boardwalk The city should of been working on this boardwalk years ago, salt water eats wood

[@jfinchPC12]

so do worms

[@marilynmanchester]

They were literally assessing current repairs when this collapse happened...3 workers fell into the water.

[@taocffej]

Salt pickles wood and preserves it. Ask any wooden boat owner in the Pacific Northwest. The hull, always submerged in the ocean water, last many decades or even a century or more. Above the waterline, where the copious amount of freshwater rains over it, is where the rot happens, and needs repair or replacement in a much shorter time.

[@OneManOnFire]

Some how this is Gavin Newsom's fault

[@tanyasharadamba1264]

🙏🏼 Gratitude to incredible 1st responders saving lives!

[@ARIELLE2564]

It is the surfer Who saved their lives ...

[@snapascrew]

SNL is gonna do a sketch and make fun of the fire chief’s surfer dude accent 😂😂😂

[@JamesSmith-qj9kd]

Ok, i just checked. It was built in 1914. And it’s made of wood. Anybody ever heard of woodrot? 😂🎉

[@mowgli2071]

You've never heard of maintenance?😂🤦‍♂️🤡

[@FogRain123]

"Power of our changing climate." This dude is a clown. Any weak structure would crumble in the sea.

[@petejams7340]

To the restroom I say...rest in peace

[@danielavila5081]

Trump will fix it

[@seandonahue8464]

Haven’t known of a restroom being blown out like that since John Belushi blew up one as the Hulk on SNL.

[@Scott-m5n8p]

I guess waves is something these beaches never were subjected to, that darn climate change and we have waves now. Shocking I tell you.

[@hogglinebulldoggs361]

He said hundreds of pounds of debris 😂 🤦‍♂️ more like thousands tons

[@RandyFrench-z4c]

California really is falling into the ocean

[@TheBasedCanadian]

🤷‍♂️

[@donnieburger3721]

is the bar ok

[@RA1NBOWC0RN69]

yeah I Was on the pier its doin fine

[@jaybeezy5429]

Just pass a law making it illegal for the pier to collapse, and hold it responsibile for it. If the pier doesn't know it's not supposed to collapse, that's one thing, but when the pier has been notified, it knows it will be held responsible for any collapse.

[@Stuckinthepast_]

Santa Cruz gets worse and worse every year from nature and the people who live in it 😂

[@PatJimenez-w7o]

You think the coastal commission would not allow buildings right on the water.

[@jackietreehorn8527]

Hey bro, you can't park there.

[@shaun8256]

Better not let the bobcat go under that would be so inhumane to let a bobcat drowned!

[@Faridehbj]

Newsom WASTE our tax money instead of fixing old structures.

[@jesserideout6202]

Despite the highest taxes in the Union, somehow Californian politicians have completely failed to maintain safe infrastructure. I live in san jose and lived in Santa Cruz for a year, California, and its policies are errant and destructive to the American way of life.

[@karenwright6410]

Hawaii just endured 50 foot waves on the North Shore of Kauai, Oahu and Maui. In fact, the Eddie Surf contest ran on Sunday, so I am not surprised that California is being hit by high waves!

[@skeetermcswagger0U812]

That beach area has been going to shit for a long time now literally.......

[@rickh9507]

A moment of silence for that little skid steer.

[@jeffisdrums]

Glad they’re safe. ❤

[@hansonel]

That's crazy. Santa Cruz has had a wild December. First an unprecedented tornado and now the wharf collapses.

[@boondogmoonrover2851]

Your memory is short. The same building that fell off today got hit by a tornado in 2019 that tore off its roof.

[@sherrys.2259]

The next 15 minute city?

[@kimgault7577]

Those little waves ruined it? The ones in this video??

[@RisitasKEKW]

At the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk, In the warm California sun! Boardwalk!

[@michaelangelos5117]

I guess you've never been to Santa Cruz.

[@bobbieriley3061]

Your report is ridiculous. At the time of the collapse, the surf was not big enough yet to cause the wharf to collapse!

[@Scroticus_Maximus]

It's closed?

[@AngelaAlcornTinyHouseAmerica]

Seriously!?? Climate change? That shit was old and barely hanging on .😂

[@TheGor54]

Mother nature asked for money...but they couldn't locate the funds fast enough..😢

[@danielh8569]

Shh. Its a Chinese Weather Weapon.... not Politicians pocketing public funds meant to keep everything in good shape... you know like the roads.

[@lisagoldberg5178]

@@danielh8569 And the missing 24 billion for CA's homeless population.

[@soyyo143]

Angela: you caught that too!? I agree 100 percent! It was old old salt water soaked wood!

[@purrson-here]

Both things are true. The structure needed repairs, and local waves are getting higher/stronger. Part of the reason it was in disrepair was from extreme weather in recent years.

[@larrygreen8446]

Santa Cruz holds a special place in my heart. Growing up there, I have fond memories of fishing on the Wharf as a kid and, later, busking as an adult, soaking in the vibrant atmosphere, delicious restaurants, and stunning views. One moment that stands out is from the winter of '62 when I saw a large sailboat washed ashore on the beach nearby. It was a powerful reminder of the beauty and might of nature-a lesson Santa Cruz has always been good at teaching.

[@MrYfrank14]

A big hit to the small businesses? Since when do Democrats care about small businesses? During covid they closed all the small businesses and let their rich friends in the big corporate stores stay open. Remember the small restaurant struggling with all of the stupid restrictions while a catering company was feeding actors on a movie set, right next to the restaurant, with zero restrictions?

[@giftedgreen2152]

Santa Cruz is literally falling apart. Pray for Santa Cruz 🙏

[@chuckxu5910]

WTF 🤬 it’s El Niño, merry Christmas 🎁🎄 and happy new year 🎊🎆🎈 my liberal friends across the globe 🌏

[@batekrown]

uhhh, one could argue calibama is the literal end of the world!

[@HeyNiagraFalls]

Oh no, the sky is falling. Run, Chicken Little RUN

[@tomcalabro8751]

I left SC in 2007. Gangs and public nudity became too much for me.

[@jesserideout6202]

Lived there for a year, and it was trashed

[@BigMikeObama-q7y]

BILLIONS FOR OTHER COUNTRIES....NOTHING FOR AMERICA....THIS NEEDED FIXING FOR YEARS

[@ScienceNotFaith]

Dude, it's not a zero-sum game. There's plenty of $$$$, just that politics prevents using it for the people.

[@davidcrawford5711]

Ask Michael Lavaughn Robinson for a loan ! 😄

[@reneestuart-w2y]

yep, that's Joe for ya

[@ScienceNotFaith]

@@reneestuart-w2y Yet you're OK with Trump taking it all for himself and other billionaires. You're a perfect example of why Trump said he "loves the uneducated."

[@PhillTheGreat]

Typical California coastal commission.... I bet they applied for repairs, and the commission refused or made it impossible.... thanks government

[@jmow-t5023]

I wonder if the structural engineers are going to also blame climate change LMAO

[@BluedMarble]

The mayor & gov na are like oh well. I'll pretend to care at the next election.

[@JamesSmith-qj9kd]

stephanie yer sooo right. What year was that wharf built? 😮

[@tomoliver9786]

Cracks me up when they say climate change😂😂😂 it's all about negligence and staying on top of the construction of the whole thing talking about not countable they haven't done any work on this thing forever. And when they do it's so minor in the taxpayers money is being pocketed they do not stay on the upkeep

[@batekrown]

^ deplorable

[@bozobarr]

I knew as soon as I heard that guy said that that y'all were going to get your undies in a bunch

[@DeedeeSummers-o4g]

Many good memories of Santa Cruz! 😢

[@carlerickson74]

That’s thousands of pounds of debris! That’s amazing, a small front end loader remained upright on a floating piece of debris!

[@Jim-h3z]

Yeah blame it on climate change

[@matteframe]

nothing to see there... move along.. move along...

[@danielavila5081]

​@@matteframe Greta has left the chat...

[@smo-guiver8315]

It is Santa Cruz - so ignore the combination of deferred maintenance and abnormally rough surf conditions. At least it looks like they had actually started on repair work, tho. Wonder if they rescued that floating skid steer?

[@albatross8]

Shhhhhhhh thst thing called greta will hear you!! 😂😂😂

[@uglykidmoe150]

didn't have a thing to do with changing weather patterns and everything to do with a 100+ year old wharf wearing out 🤔

[@anajay78]

climate change 😂funny

[@thegreenpickel]

Is deferred maintenance the new climate change?

[@lisarhodes2253]

CA is crumbling.

[@BigVine-m5i]

Did nobody video the wharf while it was collapsing?

[@worstalentscout]

CARS and TRUCKS on a wooden wharf ??!!

[@TerrenceThorn]

Oh man, I've enjoyed that pier for almost 50 years. Even though I never spend money there, that is sad to see ! - Those sets coming in are fine though.

[@creekrunner2078]

Climate change or as we all know its called seasons lol

[@ThriftyCHNR]

I know its hard to comprehend, but climate change is real and is supported by data collected by climate scientist all around the world.

[@kentde]

He's just doing his job, towing the line, and keeping Santa Cruz weird!

[@kevindelaney4423]

Very True!!...... It's called seasons...

[@ichoy408]

They blame it on climate change, and regardless sof everything california had done, destroying its own states economy and hurting the citizens bank accountable and situation, it's to no avail, hasn't changed Damn thing

[@ichoy408]

Maybe rerouting billions of gallons of fresh water from snowfall into the ocean causing a drought in cali, is a contributing factor

[@sigg3504]

SMH, there you go, take this chance to blame climate change.

[@daphnekivinen9482]

It's just weather. Weather is very unpredictable. I am so glad that no one was hurt. The waves were strong so why were the workers out there?

[@sanjose408]

This is what happens when you let everyone be an engineer 😢

[@shellbell1517]

“Self-rescue”…that’s a new one.

[@BigMikeObama-q7y]

CLIMATE HOAX 😂😂😂

[@jimmylieb5225]

fdjt

[@Monstacheeks]

I use to always run to the end of that Pier and touch the ledge before running a mile back home. Now there’s no more ledge to touch…😢😢😢😢

[@jessespurlock9842]

America is collapsing coast to coast due to the wicked ways.

[@hera7884]

Of course it’s closed indefinitely, it’s gone.

[@journeybrook9357]

Restraunt becomes a House boat.

[@jerrysanders9101]

Changing climate? Gimme a break bozo- save your leftist climate change propaganda 😂

[@piknick111]

“Santa cruz cant catch a break” 😅 guess this guy has never heard of Butte county in the northstate.

[@reneestuart-w2y]

"Hey Frankie, how's that part of the wharf?" Frankie: "AAAAAAAHHHH!"

[@Theortricesiii]

No funds to fix, repair, upgrades, upkeep, and maintenance, people it takes money. It's no time of games for fun, especially around the holidays.

[@sherrys.2259]

Thankfully, no injuries.

[@kattmilk]

Otter at the beginning was like, "Oh those humans & their subpar building codes!" Then it dipped out! 😂

[@Psittacine-pp5yd]

Matt changing climate you woke Wayne kerr 😂😂😂

[@nightcritterz]

The front fell off?

[@fixpacifica]

"Self-rescued"?

[@cchemmes-seeseeart3948]

I'm 60 years old. When I was a little girl, I remember learning in school that changes to the environment would lead to parts of California falling into the ocean, & just being eroded away & gone. So there you go; tip of a wharf.

[@bennyskim]

A shitty dock washes away "bro it was climate change"

[@mguy5769]

No, a shitter AND a dock washed away. LOL.

[@omarjassar4650]

Too much peer pressure 😢😢😢

[@kylenorden5895]

Is it changing climate or is it the fact that we have things that were built along freaking time ago and aren’t up to standard anymore let’s be real.

[@randysummerhays4168]

The pier closed itself officials did not close it it's out in the middle of the freaking ocean will the skid loader on it and a man waving his arms amazing officials closed the pier officials drink coffee and what the hell just happened

[@thomasjohannsen5641]

Man made climate change, stop war's and tackle what's important Mr Trump, Mr. Musk !!😢😢🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@FullaTeeth]

There is nothing pacific about the Pacific.

[@justish9600]

And as far as USA coastlines, nothing Atlantean about the Atlantic. When I moved from east to west many many years ago and ran out to the beautiful surf expecting the soft warm lazy swoosh, I got beat to shit by the ice cold ripping waves and thrown across razor-shelled tidal pools into the washed up kelp and mussels. I've never forgotten the irony of the names of the two seas slapping North America.

[@bnastii206]

Yeah let’s blame climate change for the city of Santa Cruz’s inability to properly maintain the pier. You had engineers out there the day of. Should have had them out there months ago. Could have been a lot worse. Luckily no one was seriously injured.

[@konvertiblekon7093]

That poor little pier has been on its last legs since the turn of the century. Built around the gold rush in 1848 and ALL allocated repair budgets get pocketed by Gavin

[@IKFKSwitch]

"People are warned to stay off the beach." (Footage of people on the beach. )

[@KM-nr6cb]

Unlike Rose, that Bob Cat would let Jack get on

[@xyzct]

How did that guy monkey-branch from large surf to changing climate?

[@SandDabs]

Right? Nothing to do with the fact that it was already being repaired in that exact spot.

[@lisagoldberg5178]

He gets a bonus everytime he can insert "climate" change into a news brief!

[@RA1NBOWC0RN69]

Cause Cali Dude, everyone has a Wave Degree and a background in climate control to know about this stuff. like C'mon dawgie Eduction Dude.

[@soyyo143]

xyzct: He is a woke weirdo! No climate change- it was old soaking wood!

[@christalniederer7012]

Because they repaired it to current standards but the storms are coming stronger and more frequently.

[@rogermendez7266]

Temu bridge

[@kolbybeautymakeupartist]

A sign of things to come, as this town was hit by a Tornado

[@BobTheSchipperke]

Yep. Stay away from the edge. Piers get old. Thanks Zach. : )

[@Philflash]

How long ago was it constructed?