Beach House Wall Put to the Test A Year Later

[@alexaelliott2598]

We lived on the beach but sold due to my nervousness about the sea, despite never being inundated. 18m later over 2 nights of storms and big waves the sea claimed the house. It had been set back 20m from the sand. Don’t gamble with anything you’re not prepared to lose.

[@TheIcecoldorange]

I’m pretty sure these units are still being bought. It’s the insurance payout. Doesn’t matter what happens as long as it’s insured.

[@crowlers6]

I love the name of your beach house! I'm also a Crowell in Minnesota! 👋👋 Glad to see that this wall is holding up well!

[@smallfootprint2961]

The ocean will always have it's way.

[@EleFont_n_room]

The beautiful ocean said 🌊🌊🌊"move"!!!!... literally. Be safe!

[@ericp1139]

If a super rare wave comes 2 consecutive years in a row…it’s time to move.

[@josephineedeeth.trowbridge8968]

Love watching sea side waves 🌊!,,

[@mavoisine3]

Hope to God there is no tsunami or a major storm. The location of your house is really scary.

[@963janet]

Some people never learn!

[@beths4934]

I wonder if they bought it when drunk or something. Duh!!

[@shitloveaduck]

Pretty narrow minded. Whose to say the edge of the beach wasn’t 200 + yards out at high tide when they bought. It’s like people that had homes in south western BC in the Fraser valley. Some homes were 1/4 mile or more from the Coquihalla River and couldn’t even see or hear it. Their homes are gone and the riverbed is where their homes used to be. They may have made a sound decision at the time and unfortunately you cannot always predict the future. Some people apparently think so here,,,,,, must be challenging to be perfect and having to deal with all the animosity towards you,,,,,,. Hahaha. J*ck *sses.

[@mavoisine3]

@@shitloveaduck Who hurt you when you were young. Sheesh lol

[@andrewrobinson2869]

Your wall is doing alot better this time. Looks like you built it pretty good. Stay safe..

[@lunalee5843]

We have a house on Nags Head, NC and it’s built on stilts to prevent any damage to the house from the waves. Our bigger issue is hurricanes but so far the house is still standing! Best of luck!

[@davidgraham2673]

I remember doing the construction on the new hospital there. I remember the Dinosaur Putt-Putt was COMPLETELY covered in beach sand, so that only the tallest dinosaurs coild be seen, as their heads were still above the sand level. It was surreal, thinking a hurricane pushed that much sand to shore. I'll never forget it.

[@williamwaters4506]

Putting house on top of poles makes no sense if the ground stays the same level. In time waves will wash away the ground which is sand and the house will be in the ocean. Any geologist can tell you that.

[@josephineedeeth.trowbridge8968]

A home SOOOOOO NEAR THAT SEA!

[@luciendemaine5153]

good video.

[@beths4934]

We built a Wall to keep out the Pacific Ocean.....🤣😂🤣 OMG, I can't stop laughing. But wait a minute... I got a bridge to sell ya' over here

[@josephineedeeth.trowbridge8968]

Go move house dudes!! Crazeeeee peeples!

[@duncan.5228]

Why don't you adopt the British way of curving the top, so it directs the wave back towards the sea, instead of just letting the water flood the area behind the wall. It works.

[@SnowPink90]

That’s what I was wondering but you know, it’s California.

[@julescolorado]

They did. Just not enough apparently.

[@freegedankenzurbaukunst5613]

What the ocean wants , it'll take it . YT / The Disappearing Island: The Problem of Coastal Erosion on the Isle of Man

[@gordon3186]

@@SnowPink90 --- *Without California's Silicon Valley, you wouldn't have the audience you do listening to your half-baked ideas.*

[@R.U.1.2.]

@@gordon3186 ?.

[@cbSeabee]

which coastal engineer did you consult?

[@beths4934]

Poseiden & Bros

[@emobaldi75]

So why not build a concrete wall instead if just wood? Isn’t that just a little bit more sturdier?

[@yayasorensen4351]

We get king tides several times a year. Sadly with so many new people moving here someone is killed from getting too close.

[@dickylobster]

The ocean wants to pass your house, the railroad tracks and the highway and reach the cliffs once again.

[@nicadair7700]

Time and Tide will wait for no man.

[@kingmj2352]

Load up on big boulders...It might save you a couple years. I grew up in and around beach houses 🙏✌️🤙

[@oscarbarr2392]

This view is so relaxing 🍺!!

[@nancytestani1470]

Just listen to the Pacific roar…so much force to reckon with..good luck…move!

[@5Heth]

I just love Mother Nature reclaiming what is hers

[@proveritate9312]

Use 2mm thick aluminum or steel plates. Put it onto the top section in a concave facing the see. The waves won't spillover.

[@JimboInTheHouse1]

Is there normally a decent sized beach or does it always come up there at high tide?

[@rambofordclanhenry8521]

That crow though...lol

[@tiffanygrever8092]

Why do these houses haft to be so close to the ocean.

[@963janet]

Don’t understand why people build on the beach. Check out the dome houses off Cape Romano in southwest to Florida. Mother Nature always wins.

[@melissamcclain34]

Absolutely beautiful to watch but I wouldn't want to live that close to the water.

[@sheilaelliot7956]

When its time to go always listen to what your gut is telling you

[@johnjorgensen104]

Your wall your patio your house and all the other houses on that beach need to be washed out to sea and not rebuilt.

[@jiafeiqueen]

yup. if you need to build sea walls and even the sea walls don’t work, it’s time to move everything back because you’re disrupting mother nature.

[@nireneelloc5565]

I was going to say that's kind of harsh but I can't help but agree lol. Man needs to stop attempting to manipulate mother nature. Especially for living-location convenience. A beach house is nice and all but what the sea wants, the sea will ultimately get. It's the frikken sea lmao

[@folklorestuff1743]

A double row of very large rocks in front of your sea wall would disperse the energy and force of the waves. Looks like your neighbour to the left just gave up!

[@organizm420]

im from Louisiana... if you gonna build a house on the water it needs to float yeah. i would put some pontoons on that deck

[@pj1043]

A wiseman builds his house on the rock, a foolish man built his house on sand. When the storm came the wiseman who built his house on the rock stayed strong it didn’t collapse, but the foolish man who built his house on sand was swept away by the storm🌊.👺☠️💀 So true don’t build your house right on beach, the ocean is so unpredictable. 🌊🌊🌊

[@kusumadikshitadare1118]

Well said iam From India

[@montanez707]

Wow, I flew into SNA June 24th from Napa and saw this. Beautiful view it’s worth it!

[@sirbackdoorbandit]

Ni ework on the new wall. Notice yr neighbours have installed 1 tonne rock bags to break the fury 10 further down the beach so the waves didn't get to their sea wall... not a bad idea

[@sharonbell8895]

move better yet no one should be allowed to build that close

[@Gk2003m]

At least this time you saw it coming. But it’s still doomed, won’t last another three years

[@Grantribulacion20-27]

Normal el mar siempre recobra su espacio

[@nancytestani1470]

Why would you use wood…

[@paulbruto4897]

Your to slow with the for sale sign if you intended to stay for this long a fleet of cement trucks would have been your only options to stabilize the whole back yard

[@marieblyden7512]

Nope. Nature always finds a way to have her way. The force of the constant pounding on that wall will break it down. Why do people build right near the water, then act shocked when this happens?

[@rubygrooms137]

Love the name of your web site

[@brendaryan306]

All those homes look too close for high tide and no sea grass berms.

[@v.gorski3050]

How can any responsible home owner leave their shoreline structure pieces, ( looked like plastic) to just be pulled out into the ocean due to daily waves that destroyed it?? You want a house at the ocean, but do you care for the environment? For that ocean ? Doubtful.

[@nireneelloc5565]

Which is ultimately why people won't feel bad when their life (house) gets destroyed and swept out to sea.

[@JJRush_]

Oceans are rising, climate change, the moon wobbling, king tides getting worse, glaciers melting at a record pace....I give it 2 years and this house will be gone I'm sorry to say. I'm not trying to be a jerk, just realistic. The water is telling you. You need to listen! The water will always win.

[@bensouthwell1339]

the wall should be twenty foot down the beach and 10 foot high. Failing that move.

[@kingmj2352]

Uhh you can guarantee that this will not be your last...LOL..Sorry!! But you might have 5-10 years left in the beach house. I’m only 2 minutes in

[@jah0524]

I bet the insurance companies dropped them like a rock.

[@SpreadTheLove777]

Built your house on stills so the waves won't rein your deck plus it will seem that you are on the water and not in the water. For me, I live in Florida and live inland so I don't get waves like that. We also get hurricanes and tropical storms.

[@josephineedeeth.trowbridge8968]

I want to be a ,,MERMAID ,, YESSSS. You any washed up mer tails pleesh?

[@frankmackey2419]

Nothing like the waves that took out first patio. Bad assessment

[@josephineedeeth.trowbridge8968]

I’m ashamed I enjoy watching this destruction.😁😂😂😃😀😅😁😁😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫🤢🤢🤮😉😉

[@cbdoil4082]

It’s people see you in a car crash, or a plane crash?? Karma.

[@donnadees7031]

oh, i'd buy on beach. ha

[@ScienceNotFaith]

You pan back and forth and zoom in and out so much it's hard to tell what's going on. Just put the camera on a tripod and leave it alone. We need a stable background in order to see the extent of water and structure movement (perspective). Aiming the camera at different angles every few minutes is fine, just not continuously. Makes my head spin.

[@elvaterry9009]

You couldn't pay me enough to stay there cause all your doing is playing with your life.My life means more to me than anything else. So yeah you can have yours and mine both part. No thank you. From the state of W.Va.

[@ricksneed4171]

Zero sympathies for stupid choices. Only a matter of time before imminent destruction. Good luck, but don't whine when the inevitable happens.

[@davethompson16]

So let’s see hurricanes destroy all of the eastern sea and the gulf areas causing way more damage and loss of life. Tornadoes destroy anything in its path across the Midwest and have destroyed way more homes and loss of life. Mountains have landslides and avalanches. So where should everyone live? People who enjoy life take risks. Keep your fact less, one sided, stupidity to yourself and just know every ancient civilization has been destroyed by Mother Nature. Oh I forgot about volcanoes.

[@rccalhoun]

sell. for 0. uninsurable and home will be destroyed at some point in the future. harsh life lesson. valueless home.

[@charlesconnor411]

not as good as last 1,, bit boring actually

[@retardoentropy4901]

For the beach house life lover, in the absence of a tsunami, and with projected sea level rises, it's only the combination of accumulated steady beach erosion, king tide, large swell and rogue waves that you have to really worry about, that's all. Apart from that, sit back and relax.

[@davidgraham2673]

, I remember doing the construction on the hospital there. I remember the Dinosaur Putt-Putt was COMPLETELY covered in beach sand, so that only the tallest dinosaurs coild be seen, as their heads were still above the sand level. It was surreal, thinking a hurricane pushed that much sand to shore. I'll never forget it.

[@davidgraham2673]

Oops, my mistake... I accidentally commented on your post, when I thought I was replying to the one above yours. True story though.

[@texasangel5615]

Wow!!! Is there an update on this area?