Climate change impacts on U.S. coastlines

A new NASA report says sea levels along U.S. coastlines are expected to rise as much as 12 inches by 2050, and by the end of the century 13 million Americans could be displaced and $1 trillion worth of property inundated. Correspondent Ben Tracy looks at how residents of North Carolina's Barrier Islands, Galveston, Texas, and Pacifica, Calif., are grappling with changing coastlines, engaged in a battle that Mother Nature is winning.
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[@plz1277]

It’s funny to me when people complain about giving relief to student loan borrowers, saying “it was their choice to go to school.” How is no one complaining about the billions being spent nationwide to save rich homeowners (not in all cases I know) from saving their home when THEY CHOSE TO LIVE BY WATER?!?!

[@alwaysup22]

Fact of the matter is these people chose near water, some may pick near rivers or streams, others on flat lands or on hills. Everyone is being impacted everywhere. Have some compassion.

[@RobertDooley-sl7cp]

@@alwaysup22 The simple fact is that they've been warning about specifically this for 40 years and this is exactly what they were talking about. So if your politics or ignorance lead you towards losing your home for building without sense, that is on you.

[@deneseburrell]

@Laur Wesol So you kids have to pay high interest. Welcome to the real World where everything's designed to keep you in debt. You knew the terms when you signed the loan, so who's fault is that really? And now taxpayers are supposed to bail you guys out too? Um.. that's not how it works~🤨

[@M.Mae.M]

Exactly. Thank you for pointing this out to others.

[@tiffanygrever8092]

@Laur Wesol I don't mean to sound disrespectful but sounds like sighing on to a credit card I'm guilty of the same thing you really should have looked at the fin print.

[@empressphoenixrose]

"I'll let the kids worry about it." And that right there is the problem. No forethought. No empathy.

[@kimbyunnoona7139]

That comment INFURIATED me. Selfish much?!?!

[@joemorris2886]

How many genders? Tell us, Democrat.

[@TheHonestPeanut]

@@joemorris2886 However many biologists say there are, puddingpop. What's biology have to do with environmental collapse?

[@joemorris2886]

@@TheHonestPeanut It's weather. What happen to Global Warming? All bs. Your team also believes men can get pregnant and there's 5 genders. #Freaks

[@jimijefferson82]

If you drive a car to a fossil fuel protest, you are the problem. If you eat food, you are the problem If you charge your phone, you are the problem If you breathe, you are the problem, What are you doing to be less of a problem? Complaining about others doesn't count!

[@100musicplaylists3]

"I didnt think it would happen in my lifetime, id let the kids worry about it" What a nice guy

[@ellyjett]

Exactly why we are in this mess. Smug people like him saying well I’ve got mine so I’m good, you reap the consequences kids and grandkids. I guess he can laugh as his descendants curse his bones as the earth increasingly becomes unlivable. Least the lady has come to terms and respects the power of the Ocean. Nature does not need us in the least, but we will perish without it!

[@homebythesea9301]

Not what he meant. He bought and paid for a home his children would inherit. They can sell move demo do what they want. I can see this I plan to do the same with my children. My home is in the middle of the island. My thoughts are maybe one day the island will not longer be accessible but maybe I won’t be here. That is a risk I assumed when I bought on the island.

[@marvinmartin4692]

Typical republican!

[@ricktd6891]

@@ellyjett It's a scam. Climate change is natural.

[@ricktd6891]

@@homebythesea9301 Are you in The Pacific Islands? They are sinking slightly due to subduction added to 7 inches of sea level rise per century.

[@rhondalane6749]

“He thought he would let the kids worry about it” Wow That is why we are in this shape Have you guys never watched The Lorax?

[@Kameshwari108]

Gwad!!! I hate when Boomers say stuff like this.

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

@@Kameshwari108 ...and I hate when fortnite kids call anyone 2 months older than them, "Boomers".

[@Kameshwari108]

@Cartoon Raccoon ; I should have made it clear that I was born in 1953. When someone from my generation says things like, "let the kids figure it out," it puts another stain on the generation born after WWII. I feel entitled to call out selfish Boomers. 😉.

[@edyann]

@@Kameshwari108 You sound very immature for being born in 1953. I was born in 77 and I completely agree with the original commentator. It's going to be like 'The Lorax' pretty soon. Selfish humans.

[@eelnoops5200]

@@Kameshwari108 Spoken like a true millennial.

[@tgmickey513]

"I'd let the kids worry about it". Says it all. Nature doesn't care what money you spend, how terribly self centered we are.

[@DR3ADER1]

Yeah, because nature is a spoilt little cow. She never cares, so why should we?

[@mooonie6634]

I grew up in Pacifica in the 1960's. Back then, there were no houses on those cliffs...none. Maybe we were smarter back in the old days.

[@dtsh4451]

Maybe it isn’t the climate change; it’s the greedy and dumb hippies that is the problem. Native Indians never complained the ocean eroded their dwelling 🤣

[@margo3367]

I still remember my house number, 35 Seaview Dr, back in ‘61. That lady described it perfectly. We were on the cliffs and we had a yard and of course, a sea view. They did build houses on the cliffs in Pacifica back in the ‘60’s.

[@mooonie6634]

@@margo3367 I searched images and found many of them, credited to Almay, which show little to no housing on cliffs in the previous Linda Mar area. When they started building apts and houses on those cliffs, I have no idea as we moved in '64. I loved on Montezuma.

[@margo3367]

@@mooonie6634 I lived there in ‘61, when I was a child. It was beautiful. I love being near the Pacific ocean. ✌️

[@rhuephus]

back in the 1960s, people were smart enough to NOT BUILD ON SAND ! #DUH

[@BRM202]

This is not the responsibility of the government. If people put houses where there shouldn't be houses. It should be on them to fix it or pay for it.

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

That's the thing though: how far inland should you consider safe. When water washes away houses in Arizona, will you say, 'shouldn't have pout houses there'?

[@Paiadakine]

I agree but I also think the cities and counties should reclassify the land to prevent homes from being built. Were I live many home insurers have stopped due to fires. Those that do insure are about 2X the cost as a few years ago. I would think flood insurance for costal location will do the same.

[@JohnnyAngel8]

It's the government that zones land and issues permits. Often times, builders and government are in bed together.

[@homebythesea9301]

The government did not pay for any of this. We the taxpayers of Dare County paid. These homes are all 20-30 years old they are not new.

[@ange846]

seems to me the government has a roll to play in public well fair~ to govern. but sensible governing should be directing relocation rather than burning a gigantic carbon footprint on such short lived solution which denys the inevitable and is actually contributing to the acceleration to climate change ~ ( like pouring fuel on a fire that takes down the shelter that keeps you out of the cold!)~a very expensive irony.

[@wakinginfinity]

“Let the kids worry about it”?! Gross. The fact that he thought that shows exactly what’s wrong with his generation.

[@rillest75]

MAGA tho, right? Lol

[@leevought5965]

exactly.

[@charlie9ak]

“Mother Nature is always going to win.” Most intelligent comment in this segment.

[@deneseburrell]

The US Government has been trying to control the weather since the 60's, when LBJ said "He who controls the weather controls the World!" and look where that's gotten us~

[@magesalmanac6424]

Hahaha look at the dumb conspiracy theorist.

[@ScreamingCheetah1212]

Right on bro!

[@ricktd6891]

Climate change is natural, the rest is lies.

[@howard1431]

The climate has been and will continue to change. Hence, Mother Nature will always win. Why build houses on an Ocean front cliff?

[@sarahmitchell7816]

"Let the grandchildren worry about it," sums up the entire boomer generation. Also, I remember singing a song in Sunday school about not building your house on sand.... I know it was a metaphor for safe, but I took that quite literally. Ugh .. people are frustrating

[@rhuephus]

it was NOT a metaphor ... it's common sense.

[@doncorleone3829]

no such thing as climate change ..... yeah ... yeah ....yeah .......

[@erinmctague7188]

My one grandpa that is part of the generation excludes himself from the others because he hates his generation which I think says a lot

[@rockingredpoppy9119]

No it doesn't. Sums it up for your generation you mean.

[@rockingredpoppy9119]

@NES you can't generalize a whole generation. I'm a boomer, I'm not saying this.

[@robertmcmanus636]

Such an admirable trait to leave things for the next generation to worry about...

[@Greenteabook]

That guy had a Boomer mentality 🙄, yikes

[@IntriguedLioness]

I understand this homeowners point that he didn't think the shore would erode in his lifetime.. but I cringed when he made that statement. Soundbites don't always communicate well but I cringed!

[@feelinguru-vywiththepaingu9808]

@@Greenteabook I'm a boomer. Most of us don't think like that. That was selfish, lazy man mentality.

[@johnrobi0]

0bama has 2 oceanfront mansions; guessing he realizes this is a hoax. How much has the "climate" changed in 4.5 Billion years?

[@robertmcmanus636]

@@johnrobi0 All I do all day long is think about Obama.

[@QAsession]

Like Mr. Carlin once said, "the Earth isn't going anywhere folks, WE are, so pack your sh#$".

[@johnb3149]

We're going away 😂

[@ricktd6891]

It's all lies.

[@JusticeAlways]

All we need now is another Earth.

[@JusticeAlways]

@@ricktd6891 to each their own..

[@QAsession]

@truthforjustice4366 Nah. The Earth is perfectly fine...self healing. Humankind needs to change for the better. Time will tell what will change and what will disappear.

[@Paiadakine]

That lady in Pacifica has a good attitude. Sad for her to lose her land and home. The coast line change is inevitable. Cant do anything to stop it.

[@MA-yl1er]

Been happening since the beginning.

[@CapeFear1]

@Andy DeJoseph Agreed and they only use the excuse of climate change to enact laws that will enslave us, affecting how we can travel and soon what we can and cannot eat.

[@CapeFear1]

@Lies Tricks Short of recycling trash at your home which I do what in reality can the average Joe do to help save the environment in their everyday lives besides trying to sound uppity with their beliefs?

[@MA-yl1er]

@Lies Tricks you know what puzzles me? Every plan to solve climate change is focused on destroying the west and forcing more and more industry to places like China that have no epa and are dumping more crap into the ground the water and the sky than everyone else. China is building more and more coal burning power plants as the west shutters theirs. All the solutions are going to make things much worse not only the climate but it will destroy the west's ability to sustain itself.

[@MA-yl1er]

@Lies Tricks renewable energy produces barely 17 percent of what the USA uses now. Renewable energy is a scam.

[@mikejewpants4099]

I feel so badly for these millionaires. who built mini-mansions on stilts, on the edge of the Atlantic ocean. What can I do to help them?

[@rantoolio]

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@jjk-bn9xw]

Feel bad

[@manimalworks7424]

Pay tax

[@ChiselMouse]

You can start by sending a gift basket. Fixings for a charcuterie board, fresh fruit, and perhaps some artisanal white chocolate paired with a nice bottle of Rosé.

[@QAsession]

🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏

[@PrezCamacho]

Why would banks give loans for these houses?

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

So people can default on the loans and owe even more.

[@QAsession]

Greed 🤑

[@jimijefferson82]

Because they require insurance, and they know this is all hype and BS.

[@cartermcafee1142]

Not only that borrowers will pay more for loans this year so maybe banks will give out loans

[@JoeJoe-go4vd]

Most are not primary homes, they're weekend retreat/vacation homes. If there is a mortgage/loan, the bank will demand/require flood insurance to cover the term/length of the loan...

[@danschneider9219]

Doesn't anybody know that erosion happens when you have water around

[@ange846]

"Mother nature is always gonna win. She has gotta bone to pick with the human race. And I don't blame her."🌎🌟 TRUTH 🌟🌎

[@FGH9G]

0:39 "I thought it wouldn't happen in my lifetime, let the kids worry about it." Baby Boomer Problem Solving 101. 😂😂

[@okboomer1340]

I speak for all Boomers. You're welcome for giving you life, you entitled brat. Now go to your room.

[@rantoolio]

We learned it from your Great Gramma 😄

[@karmicsheila63]

Blaming all Boomers is not an effective part of the solution. This young Boomer grew with up with parents that respected the Earth . I continue to live, educate and promote ways for people to minimalize the damage they are doing to. What are you doing as part of the solution?

[@jimijefferson82]

@@karmicsheila63 The shear number of humans on the planet is the problem, also China and India building a coal-burning planet a week for the next 30 years, making anything you do almost meaningless. As long as we charge our phones and keep our homes warm or cool its best to not worry about the weather, that's all this is.

[@kpokpojiji]

@@jimijefferson82 Actually no, this is still a zero sum problem. First, China is the world's largest emitter of carbon pollution. America, however, emits 2x the amount of carbon emissions per capita that China does. So in any case our lifestyle needs to change. Either we mitigate and adapt, or we will be forced to change by ongoing climate events like the aridification of the SW, sea level change, or the fluctuations in the polar jet stream. India pollutes far less than either China or America. And China is leading the world in green technologies and architecture.

[@alewis3707]

Welfare for the rich abounds in this country.

[@maricakozma6512]

It is incomprehensible to me how it is possible to build holiday houses, especially wooden ones, so close to the ocean. The soil is loose sand, which the water washes forever, and the wind storm coming from the ocean hits such houses with enormous force and collapses in an instant like a house of cards.

[@brianstevens3858]

The fact that they are placing that much investment in coastal infrastructure and not incorporating energy claiming tech into them is beyond sad.

[@pf5658]

The last few words of the lady that was interviewed speaks volumes. I couldn’t have said it better myself.

[@RobertMJohnson]

b/c you're a gullible child

[@raymontgomery764]

Barrier islands around the world are known for "moving". They are basically sand dunes exposed to ocean storms.

[@jacobpitman322]

The planet has been in constant change ever since the beginning. Climate change is not the only reason.

[@jacknguyen5677]

Climate is always changing.

[@amyreynolds3619]

There are more people that do care about our environment. Problem is we have too many politicians that don't care about it. These politicians care about their pockets and less about their people. This applies to our coasts and our reliance of fossil fuels too.We need alternative sources of fuel which some do not get funding from non-green companies.

[@brodyhess5553]

Problem is politicians trying to force the poor to stay poor without energy and the extreme politics that have invaded science

[@GoGreen1977]

Remember, these politicians you refer to have lots of support among voters.

[@retiredmusiceducator3612]

Where do you think those politicians get their money? From YOU, the taxpayer, with all their environmental fees and taxes and laws. Come on, Amy... Do some serious research on 'fossil fuels.' you can't live without them - period!

[@jimijefferson82]

@@brodyhess5553 A new coal-fired power plant is being built every week in China and India and they plan on doing this for the next 30 years.

[@TheMkarr]

Amy, you are a young fool with bright ideas & zero climatology or geography as it is obvious.

[@jakeolthof]

We need a federal setback rule that prohibits anybody from living within 2,000 feet of the coastline.

[@jimijefferson82]

The last thing we need is more government, you sound like a land lover the desert would be good for you.

[@jakeolthof]

@@jimijefferson82 you couldn't be more wrong, I live in the middle of the Pacific and I have an ocean view from my front yard.

[@jakeolthof]

@@jimijefferson82 for someone that doesn't want more government you sure don't have a problem with spending billions to save rich people's houses through government insurance programs. You hypocrites and your corporate welfare bailouts disgust me. You say you don't want bigger government but you sure want to have money spent on you that could be better spent on homelessness.

[@jimijefferson82]

@@jakeolthof That is funny you think the solution to homelessness is more money? People who are covered by insurance pay the premiums to cover the cost. You think Bidumb taking his 10% helps you, LOL.

[@jimijefferson82]

@@jakeolthof so what is with your stupid idea?

[@lbazemore585]

This is nuts. Remember the old stories and childhood songs about how the wise build on the rocks, the foolish build on sand?!!

[@kalinystazvoruna8702]

The Outer Banks, or any barrier islands (Miami Beach I'm referring to you!) are there to *protect* the mainland from storms. Building on barrier island is just plain stupid, as they're bound to be destroyed by storms.

[@tadblackington1676]

The rule should be don't build anything on a barrier island/beach that you aren't willing to loose on short notice.

[@kalinystazvoruna8702]

@@tadblackington1676 I advocated that the US should declare one mile from the shore back to be a national park/beach and no private buildings be allowed around 2004 in a term paper. Unfortunately, I also know that what runs this country is greed - both corporate, governmental, private and individual, so doing what's best to protect everyone isn't considered "important." Sigh.

[@yaweno9555]

People sleeping in the streets and children going hungry across this nation and we are diverting huge amounts of taxpayer funds to assist rich people so they can keep their luxurious ocean front mansions? Is this what the administration means when they say they support diversity?

[@charlielynes]

Look if you buy property within 3 miles of an erosion coastline, more fool you. Don't complain when nature happens. ☮️💚🙏

[@MarkMillerLV]

I wish I could feel sorry for these people but I just can't

[@dtylice]

The Dutch must be stunned at our ineptitude to deal with what they’ve been facing for many decades.

[@sentientflower7891]

The USA coastline is a lot longer than the Dutch coastline.

[@GoGreen1977]

@@sentientflower7891 Different geography and geology, too. Plus, the Dutch are getting nervous.

[@sentientflower7891]

@@GoGreen1977 as they should because the North Sea is rising quickly and storms more powerful meaning that their flood defenses are quickly being outflanked and overwhelmed.

[@Paul_C]

@@sentientflower7891 they know that, it was the reason they thought it was a bad idea to only protect New York. They actually said it wouldn't work without major investment in other areas. But hey, they are stupid, right?

[@sentientflower7891]

@@Paul_C you will need to provide a citation for that as I am not aware of the Dutch advising anyone regarding the coastline of North America.

[@ernarc23]

Anyone who has ever taken an introductory geophysics course knows about the risks of building and living on the shore -- in particular the very high risk of building on sand. I'm shocked at all the wealthy (but uninformed) homeowners who know nothing about the risks of living on sand. Any decent building inspector or civil engineer can tell you sand is subject to liquefaction -- both during earthquakes and flooding. It is the least resistant to water inundation and collapse under sheer stress, so ALL of those properties will eventually slide downhill, off their foundations, and into the sea -- unless, of course, their foundations are built on bedrock. Spending billions on sand dunes -- is simply kicking the can down the road. It will not stop the risk of living on sand and the sea from rising. I can't think of a bigger waste of taxpayer money for the wealthiest people in society, who failed to conduct due diligence when buying a home.

[@QAsession]

Your insightful comment reminds the words recorded in the Bible book of Matthew Chapter 7 verses 24-27: 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” I suppose fools have been building on sand for a long time. 😕

[@ernarc23]

@@QAsession That is fascinating. Thank you so much for this biblical reference. I love the sea, as well, and have lived near the shore, but never owned that house. But there are others I would consider -- but only those... built on bedrock... and, hopefully, divinely protected. xo

[@QAsession]

Q@@ernarc23 You are very welcome. 😊

[@alexrolfes4473]

These are all band-aid, short-term solutions. The real solution is in how we live our daily lives. Until we make big changes to our behavior and start structuring our society around renewable/green energy resources, none of these efforts will make any substantial difference. Also the comment in the video about having other generations worry about the effects of climate change is exactly why we’re here #okboomer

[@GoGreen1977]

This Boomer has been an environmentalist since I was 10. I see many young people who don't look beyond tonight's party, let alone the future of the planet.

[@Bluesbabesrv]

1993 on the NC outer banks was already being washed away into the ocean. I spent a lot of time there from 1974-2005. I was always baffled as to why anyone would live, much less built a home within 5 miles of the beach. We watched as roads were washed out and rebuilt a quarter mile inland from the old road…..WHY?? These people who live and build so close to the water get no sympathy from me.

[@aaron4680]

"I thought I'd let the kids worry about it"................... Yup that's how we got here

[@liberty-matrix]

"Environmentalists changed the word jungle to rain forest, because no one would give them money to save a jungle. Same with swamps and wetlands." ~George Carlin

[@mondoenterprises6710]

Shore line retreat is tons cheaper! This is a colossal waste of resources that could go to fix society's ills. Mother Nature is always going to win. If you want to live on the shore do it on your own Dime.

[@jiggyfun807]

I love that lady in California ❣️

[@Dangic23]

Why do they let the house sink into the ocean? Obviously that had time to demo it.

[@homebythesea9301]

Insurance will not pay until it sub-comes. homeowners and residents clean debris for miles.

[@Dangic23]

@@homebythesea9301 That’s kind of dumb. Wow

[@Dangic23]

Looks like it would be a lot cheaper to just move those people out of the Galveston coast.

[@thequeencrab]

Was there no other option than to just shove it all in the ocean?

[@matthewtaylor3347]

From the look of things, the houses were already undercut by 1/4 to 1/2 the house length and losing ground. At that rate the least destructive form of demo would involve feet in the house. However the undercut made the home too unstable to step in. Thus only other option is heavy machinery. And when you are talking heavy machinery with a house that has lost half of its foundation, faling into the ocean was inevitable with the force needed to break a roof or other framing of a home.

[@veronicaroach3667]

They seem to have got the furniture out b4, so the destroyed house would get swept out to sea at next high tide or just rot away under new layers of sand.

[@judibarth7999]

Please conserve energy and water for our future! Stop dropping trash on our streets and roads, take some pride in our beautiful USA! 🇺🇸❤️🤍💙

[@allanfifield8256]

Shoreline is never static, it is always transient.

[@redjetsen1002]

It is not just One molecule...Complex problems rarely have simplistic solutions... electric cars will not stop planetary changes.

[@witriole_22]

"Let the kids worry about it". Nice. Thanks, Grandpa, we're F'd.

[@edyann]

Here in Baja California as well.

[@linetterios]

Although I feel bad for these people who have lost their homes, there must be a moment when the lightbulb turns on! You can not outsmart or outrun mother nature. Let's learn from all these catastrophes and stop wasting money trying to "prevent" the unavoidable. There is no dune or gate that will keep water out. It can not be done. I hope greed and the ego subside so we can finally live in harmony with the earth.

[@glidercoach]

Sea levels aren't rising, the land is sinking and the climate has nothing to do with it. NOAA has several tide gauges in N. Carolina and the one furthest south is indicating 2.61mm per year rise and is not accelerating

[@kpokpojiji]

You need to recheck your data. Sea level rise has been clearly documented by studies from every major scientific body in the world, and for years. It's only on social media that it hasn't been proven.🙂

[@RobertMJohnson]

the land is ERODING, yes. not sinking.

[@glidercoach]

@@RobertMJohnson It's also sinking. Do your homework.

[@glidercoach]

@kpokpojiji All of NOAA's tide gauge graphs show sea level rise is not accelerating. This is not my opinion, this is from NOAA's website. Tide gauges that indicate sea levels are falling (Tofino, Canada and Crescent City, California), continue to fall. The experts will lose their funding if they concede sea levels are stable. Billions of dollars are up for grabs. They are not going to lose this money without a fight. In 1989, "the experts" warned rising were going to swallow The Maldives islands no later than 2018. After that date came and went, they simply moved the date forward.

[@glidercoach]

@@kpokpojiji All of NOAA's tide gauge graphs show sea level rise is not accelerating. This is not my opinion, this is from NOAA's website. Tide gauges that indicate sea levels are falling (Tofino, Canada and Crescent City, California), continue to fall. The experts will lose their funding if they concede sea levels are stable. Billions of dollars are up for grabs. They are not going to lose this money without a fight. In 1989, "the experts" warned rising were going to swallow The Maldives islands no later than 2018. After that date came and went, they simply moved the date forward.

[@lucaspadilla4815]

All that money spent on what will eventually be a lost cause, but high speed rail is apparently a waste of money lmao (btw nice brief shot but no mention about the eroding SD-LA railroad)

[@corey6393]

Don't wanna lose all your stuff? Don't put it next to a major source of erosion. Regardless of climate change, mother nature will always win. The idea of building a house on sand, on stilts, next to the Atlantic Ocean, then being surprised when things begin to fall apart is really astounding. Same goes for a house on a cliff overlooking the Pacific. Also, never forget the most devastating hurricane to hit the US was in Galveston in 1900, well before anthropomorphic global warming. And the stats show hurricanes are not getting stronger or more frequent. Don't believe the sales pitch.

[@capodad2u]

I live in San Clemente California. Over the last several years we have seen our beaches disappear. They keep building sand berms to protect the erosion. This just makes it worse. What we need is Jettie's or groins which will add sand. But that ain't gonna happen. I'm constantly amazed that people will build literally on the beach or cliffs above.

[@sunnyday7843]

Why don’t they want to build jetties anymore ? I grew up in Playa del Rey and they took out Toes rock jetty to make a cement storm sewer -

[@capodad2u]

@@sunnyday7843 because they consider it unsightly and the surfers think it will ruin the surf. Newport Beach faced the same problem years ago and installed jetties, now they have lots more surf spots and long golden beaches and the houses built on the beach are safe.

[@sunnyday7843]

@@capodad2u the surfers had a jetty and after the storm drain was put there no more surf at “ toes “- I think that area used to flood every now and then - down in PDR village so - the buildings of course wanted the drain . I miss California and just wonder how things are .

[@dtsh4451]

Here is an idea: build your houses five miles off the coast on a ground with elevation of 100 feet. You don’t have to blame global warning later🤷‍♂️

[@kalinystazvoruna8702]

Ha! That's why I moved to the Appalachian mountains. I'm 1,600 feet up and, despite having a creek on my property, it's 400 feet away from my house. No problems with flooding where I am. Wind now... that's a different story, but it's because of the geology of the area where I live.

[@RobertJohnson-lb3qz]

At 2:36 a gentleman said something very significant. “You’re not going to stop the ocean”. Why do we humans keep pretending to have the power to do such things?

[@witriole_22]

Had to push the houses into the ocean? Great job!

[@npmerrill]

“It won’t happen in my lifetime. Let the kids worry about it.” -Every Boomer Ever

[@susansawyer2475]

No it isn't every Boomer with this mindset. You can find that selfish trait in many people from each generation.

[@doghousedon1]

Coastlines are always changing. Stop building on the shorelines!

[@elainekinney6186]

We were warned many years ago but we scoffed at those warning us!

[@nata3467]

Golly, if only someone had warned us decades ago....quite honestly there should be NO homes on coastlines. No one should be insuring , giving loans nor rebuilding. Common Sense

[@videorocketzmillar007milla5]

Smart way: Pay these people their homes so they can move inland. Its great to buffer the beach for inland homes but not the ones who sit in harms way.

[@skyt4133]

"Mother natures' always gonna win". She's right.

[@WolfeTone17-98]

The sea levels are not rising, Its called erosion.

[@marthareis5873]

The two are not mutually exclusive.

[@WolfeTone17-98]

@@marthareis5873 Your talking gibberish. Back of the class and put you D hat on.

[@serealbasar9489]

You have chosen to live by or near the ocean. It is a package deal. You get the view and you get the waves.

[@gsrailfann5025]

Wow, earth changing? Never seen this before

[@zdzislawmeglicki2262]

The ocean erodes, moves, and builds up beaches always. This has nothing to do with the alleged "climate change." Incidentally, the global tropospheric temperature anomaly dropped to imperceptible 0.05°C in December, while average temperatures in that month dropped to well below the 30-year average in USA48, tropics, and the whole southern hemisphere. Get something else to preach about. How about COVID-19 XBB.1.5 Kraken?

[@user-ue9jq6fp9b]

0.05 C is a huge raise in a year. Stop pretending like you're educated enough to have an opinion

[@zdzislawmeglicki2262]

@@user-ue9jq6fp9b The 0.05°C for December represents a *drop* not a rise, a drop from 0.17°C in November, which, in turn *dropped* from 0.32°C in October. The globe has been cooling since 2017.

[@biglebowski3961]

Maybe folks shouldn't live so close to the ocean.

[@TunaLounge]

Just look at pictures of the coast from 100 years ago..... Nothing new in the world

[@carolbenson6524]

Why are people building homes along the shoreline?

[@jakeolthof]

It's a crime that rich people are making poor people pay to defend their expensive shoreline homes while the homeless problem is so out of control.

[@jamessherosick2747]

Maybe one of the alarmists can show us the actual sea level rise.

[@kpokpojiji]

I suggest you get up to date on the actual, peer reviewed research. This has been demonstrated in research done by every major scientific body on the planet, dating back decades. You might also want to read on the effects of accelerated carbon deposition on the deep water chemistry of the Pacific Valdose Zone as an example of further impact on the oceans. This is available online.

[@jamessherosick2747]

@@kpokpojiji thanks for the botish answer, I am sure your sources will provide reams of information, however I did ask for specific information about actual sea level rise.

[@kalinystazvoruna8702]

@@jamessherosick2747 Do the research yourself, or are you just lazy?

[@matthew3136]

I think you have your head in some sort of hole where you can’t see anything around you. Maybe you should try and pull it out. Of course, you may love that view of yours.

[@jamessherosick2747]

@@matthew3136 so I guess that means that you don't have any data.?

[@willowsloughdx]

In the 1980's and 90's we called the "atmospheric river" the "Pineapple Express." I liked the old name better as it is more descriptive. These storms follow in a curve one after another from west of Hawaii and travel east to the US west coast. California has been subject to the Pineapple Express for a very long time. If rain is heavy enough it causes flooding. Both the Pineapple Express and king tides (highest tides of the year) are likely to happen in December and January. The combination of the two can cause even worse flooding.

[@shirleynitka5030]

I blame the greed of builders, owners & L&I who allowed these places to be built. Same thing with New Orleans. You don't build in harms way. Think!!

[@CJP-oz6hr]

It’s called erosion…..nothing more nothing less……sheesh

[@RobertMJohnson]

finally someone with some sense

[@stoundingresults]

At 3:38 they subliminaly try to program you.

[@stevet8121]

The rate of sea level rise is unchanged over the past 100 years.

[@jimijefferson82]

Shhhhh did you forget the narrative, go charge your phone as punishment.

[@kpokpojiji]

Can you link us to peer reviewed articles that support your opinion? Thanks in advance.

[@RobertMJohnson]

it's unchanged over the last 2000 years

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for sharing..

[@soulfoodforthought9225]

How do you expect your houses to STAND when you had them built on sinking SAND.

[@paulwheeler6609]

I am utterly amazed at the blinders people will wear rather than question or forsake the industrial/scientific narrative that dragged us into this lifestyle that is ravaging our planet. The pain and outrage our capitalist culture and outlook have inflicted on the earth and its inhabitants are irredeemable. We have lost our balance.

[@eelnoops5200]

I never understood the opposition to making changes to combat climate change... Like, why NOT assume that climate change is real and is man-made? If we are wrong, oh well, no harm done. But if climate change is real, and we do nothing, we're goners...

[@donjindra]

The planet is not ravaged. You believe in fantasy.

[@paulwheeler6609]

@@donjindra Tell that to the third of Pakistan put under water by recent flooding. Or the 96% of prior American prairie that no longer exists, replaced by farms that have rendered the soil nutritionally neutral and the pesticided landscape that has disabled insect populations to a mere shadow of their former selves. But you're right, ultimately the earth will be just fine. It has survived multiple catastrophes and rebounded with life. Still, wouldn't it seem there is a better way for humans to conduct themselves in its relationship with the planet? Conduct that would be far more reasonable and self-sustaining? The current biomass of the planet is 36% humans, 60% domestic livestock, and 4% native creatures. That doesn't seem to be quite the balance we're looking for.

[@donjindra]

@@paulwheeler6609 That is nonsense. Floods happen. They've always happened. Drought happen. They've always happened. The hysteria over "climate change" has gotten ridiculous. Then you start throwing in all sorts of other issues that have nothing to do with a climate change. The current biomass of the planet is not 36% human, 60% domestic livestock. That's ridiculous. The fact that you could believe that shows folks like you have completely lost all rationality regarding these issues.

[@paulwheeler6609]

@@donjindra You didn't answer my question. That tells me you really don't want to know. And that's okay. I understand. These are big issues, overwhelming for most. I'm as rational as anyone I know, but the facts speak for themselves. Living in a world where facts no longer matter is a bit of a problem.

[@cardboardmark]

Let the kids worry about it. Omg. The mindset of our previous generation. Thanks guys.

[@robertbuchwald6514]

Why do so many people say: "you have to take the good with the bad", when in fact it's the opposite " you have to take the bad with the good" Just asking !

[@keeperlit.leterrip7722]

Don't build your home on sand. I have no sympathy for such fools.

[@fakaapaapa676]

@ 0:40 is the exact reason we are in this 💩 situation cause people like him! Did you guys hear that. He knew but did think i would affect him in during his life. Leave the problem for the kids/future to deal with it. Just makes me sad!

[@RobertMJohnson]

there is no "problem". it's called EROSION

[@easyb622]

Yep, from sea to shining sea. The same thing that’s happening in California just happened in Florida from hurricane Ian.

[@QAsession]

The erosion along the Gulf coast in West Fl is no joke

[@3orion33]

Trust they won't rebuild so close to the Coastal waters. Doesn't take that long to walk, ride a bike, or drive one or two miles to the water's edge.

[@cadilacdesert]

All of our home owner's insurance policies have gone up because of people having to live right on the water or in the middle of the forest

[@kalinystazvoruna8702]

Our home owner's insurance hasn't "gone up"; it's *skyrocketed!*

[@cadilacdesert]

Sry to hear this. Where is your place

[@coptertim]

I've lived in southern California all of my nearly 70 years and the amount of erosion is no different today than any time in the past. I can still enjoy the La Jolla tide pools at the same spot, in the same depth water I found in 1960. Here's an idea, don't build your home on a sandy beach or on the edge of a deteriorating cliff and complain when it falls down. Now they expect our tax dollars to rebuild and protect their multi million dollar homes. Next time, build on stable ground and visit the beach.

[@oneoftheninetynine3953]

That's weird because the tidepools here in Oregon are being swamped and silted in by the nearby beaches, parking lots, picnic areas, etc, being washed into them during storms, due to sea level rise. You must live on an alternate planet.

[@coptertim]

@@oneoftheninetynine3953 That's the interesting thing about climate and weather. You can't use storms and weather events to describe the climate. We have storms here too, some so severe they wash out roads and down trees. That's not climate. And I always know when I'm speaking with someone who has only bumper sticker and T shirt arguments because they make personal attacks instead of intelligent debate.

[@mototaco2132]

If we know these area are high risk areas, why are we spending public $$$ to mitigate private property?

[@danielwatson4864]

Beach houses built close to a cliff should probably have a retaining wall built for erosion protection.

[@jeannerogers7085]

Climate change may worsen these effects, but building way too close to the water has been almost universal for well over a century.

[@landonjensen8952]

Always has, always will, out of human control. Not news.

[@MTknitter22]

Happening in UK seaside towns too

[@ExpeditionNomadicAdventures]

Several scientists predicted sea level rise 40 - 50 years ago, but as he said, it's something his kids would worry about. The Cape Hatteras lighthouse has moved twice, and no one cared or noticed; why? The U.S. Should give mother nature her buffered borders with businesses and homeowners building two or three miles from the coastline, problem solved. PS: The indigenous people never built permanent settlements directly on the coastline for a reason.😊

[@labased2539]

That’s greedy people for you, building on the coastline to feel superior to others lol

[@laurametcalf5351]

Yes the seas are rising the planet changes long before our human population has been on the planet. It’s a natural phenomenon for the earth!!!

[@davidlong1786]

Easier to play the "nothing's wrong, lets hide our head in the sand" game?

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

It was natural when volcanoes did the job. Now it is us throwing greenhouse gases to the atmosphere by the tons daily, watching the results, and people like you calling it "natural." Of course it's natural. Just like setting your house on fire and calling it natural because wildfires happened before the place was settled. Think. Think hard. Harder.

[@censoredopinions]

“Natural phenomenon” ignores the overwhelming evidence that the causative mechanism is human activity. All the variations of “it has happened before” ignore magnitude and rate of change, and the copious evidence that we will not adapt without expense and misery. This is why the world is the way it is - the throngs of mullets that don’t think they need a shred of scientific literacy nor a single critical thinking skill. When you feel it is OK to ignore rate of change… well it is game over for you whether you know it or not. You wouldn’t be so blithe about rate or magnitude of change in any other area of your life. Or maybe you would, I’m not sure how bad off your mind is.

[@johnp139]

Only the RATE OF CHANGE has gotten much larger.

[@kmoses582]

@@johnp139 Sea levels have risen 400 feet in the past 20,000 years, 8-9 inches in the last 143 years and you say the rate of chnage has gotten much larger

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[@lisarussell8874]

It's almost like poking mother nature in the eye is a bad thing.

[@garysavage8110]

What exactly is the golden level of CO2 in the atmosphere that will guarantee we will never have anymore hurricanes, no droughts, no heat waves, no floods, no tornados, and no blizzards?

[@susanlester1]

The climate has been changing for billions of years.

[@Me97202]

True, but This is different Susan.

[@yvonneplant9434]

People evolved with weather that didn't hinder our develpment. What will happen is beyond that. That's what's different....this time.

[@amyreynolds3619]

We have been warned by environmentalists for years. Our children are more concerned about it than we have been.

[@dianalesueur2297]

And burning more and more fossil fuels has shoved it into "fast forward"!!! How are your oil shares doing? Greed!

[@KZ3fps]

It has indeed changed over billions of years naturally. However, it doesn't typically change over the course of a lifetime unless a major catastrophe occurs (asteroid or super eruption for example). Burning C02 rich fuels has lead us here.

[@lukewarren7857]

That woman has courage

[@peredavi]

Building homes right at top of beaches is stupid. It also ruins the beauty of the area.

[@jgmgreen01]

When this happens is it a total loss or does the government pay them out?

[@litespeedga]

I am 60 years old and feel that ppl my age will not see a dramatic change in lifestyles, but l truly feel sorry for the ppl much younger than me. Life will be a lot different. Food will be very expensive in fact everything will be very expensive. The rich ppl better be nervous as the ppl lower on the food chain will be doing more than just knocking on their door asking to borrow some eggs.