WATCH: Pacifica Coastal Erosion Caught on Drone Video

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Filmed January 23, 2016 around 10:45am PST.
Esplanade Ave. in Pacifica, California

[@hugh_jasso]

Real estate agent 10 yrs ago: "its a great property a couple of blocks from the beach" Real estate agent today: "its a beachfront property"

[@eyesopen5469]

More like the last 10,000 years or more.

[@laken1804]

On the beach!

[@proudchristian77]

3 or 4 more years it will be gone property sad thing !

[@cosmosdark5972]

next year did you say you wanted a house boat?

[@bravomasterchief]

We lived in one of those apartments in 1972 and it was a good 100 yards to the edge of the cliff. There was an indoor swimming pool and where it once was no longer exists. I am amazed they haven’t condemned those buildings!

[@DanceswithDustBunnies]

The land is literally falling out from under the building next door and yet these eejits are calmly standing around...I'd have been long gone by then.

[@aaroni5074]

That is because you are Irish and have a bit of cop on. Americans, not so much.

[@luisagurto5383]

They probably can’t. Looks like public housing to me.

[@JTHBS]

In other countries they would have evacuated and removed those buildings long time ago. Here they apparently wait for the next storm to do the job.

[@yvonnewitherspoon846]

WoW mother nature and father time....so sad

[@vodkarage8227]

@@yvonnewitherspoon846 I don't think it is sad at all. The earth is so beautiful because of erosion. Things like the grand canyon would not exist without erosion. Think of all the beautiful lakes that were carved into the earth by the glaciers.

[@sennadehond3821]

TheRichest: “Seaside homes that only cost 1$!”

[@niles8102]

Hahahahahaha

[@hazzastyles4289]

Nah wouldn't take it even for free🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@janlovesmany6058]

@@hazzastyles4289 true...theyd still sell it for a huge amount...until it drops!!

[@thekraken1173]

Lmao

[@pastpresent2223]

1$+what.

[@theodoreroberge574]

Whoa! I lived in these apartments on Esplanade Blvd back in 1962-63. I don't remember them being so close to the ocean! Dang! Mother Nature takes back her land.

[@moocyfarus8549]

Theodore Roberge this needs to be flagged by the poster or somehow made a top comment so that everyone with smart-ass comments realizes the extent of erosion

[@anthonyagnelneri4076]

Theodore Roberge there so OLD they should go into ocean!!

[@TheJhtlag]

That was my guess, 50s - 60s construction, so to all the posters that complain about people living so close to the edge yeah, a) erosion but also b) folks have been enjoying the view for 60 years, it's been worth the financial risk even if and when they fall into the sea. The properties look like they were nearing the end of their natural lives anyway. Maybe even a little thrill at enjoying the day knowing one day it will be gone.

[@nibiruthecat7652]

I wish we had drones back then or atleast an arial photograph from the 60's wjen you were there. It would be fascinating to see how much erosion has taken place. Were there gardens or a large walkway before? How far would you say it went out before. 50metres? 100? 😁

[@roddaman7545]

There are aerial photos of the area, going back to the 1940's - you have to pay for them but they're out there. Someone flew a plane along there in the mid '30's doing surveys for the Army and the USGS. The coast was about 200 feet away when the Esplanade Apartments were constructed, if I remember correctly. There was a large, open field to the northwest with nature trails and stairs down to the beach. The coast has advanced around 3 feet per year since then.

[@985bully]

Don’t worry the next row of houses will have a great view in a couple weeks!

[@misguidedangel6550]

About 10 years they will yup

[@rogerhegemier8491]

Oh Mother Nature is never done, changing the Landscape !!!!

[@MrMscotth]

looks like the buildings are gone now. I put a man on the ground in google and no buildings on the seaward side of Esplanade.

[@neighborhoodcatlady6094]

I just google mapped. Yes, looks like gone. See remnants of buildings that used to be there.

[@stevepunter3704]

Oh man, your comment is as brutal as the erosion 😬.

[@lohphat]

"Hey! Let's build on a cliff of semi-compacted alluvial soil instead of bedrock and see what happens!"

[@brittanykasha4825]

🤣🤣🤣

[@lpjunction]

A few drops super glue here and there will help.

[@dontsettlefor500mill]

a-who-vial?

[@nonnaurbisness3013]

Apperently nothing for like 60 years.

[@bravomasterchief]

The same thing has been going on down south in Malibu, Big Sur, etc. ever since stupid people built houses on compacted sand for a view of the ocean, then wanted the taxpayer to pay for their house sliding into the ocean! Nothing new to see here, folks!

[@archsimpson4511]

My question is, why haven't the authorities not condemned these buildings? I saw people walking in and out of them on to the balconies.

[@SotaliaTucuxi]

+Arch Simpson They have. The residents aren't willing to move. abc7news.com/weather/tenants-fight-order-to-move-out-of-pacifica-apartments/1174295/

[@TalkingChimp88]

+Arch Simpson The ones in the middle (where the HUGE chunk falls off) were condemned years ago. They are uninhabited. The one on the far left with people.. they were condemned on 1/25. Many have moved or are moving out. Some are not.

[@gkadnams]

Rent is probably pretty cheap for those ocean views.

[@manuelgonzalez-wy2bn]

Arch Simpson 'cos they want to xperience the thrill of a house rollercoaster 😂

[@get-the-lead-out.4593]

It's been condemned but some people don't value their own life...they rather take the chances the ocean will somehow build the cliff back up

[@lilyk7326]

At 1:28 I can see the apartment I lived in for 4 years. It's much closer to the edge of the cliff than it used to be. It was such a spectacular place to live, but we all knew that all those buildings were going to fall into the ocean one day.

[@seb9940]

not yet^^

[@punchinpuppies]

Unless they demolish them and build them a little further away

[@misguidedangel6550]

Ya um I couldn't sleep there not knowing if ill wake up falling off a cliff

[@yeeturmcbeetur8197]

“Well honey, we won’t be needing the lawn mower anymore, go ahead and pawn it!”

[@kelpboyss9337]

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[@clingfray3]

now listen you little demon-

[@brittanym4539]

While watching this, I just can’t help but to imagine how absolutely stunning the land would be if there weren’t any buildings on it.

[@euclois]

There is enough cliffs to appreciate out there with no buildings. My problem with constructions of this kind, in privileged nature location, is when they build ugly and shitty architecture that does not in any way complement the nature. You look at certain locations like Santorini, Azenhas do Mar, Cinque Terre and Ronda and you will see the beauty when man builds over nature and makes use of it.

[@xissburg]

@@euclois yes those apartments look really ghetto

[@jordansmith1b]

Never fear; won’t be long now that there won’t be.

[@Dilligff]

How the hell were these people not evacuated when the ground literally started sliding out from under them?

[@vodkarage8227]

Why should they be evacuated? They are adults that can see what is happening. It's up to them to move.

[@bertieballs]

@@vodkarage8227 Unfortunately the Government has a duty to protect stupid people from themselves.

[@bravomasterchief]

The “ground literally started sliding out from them” for more than 50 years. I lived there in the 70’s. They could’ve moved when the edge was 10 yards away with plenty of time to do it. This video makes you think this happened in months or days. It took decades and they knew full well it was coming.

[@dolliemaesone]

No one living there

[@swayback7375]

@@bravomasterchief I mean you could see the concrete, that looked like 50 year old concrete, maybe older, and then the boulder break water as a second attempt. The video doesn’t explain anything, it just shows what’s happening now, or rather 5 years ago.

[@sararestivo4247]

That's what I call living on the Edge!!!

[@Iam_milk694]

Right on the Line 🙈😁

[@mikerivers695]

they just love the view of the sea at the top

[@christinaharrison9680]

@@mikerivers695 FACT MATE xD hehehehehe

[@Stigma536]

lol

[@judithmarielivingston2294]

Calm and soothing just to listen to. It never ceases to amaze me how many times homes/businesses are demolished simply from the inevitable. Most people never learn. Plain to see that, just look at the people who are walking around right above the ground that is crumbling.

[@janiebankston2003]

Time waits for no one

[@Vincent13997]

Not the brightest people.

[@rampking1]

I lived on Esplanade twice, back in the 80's and 90's. For a total of around 15 yrs. Always a large expanse of sand protecting the cliffs down by the beach . In fact the issue for the apartments at the edge of the cliff here was the erosion from the street side towards the ocean during the winter causing erosion, not the ocean waves hitting the sandstone cliffs, all the rain water funneled thru PVC pipes . Also there were large expanses of ice plant growing from these apartment towards the edges of the cliff, takes a long time for that much surface coverage. Plus all these apartments had enough space for a patio and BBQ set up. However it all went to hell after San Francisco built the huge sewage outfall pipe off Ocean Beach next the the San Francisco zoo. After the huge pipe was put in, the beach sand slowly depleted , normal winter beach erosion but the usual influx/replenishment of sand in the summer stopped completely. Slowly each year the beach area has gotten smaller and smaller until the winter waves started hitting the base of the cliffs directly. 90% of the beach sand is now gone, actually dangerous to walk on now during high tides. Where it shows in the video of waves hitting the boulder pile below the cliff I was easily able to walk on year around, sometimes you could could walk to the Pacifica pier, not anymore.

[@thechloromancer3310]

You'd think the government would be able to build some kind of barrier wall to prevent this erosion. This is third-world levels of incompetence.

[@rampking1]

@@thechloromancer3310 They did build a barrier of huge rock boulders but only after the massive cliff erosion had started. An extremely costly as well as dangerous project working under a crumbling cliff and a pounding surf zone close by. Little or no access for heavy construction equipment to be brought in to the base of the cliff added to the complications and expense. No idea how long the environmental impact report took...

[@thechloromancer3310]

@Schlomo Baconberg Compelling argument. With such skills, you are now ready to graduate to grade 2.

[@thechloromancer3310]

@Schlomo Baconberg strange directive to give to someone who had not commented for over a week. Seek help.

[@thechloromancer3310]

@Schlomo Baconberg ... and I don't live by yours.

[@cabusman1]

Esplanade Avenue in Pacifica. Those apartments 'on the edge' were vacated some time earlier and the ones still occupied shortly after this drone footage. All have since been torn down - nobody lost their lives.

[@justmissjamey]

So all of them are torn down now?! I'm shocked people were living there with that going on

[@lukez9721]

Were they torn down by the ocean or by a normal way?

[@lightowl4345]

I just looked at google earth, it looks like the ocean is continuing to eat away at those cliffs.

[@ghostlyme]

@@lukez9721 Torn down normal way, city paid for it.

[@eyesopen5469]

@@lightowl4345 Always has and always will.

[@speedspeed121]

The people across the street will soon have water front property

[@brandoncaldwell95]

Advocatus Diaboli muh sooner than that. Once those apartments are gone, id double.my money on the ocean view

[@cayannap6752]

It'll be great while it lasts...

[@yintercept4612]

The big pile of rocks seems to be helping. The cement retaining wall by the orange houses is foolhardy as it will collapse once the sand beneath it fails. I think the second row of houses will be saved because all the cement foundations, refrigerators and washing machines from the first line of failed apartments will add to the big pile of rocks.

[@faithrada]

Jerry Smitherson I'd be selling right about Yesterday LOL

[@murdok1119]

Yea, but Just for a couple of years

[@ruraledition]

What amazes me is that most of these apartments are still occupied. Gawd how could you sleep at night? This part of the landscape sits on the Ring of Fire, that threatens San Francisco with earthquakes. So as the plateau is being pushed up by plate tectonics that moves clockwise and submerges at the same time, the coastline stability is undermined and flakes apart. The ocean only helps it along. It would be happening anyway. I guess on a positive note, it means that there is not friction buildup due to resistance of movements with plate tectonic activity and therefore a huge earthquake of the magnitude experienced in San Francisco over one hundred years ago, is less likely to happen. Wow. Credit to the author for having captured it on camera. Phenomenal.

[@СветланаИванова-н4ъ]

Очень толковый комментарий!

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

I lived in an apartment down from those, the last one before a stretch of beach above the pier. I watched the pier being built and sadly, saw a helicopter go into the drink when they were building the pier. I used to climb down the cliff in Pacifica to run on the beach every morning. But that was before they evacuated a lot of those dwellings on the cliffs, but I heard about it. I moved maybe 5 hears later, down to my home in Montara just below Devil's Slide in about 1975 or so, and knew about the erosion; one house on the cliff lost about 30 feet of frontage, but I moved away from the area before it was really bad for those residents on the cliff above Pacifica. I wonder of those buildings have fallen down by now! I moved two states away 20 years ago, to the mountains and I miss the ocean but love the snow!

[@danunderwood6240]

This is what happens when people think they can ignore mother nature and do whatever they want. Like building on a delta and then wondering why it floods so bad. A little common sense would go a long way

[@zereprd3911]

+Dan Underwood - Yes, I was completely surprised. I was thinking to myself that surely no-one would be living in those dwellings given the state of the ground beneath them. And then when the camera zoomed in toward the patio areas, and SHOWING people in there, I thought I was imagining seeing it.

[@MrAresxy07]

i hope as a good human being u should have show this footage to the people that lives in there otherwise u are just another lurkers that doesn't care about people

[@SotaliaTucuxi]

+joan Alonso The most recent news article states that the people living there know the risks, they know the building has been condemned and they are being ordered to move out, but they are STILL not willing to move out.

[@DoctorMadeME]

+Dan Underwood I know right. It's kind of obvious that it would get destroyed sooner or later.

[@feikeh6629]

it's America... i've spoken

[@jlseagull2.060]

Monterey California too. Years ago I was house hunting and went to a townhouse complex. The RE agent was inside to greet whoever showed up. I was thinking if I had money to throw away, I would not mind buying it, It was a matter of the whole complex will be submerged in the water. The front row of houses already were sitting concrete reinforcers! It was scary to me. But I am sure some do not mind at all; honey, the view is spectacular!! Portions of Highway 1 will be submerged in water too, given some years. It already happened. Highway 1 was not so close to the ocean decades ago.

[@MrRockydee07]

Selling nice home in Pacifica California only seconds to Beach , don't let this one slid away hurry ! 🏄

[@smiley3012]

Now that's funny

[@BPJJohn]

any bidders? Going, going....gone! :)

[@cherylmiller8987]

Yes literally seconds to the beach!

[@andrewbrendan1579]

"...seconds to the beach". Straight down!

[@cowlumbus]

Thanks for the knee slap dad humor.

[@DanielleWalcott]

Thanks for sharing this. My Fifth Grade students and I are currently studying erosion right now. I will definitely share this with them as well as the other Fifth Grade teachers!

[@be6388]

please teach Your students about horrible lots of rubbish going into the sea! poor fishes!

[@timanctil8225]

Husband- "Honey, what happened to our backyard?" Wife- "It went swimming..."

[@edvilla1086]

The sound of the waves is so soothing.

[@elekkr]

I am sure it sooths also the condos owner's nerves . They definitely can use some soothing there

[@darioinfini]

This was happening 30 years ago when I lived there and I'm sure for millennia before that. Don't build your house on a cliff side folks. Unless the beauty calls to you and you ACCEPT there's a good chance you'll lose your house some day.

[@lexusrcflover9175]

More like lose your life

[@petemulhearn7787]

Coastal erosion is nothing new, its been going on for generations yet these home owners are shocked its happening to them. If you want a sea view house buy one built on solid rock cliffs not clay and sand.

[@tanyaegan6586]

Rolling ocean, cliffs eroding, houses tumbling. Real estate broker: "I've got a place with a great ocean view"

[@dekoning2262]

i came here to watch the whole building fall to water and get washed away i am now dissapointed

[@DuncanSinfield]

+RandomMcGameplay You'd better subscribe or else you'll be really disappointed.

[@dekoning2262]

+Duncan Sinfield There you go :)

[@nucxy2443]

+Duncan Sinfield So you're saying that youre gonna film it when it falls? :)

[@dekoning2262]

Nucxy yes from my understanding i subbed :D

[@nucxy2443]

+RandomMcGameplay Haha me 2!

[@Blackcatholman]

Excellent video! Good piloting, good photography, good timing! A vivid demonstration of why you should not build on cliffs near the ocean.

[@DescubriendoLaFlorida]

So how's that going in 2022?

[@hemaraj3783]

This is what mother nature balancing herself and teaching us the life lessons.

[@carolsuzz]

The wise man builds his house upon the rock.

[@VuurwerkNederland]

+1

[@ngreat4390]

Exactly

[@pamelacorona3665]

CarolSue Me , that was my thought too 👍

[@jwilliams407]

The rocks are crying out...

[@duskstone109]

This guy gets it.

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

In the late 80's early 90's I live near Santa Cruz. Somewhere between Santa Cruz and Davenport on the coastal hwy there was this really cool point. A path lead to the very tip where you could sit. You had a nearly 360 degree view of the ocean. There was 1 rebar piled into the ground so those feint of heart could hold on to for comfort. About 15 years ago I went back to that spot. It was completely gone. Washed away.

[@kevinperry4551]

Thank you. I lived nearby in Portola Valley and had friends in Pacifica. Their apartment was far from the ocean in 1985.

[@ChuckReynolds]

Great footage man. Not that I want that building to go down... it eventually will... I hope there's footage of that when it happens... Cheers

[@JustPassingBy2010]

+Chuck Reynolds Liveleak for that.

[@TheGoong2]

+Chuck Reynolds When those buildings fall.They will pull all the electric cables and water pipes in LA county down into the ocean with them.A lot of people are going to be left without electricity and water as a result.Not much of a result, if you ask me.

[@ChuckReynolds]

Moor Letoh ....um... "in LA county"? You realize this footage is from up near San Francisco right? But yeah i'm sure there are some cables and stuff under those buildings... not a good situation but has nothing to do with LA county bud.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

+Moor Letoh - LMAO.

[@hunter46383]

+Moor Letoh this is in San Mateo County, just south of San Francisco.

[@g.ladylovespurple4003]

can't believe ppl still live there

[@anthonyagnelneri4076]

G.ladylovespurple is that the Atlantic Ocean???

[@LiveYourLifeWithJoy]

@@anthonyagnelneri4076 dude, If it's California...

[@sarahholmes6281]

G.ladylovespurple Your Joking Right! 😳

[@TechMyLifeVideo]

Anthony Agnelneri serious bloody erosion if it is 😂. Buy a map, or try this new thing called google maps.

[@gordoncrowther7913]

It always astonishes me that people have known that the sea has eroded the land for millions of years, but they still build houses on cliff tops and then complain when they are washed away.

[@Fragenzeichenplatte]

At around 4:30 you can see the cliffs falling down on the right while on the left there is a guy casually standing outside on the second floor. Holy shit, I would be out of there as soon as I can.

[@dareisnogod7291]

+Fragenzeichenplatte "as soon as I could", NOT "can". Your Welcome.

[@mysticheadlice1633]

+Dareis Nogod No, you're welcome.

[@xlflow]

+mysticheadlice No, he's not.

[@phil2u48]

+Fragenzeichenplatte ...and further along, there are people standing on terraces that have already begun to collapse. There is no accounting for dumb.

[@tedgegi155]

+Fragenzeichenplatte He was probably more worried about the drone catching him smoking something illegal rather than the crumbling cliffs.

[@shipofthesun]

Build on the edge of an unstable cliff, and you don't get to bitch or moan when it falls down.

[@Absaalookemensch]

The cliff was hundreds of feet away when they were built (about 50 years ago). Another couple centuries and highway 1 will be in the ocean too (seen in the background). This was built long before it was understood how fast coasts decay.

[@shipofthesun]

"This was built long before it was understood how fast coasts decay." Demonstrably false. Humans have known for thousands of years how coasts work. They wanted to build it close, and now, they are paying the price for that hubris.

[@Absaalookemensch]

Howard Barnett Wrong, but you get a C for effort. No bank would finance a long-term loan or an insurance company for that risk. If you doubt me, try it.

[@xiaoliu3397]

Global warming issue?

[@Absaalookemensch]

Xiao Liu Natural cyclic climate changes? When I was a kid in the early 1960s there were parts of the eroded old highway 1 in the middle of the beach about 20 miles south of this scene. It happened decades before the "global warming" boogie man was invented to make money for a few elite. Normal climate erosion has been going on since the dawn of time. Sorry, the big bad boogie man does not explain this. But nice try. You get a C- for effort.

[@alanrobinson4318]

We've got a housing tract out here in Henderson, NV.. It's being built on the unlined settling ponds of a long gone chemical plant. You're talking of around 40 years of who knows what dumped out there soaking into the ground. 3 companies went bust trying to get around that. The last spent 6+ months scraping off a layer of that dirt, treating it, and using it to grade pads for housing. The tract is called "Cadence". I used to ask workers and new homeowners if they knew what their houses were being built on, not many, if any, knew. I joked with them that I wanted a picture of the first 3 eyed Koi in their fish pond. It's just a guess, but, I'm thinking that, that's going to be a sequel to "Aaron Brockovich".

[@rogerhegemier8491]

Yea this puts me in mind of the old Movie called Poltergeist, By the way i think Aaron might might be retired by Now !!! But if it were me, i would look for property in another Area !!! Good Luck !!!

[@Pissedoffdetective]

Might want to take a Google at 'Love Canal' This sounds just like it.

[@jspec1398]

now that is wat i call living life on the edge.... 👍👍

[@brodybateson4421]

j spec I

[@amarbosnjic9781]

Death

[@AminerajaAmine]

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[@luissuarez851]

Lol

[@1houroflove186]

After seeing this I wouldn't even want to be walking on that sidewalk.

[@blancherobinson629]

I was thinking the same thing

[@artiejj]

The view just keeps getting better and better doesnt it.

[@LovinLearnin]

Excellent perspectives I could see the whole situation from watching the individual people on their back porches to seeing down the entire coast. This was great!

[@YesYou123333]

Now THAT'S ocean front property.

[@alienagent8819]

They need make floating homes on the ocean no property tax to pay every year its free live on.

[@charleslloyd4253]

As these residents property taxes continue to rise.

[@lohphat]

GOOD. Those taxes pay for the distraction the city has to undertake to shore up these idiotic choices in real estate development.

[@kevanhollidge164]

Headlines in the California Daily; Property taxes rise as property continues to falls.

[@harryberry474]

@@lohphat ...It's not the realestate devlopers fault...it's the governing body that gave the approval to build there, they should be the ones held liable

[@lohphat]

@@harryberry474 Developers have so much to gain that they have the regulatory departments in their pockets. Low income housing isn’t profitable so even if mandated the developers always weasel out of the obligation. Campaign donations are a powerful drug.

[@harryberry474]

@@lohphat ...Exactly, that's why the regulators should be held accountable and have proof they haven't taken (essentially bribes) to approve these questionable developments

[@ouchsp]

I like that your drone is so quiet! You can hear the waves and the animals very well!! Great footage, too!

[@TstanDa-Man]

You do realize the sounds you hear are just beach sounds added to the video so you don’t just hear the buzzing of the drone🤦🏻‍♂️

[@charmainepark538]

EROSION HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE START OF TIME STOP BUILDING ON THE EDGE DA

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

It wasn’t the edge when they were built.

[@elkarim9929]

I remember couple of years back looking for apartments there in background. Expensive and possibility of waking up in pacific

[@Velez0777]

Pretty sad those houses are gonna go. Eventually the city will build a concrete barrier along the edge to stop the erosion, but not until it reaches that freeway in the background.

[@itchyvet]

No concrete barrier is gonna stop the ocean. L.O.L.

[@lukez9721]

I don’t know what exactly they expected to happen. Only a moron would make a home right in the edge of a sandy cliff

[@turdfergurson5992]

The wind is doing it, not water

[@riaharman5460]

@@lukez9721 only a moron would want to buy the home so close to the cliff.

[@bubumic2971]

" And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

[@ronidels5048]

The Pacific Ocean is a relentless force of nature, that will continue to erode those bluffs until they are totally decimated by the destructive power of those waves to destroy them with each wave crash that hits them.

[@Ashley-ro4xz]

Dang that’s the verse I was looking for!

[@GreggDuncanMcLean1]

@@Ashley-ro4xz Matthew 7:24-27 less we forget. Very sound advise just ask any building contractor in the state

[@Mark-m9z4q]

In Delaware we don't normally see how bad the erosion along the Pacific is Duncan, thank you for the drone footage.

[@justmissjamey]

Omg I'm SHOCKED people were LIVING there!!! I'm curious what this looks like on 2019 , since it said this was taken in 2016....are they gone?!

[@judgelpf2488]

Check it here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5bHaoSorMSrh6s

[@Shloomy_Shloms]

All those buildings in the edge have been bulldozed and removed, only the concrete foundations remain

[@markhughes7927]

All eaten by sharks - every one of them - sad.

[@rogerhegemier8491]

OH Yes the Buildings in Back are now in the Very Front Once More !!!

[@amream10]

This video reminds me of one I'd seen either 2017 or 2018 (I think) of a news report of a man who, if I remember correctly lived in PEI Canada, talked to a reporter about how outside his home when he was a little boy he'd go and play in the field that was behind his house. Play baseball I think he said and that the ocean was some distance away. Well now all grown up and probably in his late 50s or early 60s he can now just stand on his porch and see the ocean maybe 30 feet away from his house. That whole field gone! I'm sure if someone can find the video they can correct any distance I've mistaken but like this video it makes me sad that this is happening. I believe the gentleman said he could get a couple of years more before he'd have to move. Imagine visiting your childhood home wearing scuba gear!?! It now being 2019 I wonder if he's moved yet or even still alive.

[@shahannagrey8427]

If the authorities had just removed those condemned buildings, when it was still safe, it would have taken a lot of pressure off the cliff-face and possibly slowed the collapse.

[@xaiano794]

WTF are people doing in those homes - those could go any time

[@melinteadrian7186]

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[@lawfulldick4158]

Have you never tried the natural drug called adrenaline?

[@gloriataylor8778]

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[@lukez9721]

They’re being airheads.

[@paulrowan1501]

Tenant ordered to vacate: "I have a lot more faith in god than to be worried about this". Well, you're going to meet your maker soon, then.

[@denniskelley8974]

Some of the best use of a drone ever.

[@13612]

This is just one example of why building code should prohibit any construction within 50 to 100 yards of the ocean.......same thing in the carolinas and anywhere along the coastline.........makes about as much sense as building on the side of an active volcano.

[@populationcontrol2k]

+Earl Ismyname ---- Initially they were. This is erosion over time.

[@JH-uz6me]

+Earl Ismyname Actually the San Andreas Fault runs directly under those homes. That's how the cliff was formed in the first place. So doubly stupid of them.

[@artsmith103]

The buildings are about 70 years old.

[@chadmerkley9465]

Earl Ismyname ...building code? Let's not add not more regulation, rather let's use more common sense.

[@DesertlizzyThe]

Many do not know that. They don't study up on that land BEFORE moving in. It's the view & opportunity to live that scene.

[@martyisabeliever]

In the words of Jame Marshall Hendrix: "And castles made of sand, crumble to the sea...ahhh...eventually."

[@nntflow7058]

Except the inland would soon became the beach. That's what rising sea level did.

[@faithrada]

martyisabeliever Yup.... timing is everything.

[@lilinoedavis6272]

The tenants of the buildings in back are chanting, "Fall Fall fall!". Ocean front coming up🙃

[@WhirledPeasFursure]

tear down and remove every stupid building along the coast.. the ocean has the right of way..

[@WhirledPeasFursure]

@I speak The truth I hear ya,, and I'm ignoring them right now,, just focusing on what would allow the coastline to go back to being clear of all the crap buildings.. I remember that particular coastline before the buildings

[@killaproject844]

@@WhirledPeasFursure well then let the ocean make its way

[@Katmandu29]

WhirledPeasFursure Brilliant!

[@mohuckmedshishkeblob1712]

No don't remove them, All the building rubble will make a good break water wall.

[@millardwashington6216]

WhirledPeasFursure the ocean will take the “right of way”.

[@paulgee3411]

How can 40% of people viewing this video dislike it! That is bizarre. Someone takes the trouble to film, edit, and post a video (ie work and effort) to document and share a thing like this and thousands of people give it a thumbs down? What is wrong with people!

[@DJWRailroad]

Well, Paul, I've just formed the opinion that some folks by nature need to be negative, find fault, go against the tide (pun not intended, really). If a trend is going in a positive direction, that all too common ilk needs to build their self-esteem by expressing what they believe to be their dissimilitude by opposing popular opinion with an ineffective rating widget. What's the point, of casting negative feedback? If we don't like a video, just leave, don't waste the time watching an entire video and casting that worthless negative "vote."

[@blingknight1]

Maybe it's not the video that they don't like but the erosion and the distress it's causing to people.

[@imxio]

@@blingknight1 Exactly what I was thinking. No other explanation makes any sense, really.

[@bronx3522]

It's because all the people living in those houses are about to fall 400 feet to they're deaths. If they manage to escape the houses are going to end up in the sea anyway!

[@sandybennett_itsme]

It's amazing that the engineers for these projects had absolutely no concept of the reasons for building on bedrock and what happens when you build on sand.

[@MrAllan9]

Didn't Jesus warn us on building on sandy ground?

[@Losttoanyreason]

LOL, very true.

[@chrisrussell5816]

Yes Very true apparently people don't listen

[@wilsoncrocker]

@Its_an_Invasion_LowInfo_Votees yeah, that 6.3in rise since 1900 is monstrous...

[@MrAllan9]

@Its_an_Invasion_LowInfo_Votees Who is ours? You should seek anger management, my brain is not dead, not even sick.

[@leefrancis4565]

Did Jesus own a home?

[@boxhawk5070]

At least they don't have to mow the back yard anymore.

[@peterleung8372]

Boxhawk you are sick

[@nancytestani1470]

Must have been stunning at one point….but that mighty Pacific just keeps on roaring in. The ocean is stunning to watch.

[@rosewhite---]

the cliff face clearly shows the layers of loose sediments laid down during The Flood 4,350 years ago.

[@rosewhite---]

@Mighty Tone Hi, All around the world. Look at old cowboy films, look at Iraq-Iran battle footage, look at WW2 Tunisian desert war between UK, Italy, Germans, look at Spaghetti WW2 battle films shot in Africa - there was a lot of these on UK tv recently - all Italian actors pretending to be Americans fighting Germans. Rubbish plot and lipsynch all wrong but the scenery was definietly Flood sediments, Look at film of Australian mountains and scenery, I have lived in hilly part of West Yorkshire, UK all my life and travelled up many rail and road cuttings through the hill that all show the many layers. Geologists desperately try to claim teh layers are due to tectonic plates climbing over each other but the Newtonian Fizziks make that impossible.

[@rosewhite---]

@Mighty Tone Here a Wiki link to lots of the Spaghetti war films.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

Google Maps street level show all those apartments are no longer there. The people across the street now have a good view of the Pacific.

[@AeroSmiter]

Whoever can show me where is this place on google map?

[@MrVladimirSP]

@@AeroSmiter 320 Esplanade Ave, 37°37'31.0"N 122°25'31.0"W

[@AeroSmiter]

@@MrVladimirSP thx

[@bibiana761]

@@MrVladimirSP now many big house are in danger very close to the sea

[@Willy_Tepes]

Coastal erosion is not a problem, it is completely normal. Building in such a place is insanity.

[@seamripper0000]

I know I'm late, but I'm wondering if the weight of the buildings adds to the erosion? I see the trail area doesn't look as eroded. Is love to see current pics of the area. Also, I read in one of the comments that the waste water outlet seemed to be creating a lot of the issues here, did they find a solution? I would think with real estate prices in that area that this would be a priority to figure out and fix.

[@Dodgers-sw2uk]

No it’s all gone now

[@HappyOne2017]

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[@Mark-m9z4q]

Some people that build near volcanos often wonder the same thing.

[@rockerjim8045]

When this happened I was on a Californian road trip and after seeing this on a news clip went over to have a look after discovering all of the apartments were fenced off for safety reasons As we were looking through the gap beween the apartments we were about to leave when a bloke came out of the right hand front door. We asked him if we could enter his apartment to see the remains of his back lot only to be told we couldn’t because his “Wife was asleep! inside”

[@mostri2326]

Man, that ocean is a beast. Can you imagine trying to fight it? She's relentless, rarely calms and mostly rages. She's a super heavy weight with a perfect record. She's never lost to a ship or continent. Boulders are pebbles and mountains are stepping stones. Stay back - don't temp her or challenge her. She will crush you!!

[@limedickandrew6016]

Give it enough time, the oceans will erode everything. Even solid rock, though of course rock will take longer than sand.

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

LOOKS LIKE AN EXCITING PLACE TO LIVE FOR SURE. RENT'S PROBABLY CHEAP AS WELL.

[@reynaalvarez8227]

Es mucha humedad en la tierra y esto hace que se debarate

The people that still live in those buildings have to be crazy.

[@roberthertz6634]

Its a CALLI THING

[@leandrotami]

In my city we also have cliffs like those and sea erosion has also eaten away a big chunk of land. Some smaller buildings have been lost and what's next is the road. They did build a 'coastal defense' but only time will tell if it's truly effective.

[@konamoon]

Demolish the building sooner than later to prevent further pollution of the ocean. The ocean after all is home to marine animals. Please Protect both.

[@Glitch-nr9ct]

Building Manager: "Yes Mrs. Rosales, we estimate at least a good two weeks before your apartment falls into the ocean. May I have your rent check please?"

[@cynthiaanderson7998]

Glitch Hahahahahaha yasssssssssss yasssssssssss lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂

[@tullochgorum6323]

Nuts. Those houses look quite modern. What kind of developer builds so close to a cliff that's pretty much made of dirt? What kind of planning authority zones it? What kind of insurance company underwrites it? What kind of homeowner buys it? Everyone has taken leave of their senses... And I've just realised - the houses aren't evacuated. Seems that the owners have a death-wish too!

[@JSkyGemini]

We still have some grass left....oh wait. Never Mind. This is insane, I wouldn't be able to sleep knowing that was going on. Are there still people there?

[@tjcarita]

Nice flying! Just saw the footage on the Today Show. Amazing to see! The property values around that area must be tanking... sad to say. The views must be awesome overlooking that cliff I guess people take a big risk to have it.

[@bagpipes978]

I was in Pacifica four years ago. All of the houses by the beach are boarded up. A total loss. The sand has washed out from under the houses and back out to sea. The houses were going to be demolished and carted away before they fell into the sea themselves. Really sobering. Climate change is resulting in higher sea levels, warmer water, death to coral reefs and all marine life. Catastrophic. And this is just the beginning...

[@andrewpinkham9904]

you think this is ocean rising because of climate change?according to nasa the oceans are rising at a rate of 1/8th of an inch a year or 6 inches every 50 years.

[@bronxborn70]

Oct. 2018 Have these cliffs eroded to the point where the apts. have fallen?

[@cristalpepin9060]

This was filmed in January 2016. 2 of the buildings were demolished Feb-March 2016. The 3rd building was demolished January 2017. www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Apartments-in-Pacifica-Get-Demolished-as-Cliffs-Crumble-372004042.html bronxborn70

[@alexzabala2154]

Was there any insurance compensation for homeowners???

[@reggielongoria1848]

When the big one finally hit this area, their whole coastline will be completely decimated.

[@lilinoedavis6272]

Anyday now

[@DreamsOfFinland]

how sad to see black tarps flapping in wind, that someone hoped a tarp would stop erosion below. More of this to come.

[@thetourist6567]

one moment you live at the top, maybe tomorrow at the bottom

[@hillbilly23]

These buildings have been torn down. Google maps street view.

[@sosweetbaby4]

Either that or all those people would of died like dumb asses

[@jimmyhaley727]

@@sosweetbaby4 what else would you expect from California Commies/Demoncraps,,,,,

[@grazynazambeanie5963]

Mankind - it's safe to build here , we have things under control Mother Nature - hold my beer

[@williamwaller6689]

The Sea to Houses : "I'm gonna get yah eventually."

[@louisematteo5613]

Can't believe people still want to live by ocean

[@millieo7155]

It is beyond me people looked at this and didn’t realize it was inevitably going to erode. The contractor just had to get them built and sold then he’s out, no longer his problem.

[@davidmayhew4818]

the public officials that allow this and the builders and owners should all be sued for allowing any of this development to be built in the firsr place. GREED.

[@empiretotalwar3]

David Mayhew hardy it's there resonably where they build and live

[@virtuitousvampire9371]

The buildings were built back In the 60s much farther then it is now. Obviously the escarpment has had to deal with over 40 years of erosion. But yes, engineering and planning could have prevented these buildings from being built. But back then I doubt they thought about environmental impact on housing. If someone did I’m sure they made a quick buck.

[@Sacapuntas69]

Well people have a right to move if they so desire. Nobody forced them to live there.

[@virtuitousvampire9371]

cam land obviously you didn’t get what I said. People did know and didn’t know. I highly doubt much science went into building a house on a cliff to make money off baby bombers that were looking for seaside property when much of the property developers exploited them. (I have swamp land to sell you exploitation). You still have houses being built with nails, not screws, even today and people still living in trailer parks in tornado areas and levy’s that can’t even hold water. Look at hurricane Michael. Many of the houses were built to code yet the only house that stood in flattened landscape is a house where the owners went over and above the highest code that was allowed. Of course you have science, the problem is America has a history of not really using science other then to try to outdo other countries due to pride. Only reason why nasa got to the moon was because they didn’t want to be outdone by Russia. NOT because they wanted to revolutionize life on planet earth. 60 years later, still haven’t seen anybody putting up a colony on the moon. It Didn’t prove anything other then it could be done. But still hasn’t been done has it?!

[@DG-AI777]

Why weren't they evacuated???

[@roberthertz6634]

STUPID comes to mind

[@karlshaner2453]

I figured those places were abandoned until seeing people in there...That is insane!

[@keith4826]

Darwin award winners

[@sdinlt5049]

Uh, B Street it's your turn to be ocean front since A street is now gone.

[@Aleziss]

4:22 whaaaaat ??? why the hell do these people stay there ??? car parked in the street, people walking on the street ?!

[@curlyjoe4234]

It humors me how many people living places where there's lots of natural disasters complain about the effects of living in a place with lots of natural disasters

[@samgomolka6260]

Man these people are crazy for being in there.

[@rindordrums]

This video is from Jan, 2016. Google map this address which is listed under the video... "Esplanade Ave. in Pacifica, California", and you'll see that the three buildings closest to the edge are now gone. The cement slabs and chainlink fence are all that's left. Course, the people across the street have a better view of the ocean now. Heh. ;)

[@abelincoln8667]

Those people are like...Ehh, I can make it another week.

[@zillalhossain1085]

Co

[@brookestephen]

SHOCKED there's still people living in those buildings!! SHOCKED!!!

[@williammount6496]

THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE DEVELOPED NETHODS TO STOP THIS . AMBASSADOR MOUNT

[@GhostOfBuscemi]

Nothing stops erosion 🤨

[@gokillurself6714]

Nothing can stop erosion it’s the earth’s natural doing so we should leave it stopping it is making things worse

[@sellamwani7300]

self how do you figure that?

[@vodkarage8227]

Those cliffs are going to fall into the ocean one way or the other. Either gravity or ocean waves will do it, but it will happen.

[@antoniospanayiotou8619]

The methods are the problem, if you interefere in one spit it will affect another.