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!

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@misguidedangel6550]

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

[@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!

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@hemaraj3783]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@1houroflove186]

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

[@blancherobinson629]

I was thinking the same thing

[@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

[@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.

[@elkarim9929]

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

[@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 !!!

[@artiejj]

The view just keeps getting better and better doesnt it.

[@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?

[@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!

[@lilinoedavis6272]

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

[@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

[@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🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Mark-m9z4q]

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

[@denniskelley8974]

Some of the best use of a drone ever.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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”.

[@sue2019]

The ocean currents take huge amt of sand elsewhere. City of Encinitas, CA started to build a parking lot and restroom and then stopped. 10 yrs later, they did NOT get a new Engineers' study.. Instead they finished building out the restroom and paving the big lot for parking. In those 10 years, the earth/ocean shifted and the first big storm, the restroom & parking lot were buried in water. All that $ spent and the people have no use for it. In nearby Solana Beach, condos r on a ledge that continually cracks and has big pieces falling down to the beach below. Cliff Robertson acted upon the area calling for a cemented cliff to keep the natural erosion.

[@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.

[@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.

[@karlshaner2453]

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

[@keith4826]

Darwin award winners

[@colinwhite5355]

Who hasn’t had that dream where you’re falling and falling? Occasionally, dreams can come true.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@DreamsOfFinland]

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

[@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.

[@brookestephen]

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

[@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

[@md9710]

Who else watch this till the end to see what was going to happen? This takes living into he edge to a whole new level!

[@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

[@justinsh3039]

Those people better split..

[@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.

[@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.

[@bookofkatherine]

That s liquefaction, not erosion. The constant earthquakes have sifted the water table across the whole clif- it's all saturated.

[@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,,,,,

[@louisematteo5613]

Can't believe people still want to live by ocean

[@williamwaller6689]

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

[@JoeJoe-sq8pj]

In Mendocino County I have seen properties valued in the millions for sell, right on the beach, next to a hundred feet drop... Some already fell in... I don't feel safe driving down some stretches of route one, let alone live on either side of that road...but, I must say, US1 on the east coast doesn't even come close when it comes to amazing beauty.

[@reggielongoria1848]

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

[@lilinoedavis6272]

Anyday now

[@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?

[@howlinhog]

This is not an emergency!! It's proof of the highest levels of arrogance, greed and stupidity. A friend of mine inherited a cottage on the shore of Lake Michigan. It overlooks the lake from a vey steep sandy cliff. The first time I went there we walked out back and the words just blurted out. "Whoa, when is all this gonna end up in the lake"? Well, it and everybody else's homes in that area are now gone. If I, someone of no special or great intelligence can in a flash of obvious insight, look at that sandy cliff face and determine, this aint gonna end well, surely, a group of intelligent individuals could come to the same conclusion. Pretty sure between arrogance, greed and stupidity, greed is the major factor.

[@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 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂

[@murdoqruckus5243]

I don’t understand how that whole thing is not cordoned off and condemned? that whole thing is a catastrophe waiting to happen.

[@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

[@metallicatlaura5408]

DEFINITELY brings new meaning to "Livin on the EDGE" DAMN..so glad I never moved to California!

[@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

[@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.

[@trogloditedude8349]

It’s hard to believe engineers didn’t come up with a better solution than boulders at the base of the cliff

[@Canvai]

amazing footage!

[@ericholck3914]

That slide that starts around 0:35 is pretty impressive.

[@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???

[@darthhodges]

Both buildings are long gone, human demolition, based on Google Maps as of Dec. 2020. It's unclear how much farther the erosion has gotten but it has definitely made progress.

[@timgray5763]

The coasts around the world are not just eroding ! The sea level is rising exponentially over time. How many ice cubes can you drop in a half full glass of water before it over flows....... Think ! Point of view, don’t see land getting smaller look at the ocean getting bigger.

[@lazyoso250]

The view will take your breath away, they said lol

[@michaelthul6013]

That aint all it will take away .

[@jimforjzs777]

Got an update vid ? Should have flown up to apt windows.

[@sthpac6910]

Those folks that are still in the building @4:36 reminds me of the people that try and pet buffalos.

[@illustrious1]

Base jumper focused real estate ads have really come a long way.

[@droopy676]

These cliffs have been eroding for centuries. Why the government even allowed to build there and folks so ignorant to buy there, it’s hard to feel sorry.

[@torkakarshiro7319]

Oh wow, I did really not expect that condominum to still have people living in it, 1 m from the crumbling coastline, while there were pieces breaking down. They would have been forced to evacuate long ago in Europe.

[@scottymsu6063]

Thats what you get for building so close to the ocean on sandy soil

[@RetSquid]

How close was it originally?

[@kille78]

Nearly a full city block. a few hundred feet at the very least

[@robsmith400]

Time and pressure. Can build mountains, or tear them down.

[@josephastier7421]

Houses have been falling into to the ocean at Pacifica since at least the 1970's. That whole area is sand cliffs.

[@SomeDumUsrName]

This is about as anticlimactic as it get. Maybe even worse than watching paint dry.

[@minerdad02]

Trump gotta call emergency here,and build a wall

[@seaside1991]

The Dems would oppose it 😕

[@mikewalter1111]

Let the mutha fkr sink take all the democrats with it.

[@zafaradeel2107]

Don't mess with the nature ! ! !Priceless view with Priceless property ! ! !

[@fernandovelasco4397]

oh c-mon....why still people living there!!! no way!!!!! by this time 2019...hope they already moved!!

[@katrinamartinez8796]

Anyone who has lived in Pacifica will know this: A devil's slide away from half moon bay

[@lanceleavitt7472]

Good thing there are never any earthquakes in California, that bank looks a little unstable.

[@paulhollier6382]

I am not a big fan of organized religions, in general, but as I watch this video, I can not help but remember the biblical references to "building on rock" vs. "building on sand, that is washed away". I was stationed at Fort Ord in California in the mid-1980's. The main recreation building, Stillwell Rec Center, was on the seashore and was in the process of slowly being undercut by ocean waves, regardless of how much concrete scrap they stacked at the bottom of the sand cliff face. It was just a matter of time; "when" not "if". I read in Wikipedia that Stillwell Rec Center was eventually abandoned and has since fallen off into the ocean. Color me "SAD". I miss California. It would be such a wonderful place, if it weren't for all the people living there, lol! "Living in California is like being in a huge bowl of granola; what ain't fruits and nuts is flakes!" Sgt. Edward Gill III, B co., 127th Signal Bn., Jan. 1984

[@williammount6496]

EITHER YOU DO AS WE HAVE POSTED ON YOU TUBE OR THIS HAPPENS

[@brutallyremastered4255]

What’s with the capital letters?

[@irszgatti]

@@brutallyremastered4255 HE'S YELLING FOR SOME REASON

[@PeterOekvist]

CAPS LOCK off

[@mememan4705]

i read this 3 times and i still cant understand what did he say

[@TheFairyDickmother]

Either you do as we posted or an apartment complex and cliffside falls into the ocean!!!!

[@curtbonnell4308]

Those people standing on their patios are insane. That ground could go any second, and probably did.

[@mikewalter1111]

Swallow the whole damn state.

[@johncorlett3699]

built on sand, basically built on the beach. sand was put there in a different era of sea currents, which are variable over time. the beach wants its sand back

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

People wandering around oblivious to the danger. What's it like now - 2023?

[@garryferrington811]

It would appear that building your house upon the sand really is a bad idea. It must really bother the rich people who wanted to keep the rest of us from ever seeing the ocean.

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

But you can walk down to the actual beach, so that's not even a valid accusation.

[@michelewalburn4376]

That's funny. They're not even on the beach.

[@stevenherrold5955]

i would never build that close to edge i would want at least a thousand feet of backyard but i would test the soil before building especially since the earth in general is going through so much dramatic change nothing is forever

[@АЛЕКСАНДРИютин-г7ы]

Шел 2021 год... калифорния оказалась вся под водой...

[@Blackout5871]

And that's why you never live directly on the coast of anything. Ever.