north topsail erosion HD

[@kattypatty8581]

Built wherever you want....just dont ask taxpayers to bail you out.

[@blanejr1]

This is sad.....years ago we stayed at Topsail Reef at 1:44 and the beach was wide and relatively flat for the first couple times we vacationed there. We went back 2 years later and they were just starting to put the sandbags in front of the condos. The next year the whole beach was pretty much gone. At the inlet there was a sandbar that ran way out into the ocean and the water was ankle deep at low tide (some dry spots). You could walk out several hundred yards. That was gone. We loved going there but now the good beach is farther South.

[@usmcmma]

I can't believe the erosion! I rented a house with some buddies in 1995-1996 while stationed at MCAS New River. We had an actual beach and now it looks like an inlet. Hurricane Bertha dropped the house we were living in on my truck and my buddies motorcycle was swept a few blocks away on New River Inlet Road. Moved inland to Jacksonville after that but I loved living on the island. Sad to see this.

[@paulallen9150]

Look at the surrounding area. What did they expect when you build 2-3 feet above sea level?

[@xr6lad]

With wetlands right behind them. On what was probably a peninsula created by sand erosion and dumping in the past by the same ocean from further up the coast. .

[@Helloverlord]

Hey, they still got upper floor and attic too!

[@sharonh2991]

That’s what I was thinking. They built these houses on marsh land. I wonder where these houses are now, if they’re still standing or if they’ve been taken out.

[@StellaLovesMusic25]

It's best not to build houses on sand.Greedy real estate got their money but the people who paid them will lose everything in the end.

[@garymiller8287]

The Atlantic is coming for those properties

[@richardbell4473]

This view is high tide.

[@garymiller8287]

Maybe high tide now, for how long?

[@coasttocoastcaravanning6138]

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[@sherylmcneill7811]

This is darkly beautiful. I still want to move there next year. 🌎🙌😍

[@kattypatty8581]

Did you move?

[@jambocoo]

Very sad, North Topsail Island is such a beautiful area. I'm sure the home owners are frantic with worry. Prayers that something can be done for this.

[@revbleech]

Nothing can be. Much of North Topsail was built illegally, and it is doomed.

[@xr6lad]

Well they weren’t worried enough not to build on sand on a narrow strip with wetlands and swamp behind them. About the most unstable place you could ever build

[@paulahello7435]

I looked at condos at Topsail Reef on line today. A 1 bedroom for 200k. They didn't show this!!!

[@stiofanlful]

Love this song ... the name and artist ?

[@TarHeelForevah]

A thousand years by Sting kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppfRiIKeo7ydes0

[@reglook1]

Never mind the song!! Pay attention to the erosion.

[@kilnntime2953]

They need to move these houses down to Topsail where the island is getting larger, what is washing away from the north is building up in the south, its called mother nature, Its also the reason why when we bought , we bought 5th row and not oceanfront. We were told after looking at what was a steal of deal on ocean front that if a storm came in and took the house we could not rebuild it , the maximum flood insurance you can buy only covers you for 250k, so don't pay more than what the insurance will pay off and keep in mind that flood insurance on Topsail Island will run about 10k a year for a new policy.

[@charlesrutherford4785]

2018 - Flood insurance is now just over $14,000 and going up 10% a year - 2019 will be $15,400.

[@zecadr]

all the homes there will be gone in 20 years...

[@pervysage4934]

Buying one of those cheaper 2nd/3rd row houses this year. Looking to make a killing in 5-10 years

[@morty4185]

Did similar at Emerald Isle in 98. Bought beach front home for 380k, sold in 2004 for 710k....roll of the dice though. If they don't get a replenishment plan in place whatever you pay will be to much, make sure you can buy flood insurance, even 2 or 3 rows back need cama and elevation certification

[@kattypatty8581]

How's the house?

[@stiofanlful]

What’s the name of this song ?

[@JCtechwizard]

AKA why North Topsail should never have been developed in the first place

[@jojo9915]

Is this at high tide, or all the time?

[@JazzysWorld]

jo jo the tide is definitely taking them away now. :(

[@sunnygirl6645]

jo jo - All the time now. There was a small window when the north end beaches got built up from tide changes & storms. Developers then grabbed this opportunity to build an exclusive 3 story neighborhood there. Maybe 10-12 years later came Bertha, Fran & then Floyd in 2000. This neighborhood has struggled with ongoing beach erosion issues since then - so, 17+ years? People keep turning these houses over & buying because they are getting those homes sell for super cheap!

[@ivanolsen7966]

the answer is to change the water channel .... sink a couple of big ships just off shore to create the required barrier

[@Supernaut2000]

Greed gets them all in the end. Ever hear that the sea level is rising?

[@xr6lad]

Incredibly. Yet another fantastic example of warped U.S. zoning and planning. What could go wrong building on sand, with an ocean, narrow strip of land and what look like unstable shifting wetlands behind them. More money wasted trying to stop the inevitable.

[@barbarajohnson8968]

The entire strip of land is vulnerable. Crazy to choose to live there! I hope they have a boat at least!

[@roycarrillo8012]

For sale boat house with built in pool...