Oceanfront Outer Banks homes on verge of collapse

Rodanthe homes in the Outer Banks are at risk of collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean due to erosion, high winds and king tides. Seven North Carolina homes have already collapsed in the past four years.

[@jakemarlow8998]

Coastal erosion has been happening since way before those houses were built.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

@@DanielHollingsworth was the Corps responsible there?

[@patentexperts1675]

Yes, it's a sand dune on the ocean - sand dunes move with the wind and water.

[@johnnywright5236]

didn't Trump cause this

[@arribaficationwineho32]

@@johnnywright5236 no. Funny you!

[@RaeHenning-Stephenson]

When were they built?

[@nancyhammons3594]

When we first moved to N.C. 25 years ago, I was asking "What kind of idiot lives in a house on stilts?" How truly stupid is that and then they want taxpayers to help pay for the clean up.

[@Singlesix6]

What kind of an idiot lives in a house on a slab foundation at ground level?

[@dc-wp8oc]

@@Singlesix6 The kind of idiot who checks a topographical map first.

[@wandasanders2003]

@@nancyhammons3594 And I can't imagine how much home insurance goes up..

[@kimberlywaldrop5959]

@nancyhammons3594 Geoengineering and weather modification refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Climate change Who pays for geoengineering and weather modification programs??? TAXPAYERS

[@TheSeeker1960]

Those asking for help are in one way or another your local politicians.

[@rj-zz8im]

Stop building houses on shifting sandbars! No sympathy. Tired of these 'disasters' that are 100% preventable, and which we ALL end up paying for at the end of the day.

[@FordRangerClassics]

Apparently, in America, sandbars, coasts, and geology don't exist, or something, I haven't quite become American enough yet I guess

[@gina000]

Fyi sympathy, thoughts and prayers are all worthless.

[@BarbAllen-k4u]

If you have to build a house on stilts, that should be your first red flag.

[@elizabethchase6528]

Insurance premiums of all kinds are too high to cover for this. If you can afford that property, you can afford to pay for it out of your own bank account

[@douglasengle2704]

The owners could hire sand dredgers to put the sand back. My guess is $100k a piece if they go in together. They are probably over a million dollar houses so it seems as easy decision. The sand probably didn't move far away. Beach sand replenishment is commonly practiced. Barrier sand dunes anchored with six foot deep roots of dune grass has been used since the 1980s at Bethany Beach DE to protect structures, but building out on pilings on the beach is high risk. The federal government owns the ocean land up to high tide on the beach. Once the sand has been removed to allow high tide to cover the land it is no longer of private ownership. If this is temporary it like doesn't trigger federal ownership.

[@lindapindabelinda3570]

Maybe next time don’t issue building permits for the ocean.

[@jeanberes4147]

Exactly!

[@kathyf1964]

Yup 👍🏻

[@FarmingUnclear]

It's on purpose. Insurance will replace it. Rich people don't maintain a beach house. Why maintain a beach house when you get a brand new one every 5 years when a hurricane hits it. Maybe even sooner. They are using insurance like social welfare so that the taxpayer covers their cost and they only have to pay a low monthly fee for a brand new beach house. Socialism for the rich and boot straps for the poor. Wake up people.

[@johnlance-bu6jj]

Back then when these houses were built the building inspectors didn't realize the ocean would move this fast inland .

[@Hadenufyet]

@@johnlance-bu6jjthat’s called denial, and I’ll take the money, thank you

[@dantespeak138]

Ocean to homeowners: "I was here first".

[@theyclosechannelsthatspeak428]

These people chase away normal vacationers that want to hang out on the beach. They take over.

[@SteveninTune]

Wyht privilege vacation house

[@JackFromWyoming]

@@SteveninTune Bigot spotted! Someone is race baited aren't they? Need more dino nuggets from mommy?

[@BajatheChickenMan]

boohoo, anyone who bought a house there knew the risks. WE DONT CARE!

[@Singlesix6]

Actually, during Covid there were some people who bought oceanfront places sight unseen - other than what they could see in the ad. Imagine someone - from idk, Kansas - with no beach knowledge at all calling a realtor and saying, "I want to buy this cottage, so where do I wire the money?" Hard to believe, but it's happened.

[@RoseanneSeason7]

@@Singlesix6 so true

[@bendy6626]

​@@Singlesix6 Unlikely here. Yeah, people bought sight unseen, but those were not super high $$$ beachfront mega homes. And, if they were that 🤪, this wasn't their first 🥴 rodeo. Reality is tough.

[@jeannietimberger2556]

Dear Rich people. Next time buy or build houses on stable ground. Just because it looks good don't mean it is good.

[@mondocjenson-dy8zd]

Play stupid 🎮 games and win Stupid 🏆 prizes 😮

[@lisayeary4256]

We end up paying for their stupidity by increasing insurance

[@arielsea9087]

Let's call it high and end pollution. They should pay removal fees for the trash they caused.

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

Supposedly, it looked like a good area and climate change changed things. I would really like to have seen what the area looked like when builders were building these homes.

[@FordRangerClassics]

@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 see original comment about it looking good

[@DelusionalDoug]

Barrier islands form as waves repeatedly deposit sediment parallel to the shoreline. As wind and waves shift according to weather patterns and local geographic features, these islands constantly move, erode, and grow. They can even disappear entirely.

[@fletch61]

Where I live in the UK the beach had 40/50ft sand dunes.. one storm and they were gone over night for good ...just open beach now !

[@chebbohagop]

You mean it’s NOT climate change?! It’s a natural phenomenon? 😂

[@sgtpepperz25]

The beach has eroded since it has existed...

[@chaos0852]

And you were there to witness it?

[@jogmas12]

@@chaos0852there is no climate change in fact we would not be hearing about this if they were not allowed to build their homes on such unstable foundation as sand!!!!!

[@ShimmySha]

@@chaos0852 Basic geographical information

[@chrisalley6282]

@@chaos0852You flunked 4th grade science. Go back and review it. Don't come back until you pass.

[@michaelalbensi6820]

Building on a sandbar out in the ocean should be environmentally illegal.

[@RedMartin66]

What would you expect when you build your house on the ocean? Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different result. The dumbasses will go ahead and build it again and expect the taxpayers to pay for it.

[@crand20033]

The whole Miami area will go underwater too. Probably all of south Florida.

[@paulne1514]

A close friend of mine, his family lived there for generations. (One won the National Lifesaving Award and had a Coast Guard Cutter named after him). Then the rich started moving in and forced the poor people out with high taxes. No, I DON’T feel sorry for any of these homeowners.

[@garyc39]

Mother nature is the great equalizer

[@lbelton8886]

It's not simply a matter of rich or poor when most of the human population is concentrated near water. There are many serious concerns that need to be addressed.

[@letticecorless5520]

U said it! Now its happening to old safe neighborhoods people are being taxed out of they homes

[@crand20033]

This is happening on New Jersey shore too.

[@raystory7059]

@@crand20033 Absolutely= they are called 'Barrier Islands" for a good reason= the sea always wins in the end however.

[@pegs1659]

Who would have thought building a house on the beach would be a bad idea?😜

[@bobby-ov9qn]

Maybe the same people who build their houses in Northern California where the fires burn down countless houses each year?

[@GusGusGames]

@@bobby-ov9qn LOL FOR REAL

[@majortom7038]

Everyone … 🤷‍♀️

[@SteveninTune]

White privileged people ? Haitian immigrants?

[@sadesade9505]

Don't build your house on a sandy foundation, build upon a rock foundation, basic logic & Biblical principle

[@jeffclark5268]

Oh good. The bible. Nothing bad has ever come out of the bible. Just ask the slaves that used to live there.

[@samw2768]

@sadesade9505 it's the beach dumbass there is no rock. They built way to close to the ocean back in the day. This is a piece of land that is literally surrounded by water.

[@FordRangerClassics]

​@@jeffclark5268but my European history! My pearlssss

[@sadesade9505]

@@jeffclark5268 go find yourself

[@robevans5222]

Maybe try engineering principles...science is more useful than metaphors.

[@Jacksonzole57]

i never really thoughts about how everyone else subsidizes rich peoples insurance in situations like this

[@Singlesix6]

Never had to pay the annual premiums on a beach house, have you? The premiums are very, very high. Very, very. You have your homeowner's insurance policy, your flood insurance policy, and possbly another policy for wind damage and hail damage depending on how your homeower's is written, what you want to cover, or what your mortgage company demands you purchase. Then there are the exclusions on certain policies, things like not covering damage from wind-driven rain through/around a door, slider or window UNLESS the glass is broken by something falling or flying. And then there are the deductibles for different things depending on how the policy is written. On and on and on. And of course an extra liability policy if your rent your house to vacationers is probably a good idea.

[@thebreeze2697]

All true, but still no sympathy from me. you see, some of those insurance policies are federally subsidized, which means all taxpayers help pay rich people’s insurance premiums. Although things are slowly changing, they have been allowed to take those insurance benefits and rebuild in the same location. If they had to buy market-based insurance without state or federal subsidies, and we’re on the hook for clean-up, I would have no issues. As it stands it’s Welfare for the Wealthy!

[@letticecorless5520]

We r and we are 20 miles inland and were even safe from Florence its, fine if you want to live on the edge but why must we pay for your ignorance of mother nature, read your Bible, you live in the Bible belt! And it says not to build your house on siffting sand! And you laugh at Californians calling them Fruits and Nuts?

[@donaldmiller5384]

This has nothing to do with changing climate and everything to do with shifting sand that is ever moving and forms the barrier islands.

[@myohmy0]

Thank you high school fox news kool aid drinker for your "insight".

[@bendy6626]

​@@myohmy0 Thank you for proving you flunked geology 101.

[@freyaodinsdottir2207]

That's literally climate change...

[@johnborisow1120]

Why is everything being related to “climate” change. What climate change are you folks referring to?

[@chrisalley6282]

They are referring to the grift that makes the likes of Al Gore, Bill Gates, the Obamas, and Elon Musk even richer.

[@bendy6626]

​@@chrisalley6282 I'm so happy to see so many people aware. Appreciate you 😘

[@mikem4432]

climate change is a fact, it happens all through the planets history. Ice Age, and such is a very slow process. But the issue is man made climate change accelerated the process from thousands of year to decades.

[@hellersbuildingremodeling7771]

@@mikem4432 I don’t believe that at all - it’s just another cottage industry making people rich and getting politicians votes from the sheeple

[@jeffsaxton716]

I can't imagine allowing septic systems in a place like that.

[@rockyroad7345]

Insurance companies should refuse to insure any ocean front property after something like this happens. The cost gets passed on to all of us.

[@jennywolford4102]

Since they are barrier islands, they change all the time according to ocean conditions.

[@Raykenn1]

I worked in the outer banks for years. Only a loon would build oceanfront ! I wonder if the homebuilders sold out of towners a long song and dance about how safe and sound the locations were. Wow !

[@Raykenn1]

I also wonder why the county would issue a building permit for those locations

[@bendy6626]

​@@Raykenn1 $$$ 🤷

[@davidcarruthers5850]

this is not a climate thing...BS... this is the ocean !!! who the hell would even consider building a home on stilts on sand ..

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

The waterline is much higher now.

[@Lillith1203]

Who would be dumb enough to insure it .

[@GGG-b2z8l]

Erm….the Glaciers are melting, more water in the Oceans, less Land. It’s not rocket science just fact.

[@AlbertHess-xy7ky]

The climate effects the ocean

[@nickcrncich7255]

It’s both. Climate change is simply accelerating the problem.

[@freddavidson9068]

Not 1 media genius asks who issued building permits

[@amandasaunders3493]

Right. Dolla dolla bill, y'all.

[@ascricco987]

Thank you! People commenting Boo Hoo, don’t feel bad for you, who’s dumb enough to buy/build a house there…. Well, who’s dumb enough to grant permits to build in unsafe terrain. Septic waste and debris getting washed into the ocean becomes an environmental problem which will affect us all. Maybe $ penalties and investigations at the higher levels would be a better way to prevent such bad and unsafe building policies.

[@johnlance-bu6jj]

I go through Rodanthe , hwy. 12 , to get to my house south of Hatteras Light .Been there since early 1980's . As you can see a lot of these houses are beach box type built years ago . When I first started going there the houses ,especially in and around Rodanthe , had at least 300 feet of land between their house and the ocean . Property owners never dreamed that the ocean would engulf their homes . The outer banks are moving east and building up sand on sound side . My house in Frisco is now only 5 1/2 ' above sea level .Up until about 12/ 15 years ago I had beautiful oleander bushes in my yard . With the constant sound side flooding all my oleanders are dead along with 2 vehicles . Needless to say I can no longer afford flood insurance .The locals , most have been there all their lives build their homes well away from the water . A lot of these homes are in a clump of live oaks and protected from the wind and storms . If I had it to do over that is exactly what I would have done . Color me stupid .

[@MarieJackson-sp3be]

At least you own up to it. One of my former coworkers was furious that Florida made her put stilts under her home before they would issue a building permit. She was not a very nice person, but I now have to put money in the pot for her insurance.

[@paigeawin]

You said it!

[@rc23909648]

The ocean hasn't rose much at all. It's the sand being taken out to sea.

[@merriemisfit8406]

Wind also blows dry sand across the island and into the back lagoon. Once in the lagoon, it's not coming back out to rejoin the ocean-side beach.

[@dorecannon2851]

Welcome to the Outer Banks. There's a reason you have to take a ferry to Ocracoke Island.

[@patentexperts1675]

They don't call it the "Outer Banks' for no reason - when you build there, it's out there!

[@truckubuddy]

The wise man built his house upon to rock.

[@lisasmith9311]

Wow I can’t believe people build like that you would think it erodes away. I don’t get where plumbing is

[@BajatheChickenMan]

just poop off the porch.

[@arielsea9087]

Probably some special composting gold plated toilets.

[@FordRangerClassics]

​@@kellyniagara6509probably as poorly as I'm assuming

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

In one shot you can see the white PVC pipe going down from under the house to a now exposed septic tank. Just shttng on the beach is what these people have always done.

[@blipco5]

This all could have been avoided if whoever is in charge of the city building commission had ever built a sand castle on the beach when he was a kid.

[@JohnnyRedpilled]

Good to be the homeowners one street off the coast. They just got ocean front upgrade.

[@doneown503]

, maybe for a couple years,

[@paulchauvin733]

For a while maybe, then, they will be the next houses taken by the ocean.

[@timatkinson9291]

This build up been happening for years. Should have moved long ago. I have empathy, not sympathy

[@arielsea9087]

No you're excluded from the privilege.

[@88goatfish]

You removed the vegetation on the sand dunes so the sand washed away. The only rise in sea level occurs when a storm comes in. You removed vegetation and sand to build a swimming pool...what the #@%&! The individuals that approved the building permits should pay for the clean-up (not the taxpayers) and reimburse the homeowners for their loss. It is the responsibility of the permitting body to insure that building there is environmentally safe and not detrimental to the environment or the structure! Would you be allowed to build on the edge of a cliff or a rivers edge? Who owned the land that was sold to the homeowners and who were the builders? Follow the money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I scuba dived at Bogue Inlet and offshore of the Outer Banks as a teenager in the early 70's...SAD SAD sight now!!!!!!!!

[@nathanbuck322]

If you understood the geology of the area, and the sediment management practices/changes over time, this would be a non-story. Compassion for those losing their homes? YES! Linking this to political agendas around climate....please stop. Please do the research instead of parroting agendas. The islands have always been moving and changing because of the nature of their geological structure and location. Sediment management that has been restricted/changed by habitat management has had significant impact on how quickly natural shifts are taking place, especially in maintaining the inlets. Ferrys now travel 1.5 hrs to Ocracoke, when it used to take 30 min. Lobbying to stop dredging the inlets occured prior to a major storm that deposited a massive sandbar between the islands, and dredging to reopen the inlet and ferry routes was not allowed. Arguing for no human intervention to preserve habitats directly leads to accelerated change to the islands as the natural geological processes continue (which also disturb habitats). Intervention with stewardship in mind should be the goal, and for the residents and community leaders in OBX that is the desired norm. These homes would likely have collapsed regardless of intervention, and those who buy, build, and live there know this to be true. The islands are always changing. Intervention has limited impact. (i.e. Hatteras Lighthouse) Storms always have significant impact in shifting both sediment and tidal impacts. One storm cut nearly half the distance of the lower end of Hatteras island off and shifted it into the Sound. The firetower below the ferry station used to be halfway to the end of the island. Today, it is the end of the island. Some of that sand was redeposited on the upper end of Ocracoke, and now a large amount of that redeposited sand has shifted to the lower end of Ocracoke. One storm cut Hatteras Village off from Frisco, and the road needed rebuilt. It has always been this way for barrier islands, and always will be. Here is a link to a geologist's story who studied OBX islands: coastalreview.org/2024/01/dolan-and-godfrey-scientists-showed-banks-on-the-move/

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

This comment should be pinned.

[@Lkhrobertson]

I understand the sandbar comments, but in 2000, a few months before we got married, my husband and I took a trip together from Nashville. We chose the Outer Banks and have returned a few times. The beach will keep reworking itself, but the magic of the beach is that nothing feels permanent. Magical area of this country. ❤️🏖️

[@Hadenufyet]

Our property taxes in NC increased *dramatically* to pay for this type of cleanup.

[@raystory7059]

NJ does the same, beach replenishment costs are shared by everyone in NJ and that hardly seems fair to someone with no interest in saving beachfront housing for those wealthy enough to buy a second vay-cay property.

[@Blondie77128]

@@raystory7059 I live in northern NJ/NYC metro area and as if it wasn’t expensive enough but to hear my tax dollars are going to help foolish folks with their beachfront properties, they can go eff themselves. Stupid and corrupt, waste of money. Let the rich a-holes with summer shore houses pay to preserve it.

[@mrfofff]

Let's all pay millions $$$ to restore the beach so a few can keep their ocean front property.

[@yankeeairpirate1799]

It’s not climate….how stupid

[@juliethompson8685]

Please share your knowledge.

[@AlbertHess-xy7ky]

What is it?

[@toddjones1403]

@@juliethompson8685 Ocean levels have been rising since the end of the last ice age…a lot.

[@chrisalley6282]

@@juliethompson8685 So called "climate change" is nothing more than a grift to make the rich richer and the poor poorer

[@chrisalley6282]

@@AlbertHess-xy7kyNatural erosion, which you should have learned about in 4 th grade

[@Hisgal04]

"The climate change reporter." 😂 Oh dear!

[@lilianarich610]

What happens with common sense? You don’t need to be an engineer to anticipate what could happen to those homes. Sorry, but I’m no so sorry.

[@canileaveitblank1476]

Every shoreline is constantly changing; some more than others.

[@nachomom-fk2bi]

Beachfront homes was a great idea until it wasn't a great idea.

[@Falconryful]

It’s not rocket science 🤷‍♀️ when you build next to the beautiful ocean Mother Nature always wins 🤣🤣🤣

[@Dig-y1f]

You cannot stop mother nature 🙏

[@rairequena8981]

What no one asked, Is why would the town, city, county even issue a permit to build on the beach shore? Is the money that alluring.

[@will7its]

Very high tax zone for greedy politicians......

[@crystaljacob619]

Why are people allowed to build on land that is supposed to be a buffer from storms. Respect nature and stop polluting the ocean.

[@slimtimm1]

Zero effz to give

[@dogman8436]

Great deal on oceanfront property. Motivated sellers!

[@thomasfitzpatrick6392]

Rich people problems.

[@Barbara-JT]

Why any one would want to build that close to the ocean. That's like building a home next to a volcano. It's just crazy. Bad idea!

[@shanemichael3925]

Australia doesn’t let you build on sand, beach erosion is real I have watched beaches shrink and narrow beaches disappear in California over last 25-30 years.😢

[@igit_7296]

What people don’t seem to understand is that the beach in Rodanthe has been eroding at a rate of 15 feet per year. When the houses were built decades ago, they weren’t right on the water. For some reason, the ocean has been rising and storms/hurricanes have been getting more frequent and violent. No one knows why this is happening, but it’s really affecting people that live along the shoreline and it’s not their fault that these weird things are happening that no one can explain.

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

The ocean isn't "rising", the sand is eroding away. That's why the septic tank are now exposed. They didn't float up to the higher ocean levels, the sand they were buried under has washed away.

[@Nowhereman123]

Insurers are you kidding, if an Insurer covers thus they're either incompetent or this is corrupted.

[@Fido-vm9zi]

Did the insurance company offer coverage. Shouldn't have in the first place.

[@tomcunningham8584]

@@Nowhereman123 insurers are not not stupid, this is covered by FEMA, the taxpayers will pay, seen it to many times.

[@boatymcboatface7161]

Those 2nd row houses are about to explode in value

[@paulchauvin733]

For a while maybe, then, they will be the next houses taken by the ocean.

[@Galworld761]

No. Because there is nothing to stop the erosion. They are next.

[@johndunn9819]

"insurance" in New Mexico has quadrupled in the last 4 years to pay for people that built their houses and the beach sand.

[@patriot5526]

Click bait. This has nothing to do with your “global warming” narrative. I live in Florida and beach erosion has been an issue basically forever. 100 years ago, before proper building codes and knowledge of construction, thousands of homes were built on the east coast. They have been battling beach erosion ever since. From Daytona beach north toward Jacksonville, they are constantly rebuilding beaches to save homes and roads. In some areas, A1A is merely a few feet from the shore. Florida is no more than sand. This is lack of knowledge, not global warming. People who believe this crap are horribly misinformed.

[@merriemisfit8406]

"The Beach: A River Of Sand" -- always a big hit in the environmental geology classes when it was time to run that little instructional film. About 20 minutes of your time is all it takes to know more about coastal processes than just about any annointed "climate change reporter". It's now on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/amnEiWN5fs9oedk

[@At_the_Garden]

Were these houses originally a block away from the ocean. I seem to remember an old map of the area, there was a road in front of these houses with houses on the ocean side, which are long gone.

[@IreneTozetti-v5n]

So why the stilts?

[@kristennoeljenkins]

Those house were built decades ago and the water was much farther away. I doubt they thought about the risk of the water coming in decades into the future and wiping them out because they weren't close to it at the time

[@IreneTozetti-v5n]

@@kristennoeljenkins no. If they were Far from the shore, why are they elevated?

[@helenembry7831]

The wise man built his house upon the rock and the foolish man built his house upon the sand.

[@1940limited]

Sea level rise: Normal for stormy weather. Over development: The real problem.

[@AmandaHugginkiss69]

Worried about raw sewage in the ocean? That is the ocean. Have you ever seen a whale poop😱

[@will7its]

Freakin idiots with a microphone....

[@Blondie77128]

There are schools of fish that consume whale excrement. Natural cycle of the ocean and its creatures who belong there. Not for humans dumping their raw sewage into it.

[@joeshmoe-rl7bk]

it's called wear and tear, not "climate change"...brilliant idea building homes on stilts on a beach. brilliant engineering.

[@1940limited]

When we were kids I can still remember a friend's mother saying "Build on high ground."

[@dc-wp8oc]

If NC citizens were not paying for this stupidity, it would be laughable.

[@AlbertHess-xy7ky]

It is laughable because NC citizens are paying for the stupidity.

[@paulausherman727]

Mother nature's way of saying GET OFF MY BACK !!!!!!!!

[@2JZ-4runner]

Got to use the word climate in there😂😂It’s been eroding for years… GTFOH

[@twingreentrafficsignal9266]

... Again, Just like the last storm. And the multiple storms before this?

[@jameslaupan6499]

As nice as it may be to live near the water, it don't take a genius to realize living in the water is nuts, crazy, coo coo, insane.

[@richk3135]

Weather and time shift those sands just like always, no "crisis" required. This was inevitable.

[@timdowney6721]

ZERO taxpayer money for rebuilding or dredging to shore up these sandbars.

[@gabyfields3235]

Please, dear Ocean, take these ugly stilt homes away for good! They are an eyesore! 😜👍

[@mkgreen9750]

And it is not "Fossil" Fuels, ( an obscurement of truth) it is hydrocarbons from the Great Oxidative Event that allowed Cyanobacteria to produce the hydrocarbons and molecular Oxygen.

[@88cruzer1]

A wise man built his house upon a rock.

[@JudahYapha]

Climate change reporter, where they do that at ?

[@mikem4432]

In Maryland there is a outer bank called Assateague Island with wild horses, 70 years ago there was developments, roads and homes, but the governments of those states saw it was too dangerous to build on that strip land and converted into a national park, all the homes and most of the roads where removed, some remnants of homes and roads still remain but are hard to find... that is what needs to be done with the entire outer banks for the good of the future.

[@danielmiller210]

Lots of dollars and no cents

[@Singlesix6]

When they were permitted and built they were 200 to 300 yards or more from the high tide line.

[@IreneTozetti-v5n]

So why the stilts?

[@AndyCohen-uv1qy]

Continued development? Yikes.

[@Ronnie_Kirkpatrick]

Common sense says. If grass won’t grow there don’t build. 😂.

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

I would have loved to have seen what this area looked like when they actually decided this was a good place to build a home. It's obvious now that it's an insane place to build. Did climate change change this area that much?

[@radiohill]

They "renourished" the beach and even moved the houses back some. They said that was supposed to extend the life of of the houses for another 15 years. THAT WAS A YEAR AGO!! (not global warming)

[@truckcamper5751]

Once they were worth millions, now, you can’t give them away

[@CLCVideos]

None of those houses were ever ever worth millions boomer. This is stuff is so easy to look up.

[@MS-ty8eq]

Let's just build homes right on barrier islands. that sounds smart

[@lg9586]

😂 " now a pile of sand " hmmm 🧐🤔 . Wondering what they called the pile of sand when they built the houses on a pile of sand . And they were allowed to install septic systems on the beach basically in the ocean. Holy fk.

[@moniquebrown9079]

They are called barrier islands for a reason. I just don’t understand 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@captain54526]

I guess in the history of the Americas all the beaches have always been the same no matter how many thousands of years have gone by until we started burning oil !

[@johndavidmyself8039]

Houses on "sticks" at the ocean's edge. Huh.

[@marcyking461]

And in another 10 years, those houses on the 2nd row will be washed away. Don't people ever learn? It's hard to feel sorry for people with more money than common sense.

[@ragetobe]

I’m not sure why people think it’s ok to claim beaches and ocean has their land and then build on it.

[@Singlesix6]

They did not build on the beach. They built behind the dunes and off the beach. The sandbar is moving west and the dune has washed away. Sometimes the beach washes away. Sometimes the water in the sound to the west of the Outer Banks cuts a new inlet through the sandbar to ocean. It's been fairly well researched, but sometimes the movement of the sand westward isn't measured in inches, some years it's measured in dozens of feet.

[@ragetobe]

@@Singlesix6 Regardless of your dodge on their behalf it’s still not ok to claim land like this, we have dunes like this in the UK and nobody is allowed to build on them or around them, they are protected.

[@selena3957]

Its pole reversal NOT CLIMATE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT

[@tubecontributor3206]

If these people want taxpayers to pay for repair, write to your congressman. The reality is these are expensive homes owned by upper middle class and wealthy people. If they opted for the risk, they should pay for any damage.

[@Wayzor_]

Buying a house on the beach was a good investment.. they said.

[@donnielewis6958]

Cheap ocean property now for sale

[@MYvesAllaire]

The sea always wins.

[@Hadenufyet]

Fresh water too

[@Diesel3356]

Not climate change-Mother Nature just doing what she has always done. When you build on shifting sand, your foundation is bound to collapse.

[@davem6685]

The climate has been changing for millions of years and not because the dinosaurs drove SUV’s. Are we better now or during the ice age?

[@AlbertHess-xy7ky]

Why is the climate changing? God's will?

[@chrisalley6282]

@@AlbertHess-xy7kyActually, yeah. It's a natural process.

[@GrandmaBev64]

Helena is coming. Those won't be there past this weekend 9-15 foot tidal surges are expected later today with 115 mph winds Higher ground might be tough. Florida is one of the flattest states.

[@nobodynothing9950]

Climate crisis..... lol! beach is constantly changing.....since FOREVER! ....the sky is falling....you gonna die

[@joandevries1892]

The foolish man built his house on the sand. The gullible bought in.

[@Darkmatter321]

Is that not the dumbest place to build a house on stilts?