Texas' Beaches Are Disappearing, Leaving a Wake of Worthless Waterfront Houses

[@Russellsperry]

Haven’t you heard the old saying don’t build your house on the sand? Soft ground is completely unpredictable, and you shouldn’t act like this is something surprising.

[@robertgaston6479]

Or the side of a mountain.

[@paulsuprono7225]

Why not try eastern Colorado, western Kansas . . . lots of open space, not overrun by metropolis. Heard of ol' SAC silos being repurposed, as homes . . . on Kansas ! 😎🇺🇸

[@notinterested8452]

I think some guy said it.

[@kingtrance6826]

@@paulsuprono7225 - Yup but a beach house sounds more fun.

[@freshencounter]

Tell that to all the investigators, buyers, and renters who built a 58 story apartment/condo building on landfill in San Francisco. The building is now tilting 22 inches in an area known for earthquakes! 🤷🏾‍♂️ Somebody needs to explain the difference between greed and prosperity beginning in kindergarten. There’s no need for projects like this.

[@glennjames7107]

People need to accept that coastlines are fluid in nature, they have always been in, and will always be in a constant state of flux.

[@SC-gp7kt]

Exactly.

[@guymerritt4860]

Yep - building a house right on the coast, literally, is pretty foolish - for multiple reasons.

[@MikeJones-rk1un]

River borders between states cause fun confusion. One day your in one state and the next your in another.

[@garnettbrown]

Absolutely

[@CulturedThugPoster]

Words of wisdom.

[@11O100]

Reminds me of a story I once read about a guy in California. He lived 3 or 4 houses from the ocean near a cliff/beach. About every decade a house would dissappear due to erosion. With every disappearing house he got that much closer to a scenic Ocean View. The closer his house got the ocean the more valuable his house became. He sold a few years after the house across the street collapsed.

[@thisone3519]

Where in CA?

[@EriBarr]

Probably near Laguna beach or Dana point lol

[@vaylon1701]

A very long time ago my grandfather built a shack in surfside on the beach. Had no foundation and was pretty much just a roof and walls. It was just a nice shack. could sleep up to 12 people and was great to just get away from the city and spend some time fishing on the gulf. We had large family get-togethers every year to either fix it up or rebuild where it was because it had washed away. which happened a few times. But it was always just bare minimums on everything. nothing fancy. When the family wasn't there, we really ddn't care who used it. It was pretty much a throw away temp house.. Eventually, a relative from Florida bought the property and built a big house. Like the shack, it got washed away and so did a very large section of the beach. That property is now hundreds of feet out in the gulf.

[@petemitchell6788]

KZbin novelist.

[@springerworks002]

@@petemitchell6788 So?

[@Dutchy-1168]

@@springerworks002 so., there you go !

[@DF-et4gs]

@@petemitchell6788 why even say that? What's the point? Are you cool and edgy? This individual is telling a story, if you don't care just move on.

[@blakem9109]

Pete Mitchell ...Who never had time for a wife And he's talkin' with Davy who's still in the navy And probably will be for life...

[@allisonshaw9341]

Taking out the mangroves and sea grasses was the first mistake made. Building houses on the coast was the next one.

[@clacicle]

You mean, stupid and greedy people are responsible for this?

[@em945]

100% right

[@tylerrjohnson68]

Expecting our sympathy is their third mistake

[@thistlethrook2778]

I lived in Surfside for many years originally the area was called Velasco. Noone took out beach grass . There weren't mangroves in this area I lived in Surfside when Ike hit. The fact that there are paved roads allowed the backswell to gain momentum and suck the land back into the gulf. The land is still there and could be put back.

[@sirgalahad1470]

No offense, but this looks like a really ugly place to spend any time at anyway

[@danielvonbose557]

This is exactly the cost of living by an ocean. In nature's game, the ocean always wins.

[@fernfreeman1729]

Destroying a beach or a river bank by bulldozing its natural protection of tall grass with their 3-feet deep roots, is a disaster waiting to happen.

[@govinda102000]

cost of ocean living often supported by taxpayers. Insanity.

[@retiredcolonel6492]

Yes, but it’s the taxpayers who foot the bill for these follies. In many locations federal flood insurance is not required for existing homes. Consequently when some “poor” fool loses their $2M beachfront vacation home, the federal government steps in and provides relief.

[@SLOBeachboy]

Daniel von Bose - Actually it’s the cost of living on a very specific type of beach. The majority of beachfront properties are actually built on fairly stable coastlines. Furthermore, the truth is that in my lifetime there have been MANY more houses destroyed by floods, earthquakes, wildfires, and tornados than by beach erosion. It’s not even a competition. In fact, even if you were to only include houses destroyed by fires caused by homeowner negligence this would still far outweigh the number of houses destroyed by beach erosion. We do not live in a static universe. Everything is in a constant state of flux and this means of course that nothing is permanent. Still, the huge majority of houses built - even beachfront properties - are going to survive well beyond the average person’s life span.

[@danielvonbose557]

@@SLOBeachboy If the floor of the beach house is not at least 30 feet above mean sea level there is risk of flooding by storm surge.

[@madmike_9343]

Something Florida does is they collect used concrete culverts that have been donated, then they lease a barge and push it 1-1.5 miles off shore and dump them. This creates a man made reef to help against currents that causes erosion. On top of that, they have people go out and attach plants to bring fish in closer to the coast. Pretty smart of you ask me, I’d like to see that in Texas

[@madmike_9343]

Robert Beck what do you mean by that

[@tee-moneysalis9251]

What is man made will always be destroyed by Mother Nature😳😳😳😳

[@shaylynnstanhope6439]

They definitely do here in galveston, they were just putting crushed concrete

[@helenagalvao8943]

Bandaid in the face of accelerating sea level rise

[@adiraodeda7962]

@ Mad Mike : You can't tell them anything- it's better to whine then use their heads!

[@jeffreyboyd2758]

Most of these are secondary homes and many owners wouldn’t mind having a storm wipe the slate clean so they and their insurance can build a new sandcastle. Beach replenishment isn’t a bad idea, but they need sandbars, dunes, and vegetation.

[@ronaldsmith2343]

beach replenishment - sure - buy a condo in Atlantis. Build 100 foot high levees in New Orleans, the rich have played you - do they even have private insurance? or are you subsidizing? Keep people broke and stupid long enough - and you get this garbage.....70 years on OBX and still, they got people believing in Alice

[@Miner-49]

Insurance? No they expect taxpayers to foot the bill. FEMA hands out money like candy.

[@robertof.s.7491]

Insurance companies will find a not to cover that.

[@jeffreyboyd2758]

@@ronaldsmith2343 There are worse things I am mandated at gunpoint to subsidize. The economy benefits having a high value residential and light commercial coast, but strict zoning and building codes are crucial.

[@wisenber]

@@Miner-49 "FEMA hands out money like candy." They loan it out. FEMA doesn't provide money to directly homeowners to rebuild. They provide loans which must be repaid.

[@dalea1691]

All beaches are going to change. Can't stop mother nature.

[@barbryll8596]

I completely agree! It sucks to lose your home, but building any structure this close to the sea is crazy

[@martinmerrill5366]

I thought it was climate change?

[@-Subtle-]

@@martinmerrill5366 it is.

[@donaldindividual-1]

State Farm is there?

[@davidleonard8369]

@@-Subtle- that's right, just ask chicken little.

[@vincentengongoro2705]

In an up side, when someone with an inland house decides to put it up for sale they can boast "soon to be waterfront "

[@Janotes]

This is the continued idiocy of building on the shoreline and closely thereof. Even after Hurricane Sandy here on the East coast in 2012 the answer was to raise the homes where the first floor was approximately 10-12 ft above ground level. The continued thirst by municipalities for tax revenue seems to trump all.

[@govinda102000]

Correct. Taxpayer welfare paid to people who wish to in eroding shorelines.

[@MarkoDeLaVoota]

anything for that stolen tax money, anything!!

[@toomanymarys7355]

Galveston raised itself after the worst hurricane in America history and has been fine ever since.

[@V211-q4g]

I think a lot of people missed the point. It's the dam's that reduce the amount of sediment going into the Gulf. This sediment continually supplies the beach with clastics to even out the effects of erosion. Hurricanes can erode large amounts of beach away as well.

[@blauer2551]

Shorelines and river paths aren’t permanent, never have been. People think if they build stuff on the edge that it’s permanent. Problem is that Mother Nature didn’t get the memo.

[@Rhaspun]

I saw video about a piece of land used to be part of the US but the river it was adjacent to, had changed it's shape so that eventually it ended up on the Mexico side.

[@wisenber]

Few believe those structures are permanent. If the owner can get a few decades of use, most will have found the expense worthwhile.

[@larrydishman105]

Thanks so much. Born in Galveston in 1943, I love this and all of your very informative videos.

[@vikzn1607]

Damn bruh you like 80

[@ninaappelt9001]

BOI

[@lav25og83]

So how is it that Galveston hasn't washed away, again in your lifetime, Explain it!

[@MrQuaiven]

If flooding is so common in an area that you need to build your house on stilts, that is nature's way of telling you not to live in that area.

[@decypheryt3159]

Love my house out there. It doesn't flood like that all the time only when there's a hurricane. Mine is 11' 6" off the ground.

[@ronaldsmith2343]

@@decypheryt3159 do you have non subsidized private insurance?

[@decypheryt3159]

@@ronaldsmith2343 yes.

[@ronaldsmith2343]

@@decypheryt3159 thx - on the obx the richest can't get private, they don't care, they get paid

[@decypheryt3159]

@@ronaldsmith2343 no problem. No, wife and I have had to work hard for it for over 3-4 years. Trucking.

[@guymantell9715]

I've got no sympathy for folks that knowingly buy or build in area's doomed for destruction from natural erosion or natural disaster, it should have been deemed an un livable area after Ike. Get your insurance build elsewhere. We shouldn't have to help you again.....

[@Janotes]

The sad part is municipalities allow it. It's all supported by the Real Estate, and construction industry.

[@guymantell9715]

@@Janotes they all do even the insurance companies that know they're gonna have to pay to fix them, it's 🤪

[@mickcarson8504]

Do what we do in Melbourne, Australia. We use sand pumps to suck up sand that was dragged into the deep by waves and pump it back to shore. You can't stop nature from caving in beach sand but you can reclaim it with sand pumps. Try it and within weeks you will have a luscious beach. Don't be disappointed about it. It's the way nature works, it's the way the sea claims land, drags it to the bottom and finds itself inland in the form of gulfs and other shapes, including gouging into rocks to form caves and blowholes. If you like the area and like the beach, then get the sand pumps and get to work.

[@roberthertz6634]

Too simple. Americans like it complicated.

[@Underwatermetaldetecting]

Pissing in the wind to the tune of about 12 million dollars each time you do it. They have been doing it all over the gulf coast for a long time. Absolutely stupid! Just don’t let people buy the property. Use for swimming enjoyment and nothing else 🤔

[@toolmanthetim7042]

your plan is to fight millions of years of nature by throwing huge piles of cash at a problem, forever? wow

[@willysnowman]

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[@mickcarson8504]

I was actually talking about our St. Kilda seashore here in Melbourne which is our version similar to the Venice beach in California (or wherever the beach in the video is from). Our beach is a bay beach 6 and half kilometers long and almost straight. It's a haven for walkers, cyclists, roller bladers and runners. But, sometimes sand gets dragged in deep by very large waves from aggressive, windy storm. If left in a state of disrepair it will then gouge all the sand and then waves will lap against a retaining wall, gets above it and onto the grass, footpaths and road. The sand doesn't completely disappear on the beach, but is dragged into the deep to forms in-water sandbanks. What they do here is to suck sand from those banks with a jet pump and spread it back on the beach as in 'reclaiming' our sand from Nature. If you have noticed that there have been times when the sea seems to be shallow and think that it must be low tide. No, that may be low tide but low tide/high tide doesn't stay the same. You will find that the sudden shallow sea by the beach is due to sand dragged into the sea as you also see that the beach is narrower, usually after a bad, windy storm where waves are higher and aggressively gouging the beach. The gouged sand then piles up in the water away from the beach and forms large lumps of sand called sand-banks. Since this is St. Kilda, we want to keep it the same as has been, even though mother Nature loves to play tricks on us, we will still defend our city, like ants defend their castle. We are lucky that we are by the bay and storms don't get any bad than this, but try our oceanic 150 kilometers long beach in East Victoria (our State), in Gippsland, called Ninety Mile Beach. The waves are massive on stormy or windy days, the ocean sea is real gouger in that area compared to other surfing places. Problem is, the surf is excellent but the entire beach area is plagued with mosquitoes, indestructible sand flies (you swat them with all you might and they will still fly off) and bush leech and ticks. And if you try to swim or surf, sharks are abundant, not to mention biting sea lice and stinking jellyfish. That's why it is always deserted, the pesky blood sucking Draculas are by the shore watching and smelling you a mile away. 5 minutes on this beach and it's clear, you have an army around you, ready to suck you dry.

[@MahlonTXX]

Love all of your videos! Thanks so much for all the work that goes into these!

[@RandyAlexander100]

This has happening from the time the first beach house was built there in the 50s and 60s, it's not something new.

[@williamwaters4506]

I studied beach erosion in a geology course when I was in college. My geology professor was on a state committee investigating ways to stop bean erosion. He said that he kept telling state officials that it cannot be stopped, it can only be slowed down at the cost of millions upon millions of dollars. He said that they would not listen to him so he withdrew from the committee. Putting houses up in poles is useless because it is the land that needs to be raised along with the house.

[@ScottDaileyYOUTUBE]

This is good info! I wonder if they've changed their stance as all these houses get eaten.

[@riverratrvr9225]

Yes, we moved after Ike. Too much stress. Former resident, 806 Beach Drive

[@nozrep]

also, I dunno if this is actually true or not, but all the “seaweed” that washed up on the beach used to be always shoveled away, which contributed to the erosion. If I am not mistaken, “they” finally realized that leaving the washed up seaweed piles is important against erosion and it doesn’f matter if it makes the beach look unpretty, so now they leave all the seaweed piles. That’s just something I heard I dunno if that is actually what happened.

[@adiraodeda7962]

Yes, you are correct. It's limited education when it comes to seaweed. Yes, it looks bad and yes it smells BUT it's a NATURAL occurrence. When the so called " sea science" type people clean all that up for " tourists" they are messing with natural nature. Just like pulling sand and shell off shore to " refill" the beach or stop homes and businesses from washing away when they should not be there in the first place!

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

right, people never will learn, leave mother nature alone. let her do what she does.

[@RedfishInc]

Seaweed is still routinely scraped off of the beach depending on the time of the year and the severity. It is stacked along the dune line where it helps to build new dunes.

[@txrick4879]

Here in South Padre Island they dump old Christmas trees in front of the sand dunes to become new dunes and keep the sand from washing away .

[@muhammadsteinberg]

Yep!...Just like grass keeps your lawn soil in place to some extent.

[@bradmetcalf5333]

You're doing a killer job on these videos. I got excited when I saw you had a new one!

[@daleemrick9816]

😂😂

[@corilia9529]

I visited freeport and Galveston and drove by surfside in 2019. I loved all the different colored houses. Also the flood insurance is astronomical.

[@mainegreengrower4209]

Yup FEMA raised the flood plains during Obama’s term

[@corilia9529]

@@mainegreengrower4209 the guy i knew in Freeport over in turtle cove got a bill lasr year for 12000 bucks for flood insurance. Thats 12 thousand bucks. I dunno, that's highly insane. I cant imagine what it would be at ocean front.

[@markpashia7067]

As it should be!!! They get totaled by hurricanes and tropical storm over and over again. Knew of one house that got hit three times in one season back in the seventies. Why should folks in smarter places subsidize these folks who just won't learn. Some use slumlord tactics of building with cheapest crap over and over so they profit off the insurance. Ten grand claim so they put six grand back and wait for the next storm for another ten grand claim!!!

[@courtneylong4573]

Surfside beach, TX is my beach, and I love it here. 🥰

[@nozrep]

indeed this has been an issue for decades. I remember first learning about this as a kid in the early 1990’s fishing Quintana and Surfside with my dad. The eroded out houses fascinated me and I was all, daddy daddy why?! Great video though and a good primer for those who don’t know about this issue. Nonetheless, property investors still take the risk anyways. And that’s on them. Let them take the risk if they want and inform them properly (hopefully) and let them have to turn their property over to the government when it eventually erodes away.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Absolutely! Economic and political pressure nearly always overrode common sense environmental decisions for decades. Builders gonna build. Endangered homeowners gonna demand shoreline remediation AT PUBLIC EXPENSE.

[@deanstanley2125]

I'm an avid fisherman and am thinking of retiring and I'm looking at the Brownsville area. Can you tell me anything about the area and what the fishing is like. I grew up fishing in grande isle Louisiana and am currently out in California. Any help would be appreciated.thank you

[@danwhite5339]

I can't imagine why anyone would want to vacation there. It looks stark.

[@stankythecat6735]

I was thinking the same thing

[@turkey2003]

Fisherman looking for a home base to launch out of

[@johnboydTx]

It's better than Detroit!!!!! 🤣✌

[@stankythecat6735]

@@johnboydTx that’s not saying much !

[@sylviarobinson5952]

@@johnboydTx 😃😂🤦

[@BeachBomberFishing]

Great video man, very well presented as well.

[@garryej]

Oregon beaches are also public property BUT preservation methods such as rip-rap barriers are not allowed and many houses have tumbled into the Pacific as a result.

[@kal-el5535]

Boy I wish there was a KZbinr like you in every state think how fascinating that would be

[@Ruddeger]

Addition of the graphics is great. Very helpful.

[@HoustonHistoricRetail]

Great video, you are truly the Tom Scott of Texas!

[@rickrichter9445]

Great video. I was just telling somebody about this the other day. Surfside Beach is no longer a beach!

[@ScottDaileyYOUTUBE]

Thanks! Yeah it's been crazy to watch it erode over the past few years.

[@CogentConsult]

If you build on sand within 200 feet of the water, expect your house to some day be in the water. That’s just how nature works, folks.

[@bobroberts2217]

Thank you. How these houses were even approved to be built is beyond me. 200 ft? When the beaches are eroding 5ft per year not even counting storm erosion? Yeah anyone with half a brain would tell you that’s a bad investment.

[@TheJhtlag]

well, the opposite could happen too, you end up a mile from the beach

[@bobroberts2217]

Okay? And that’s a problem? I’d rather have that than waves knocking on my door. Would you agree? Erosion is by far a much worse problem than accretion. I don’t hear people complain that they have too much beach.

[@Kanamit.]

*Your videos are so well produced. I hope you get more subs, views, etc. And selfishly I wish you had more videos. Thanks.*

[@ScottDaileyYOUTUBE]

Ha Thanks JD! Me too, me too

[@garyradtke3252]

I was stationed there 1975-1977 and 2 years ago drove through to see changes. It amazed me. From San Louis Pass to the Free Port ship channel was all different. Where Galveston road was far from the water and all sand dunes and nature, houses grow just off the road with very little beach at high tide and they don't have much tide there.

[@MamaKat27]

Surfside used to be my stomping ground back in the 80’s. SO much fun!

[@dorothygale5896]

The stretch between Sea Rim and High Island was rebuilt two or three times farther inland before the state just let it go, Now it's Hwy 73 to Winnie.

[@davidhtims]

In the 70’s my wife and I used to rent beach houses there. They were cheap and lots of fun. We had parties frequently. This last August my wife and I went to Galveston for a few days. One day we took a ocean road drive to Surfside to see where I partied in my younger days. It’s sad to see how far the decline has grown. We checked on one or two of the many “for rent” properties and I was amazed. At the costs. One weekend rentals were in the thousands. I suppose increase in insurance, demand, maintenance and other factors has driven the prices up.

[@davidgraham2673]

Crazy part is that many of these will go unrented, because they're so expensive now.

[@courtneylong4573]

Also the other far end of Surfside (the end closest to Galveston at San Luis Pass) has the exact same issue. There are currently 2 or 3 houses that get hit with waves every high tide.

[@RAZTubin]

There isn't a single beach in the world that remains constat forever. The same for mountains and any natural structure.

[@babymoon5282]

So you mean the whole earth ?

[@mrbyamile6973]

@@babymoon5282 I live in Colorado, the UV light from the sun, wind and hail storms do there number on my place. There is no place that is without the effects of nature trying to reclaim itself. Im originally from Washington state, rain, rot and blackberrys tried reclaiming our property.

[@DROIDFARM]

Liked and subscribed! Very interesting thank you for sharing Scott!

[@GingerHoliday]

I am living in surfside for a few months, this is so crazy. I live near the set of four A frame houses that jet into the ocean and wondered why anyone would build that close. Now I know that they were once farther back, so crazy.

[@KB-ke3fi]

I stayed at those A frames in 1980....and the water was maybe 40 yards away even then.

[@GingerHoliday]

@Tip Toe wow you’re a real sad person to make such a comment. Go crawl back to your miserable hole.

[@Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

Memories fade, but I remember my grandparents taking my sister and me to Padre Island to camp on the beach in the early 1950's. If I remember correctly, there was only one permanent structure on North Padre at the the time, and I believe it was some type of public building. My latest visit to the island was over fifty years ago, but Google Earth shows me that things have changed a bit.

[@Hitman-ds1ei]

You can't beat nature at the erosion game it's as natural as the sun coming up and going down

[@JoeyRamonAllones]

I remember see houses on stilts in 1984 on Galveston Island while visiting my sister in nearby Houston.

[@johnwells9089]

That's why we're buying in Central Texas because before too long we can have Coastal property!

[@tinamarie0701]

I frequented Surfside Regularly 30 years ago! I went back 2 years ago....Big Difference for sure!

[@bhaskerthapa9066]

Nobody should ever be allowed to built houses so close to the coastline, due to safety reasons and to enjoy natural beauty as it is

[@springerworks002]

Nah, they should be allowed to build, as long as they assume rhe liabilities.

[@DF-et4gs]

Ah yes, but some land speculator bought that sweet property and needed to cash in on it.

[@rafaucett]

Hmmm... Then I guess no one should should be allowed to build houses in the hills of California due to wild fires.

[@DF-et4gs]

@@rafaucett given their water/draught crisis wildfire situation it is kinda questionable lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/npzFlpWFndN2oKM It used to be a rather harsh place to live until water was established.. I mean stolen.

[@richarda996]

This was happening in the 80’s at Surfside south of Galveston. I witnessed this already. Only after a couple of storms did Galveston get worried. Also the highway between High Island and the eastern towns was wiped out.

[@rafeone9808]

Who would've thought building a house right on edge of an open gulf would become a problem.

[@ethanwild3301]

Exactly

[@cheryldaniels8801]

Man must learn to RESPECT Almighty God's earth. Stop trying to change the natural flow of the oceans, rivers etc. Your supposed to build far back off a lake or ocean so that you won't interrupt the natural flow of things. But here comes man and he wants to do it his way--- AND THIS IS WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS! Show me a place where it floods-- and I will show you where man has built a dam or some other structure that has somehow caused the problem!!!!!!!

[@dbedazzling1]

That beach look so beautiful and calm.

[@Thefishingplumber]

Really cool covering my favorite fishing grounds!

[@sarsarsvintagejewelry]

Surfside has changed so so much since I first went there in 1994. Still love going but it’s not the same.

[@whatif8408]

There are many of those beach houses that sell for $300K and up. I have always wondered about insurance companies that would cover storm damages to those houses. Do they just like to throw away money trying to repair the unrepairable? Beach erosion along the Gulf of Mexico is a natural, expected occurrence. Strong storms that knock down beach houses are a precedent.

[@ScottDaileyYOUTUBE]

I would love to know what their insurance situation is. I wonder if any of them are getting grandfathered FEMA rates. Apparently the city stopped granting repair permits I think after Ike for houses that were wet at high tide.

[@ethanwild3301]

@@ScottDaileyKZbin what other local Houston channels are there like yours? I'm looking for more stuff like this.

[@ScottDaileyYOUTUBE]

@@ethanwild3301 I recommend checking out xplore RC, Quad Scenery (formerly Dale Quest), also Preservation Houston launched one.

[@KB-ke3fi]

they used to be real cheap until out of staters came there and bought them all up and jacked the price 5 times higher....now it's out of control. Some woman from California, a lawyer, bought a bunch of em and then sued the state over the Open Texas Beaches Act, so she could have her own private beach. It cost the taxpayers millions. I don't know if she won or not....but she royally pissed off a lot of people who were used to using any beach they wanted to since the dawn of time. She was real arrogant, and still lives in Callifornia.

[@decypheryt3159]

@@ScottDaileyKZbin you asked: We live in Crystal Beach, TX. We bought our house 3 years ago. We live on the Bayside of highway 87 a 1/2 mile from the beach. The ground is 6' above sea level and our house is 11'6" above the ground. 1440 sqft house. Our insurance is: Flood, wind storm & home owners: $6k a year. Flood deductible: $10k deductible Wind storm: $2,670 deductible Homeowners: $1770 deductible

[@TransitAndTeslas]

That hovering sidewalk just sent shivers down my spine.

[@beeveedee9355]

Here's a question: could those houses stuck put there be cut from their stilts and moved to another location?

[@professorneturman2249]

Can they? Yes. The reason is beach erosion. Barrier islands are on constantly shifting sand

[@guitarhero6584]

It's called "erosion" been happening for thousands of years now

[@bricemacaluso8361]

All thanks to the army corps of engineers who places those man made (yep, they ain't natural formations) jettys out there which are the reason for the increase in sand erosion.

[@b.csplatbriancross7062]

If they would have turned the jettys parallel to shores and out a mile then the jetties would have stopped the currents instead of running them from shore into the sea!!!!

[@bricemacaluso8361]

@@b.csplatbriancross7062 would have cost a LOT more and the design they had they knew would do exactly what it did. That's why they outsourced the work to the army corp of engineers, nobody could be held accountable and it wouldn't fall back on the states to reimburse homeowners

[@lowellterret9907]

Back in early 70s the coastal dune system comprised of 18-33’ high dunes backed up the beaches from Sabine, south to Port Arkansas…. As O&G offshore activity boomed, petrochemical plants multiplied, and container vessels were hatching….. the various ports along the coast needed dredging and hardening w/ jetties. And with more ship traffic , more dredging. And longer and longer and longer jetties. Initially the jetties acted as sand traps, capturing migrating sand down the coast, starving replenishment of dune system. As the sand traps filled, sand bars filled the jetty channels.. so jetties were extended into deeper water…. Now currents along shore were stronger … able to transport sand into sand bars, in deeper water… never to return to shore. Big example was the transform over time of Quintana Beach … a prime surf spot… consistent waves … surf able. But within decade of extending the surf side jetty, the wave sets vanished, the dunes vanished, the beach vanished to become a mud flat .. at high tide and low… The story repeated up and down the coast… Dunes remain south of Corpus..wide beaches.. but for another 10-20 years ?? .

[@BeachBomberFishing]

Roll over pass was also a big culprit in the drastic besch erosion over in bolivar and crystal beach.

[@dirttdude]

our cabin in Oregon was consumed by sand a few times, it takes forever to dig it out.... once i learned to do away with the traditional foundation and keep all my utilities above ground it turned into an annual chore to move the house, i got the idea from a guy who's house was flooded every year on his riverfront property

[@phuqut6969]

This was interesting and informative. Thanks for making quality content!

[@nedahopkins996]

Just saw this,to let you know the Bolivar Peninsula took a devastating hit we lost most beach front homes because of Ike,we lost something like up to at least a couple thousand homes and a lot of businesses. I really feel bad for Surfside but the Peninsula suffered tremendously

[@ScottDaileyYOUTUBE]

I remember that well. Lots of new construction there since then too but it looks to be much better built. We'll see if it's strong enough for the next one.

[@MrEazyE357]

Just FYI, you're title should read "Texas's Disappearing Beaches". You only drop the "s" after the apostrophe if it's a plural possessive (e.g. Texans').

[@cherrierichardson1032]

Very interesting. So much I do not know, but enjoy the learning experience. I just moved to Sargent, Tx. Less than an hour to surf side, I believe.

[@billywalker9223]

I have over 400 acres of mountain land, and I have enough sense to observe the changes and the water flow. There are places to build, and places to avoid.

[@KB4QAA]

BW; Don't complain to us when the mountain falls down on you! :) cheers.

[@chrisandjulli]

My beach I grew up surfing it. I remember all the houses and the dunes. If it survives another decade or 2 I will be surprised.

[@tywebbgolfenthusiast8950]

This was in my recommendations from youtube. I watched it and was like, c’mon ocean! When that erosion gets to Iowa, I will have beachfront property!

[@JTCT]

Sea level isn't rising. Coast lines are eroding. 150 year old light house in long island sound in my town has had the same high tide water line since it was constructed. People.... Don't buy a house on SAND. No brainer.

[@carl-cr7rp]

Great video.

[@petuniaromania6294]

Do you have an update on this story, if not, I'd really like to see one done if you have time.

[@surfinghouston]

See Australia restoration of Snapper Rocks beach by pumping sand from offshore to beach. Surfside is a very much identical condition

[@darrellwillburn3066]

We moved to Brazosport area around 1968. Freeport ,Clute , Lake Jackson were home until I moved to Georgia in 89. Miss the beaches and fishing. Spent my childhood and teenage years on Surfside, Bryan and Quintana Beach. Still can remember seeing my mom boiling the crabs we caught at at the marshes before you get to the bridge that takes you over to surfside. I can still smell the crab boil mix. Took the Bluewater highway to San Luis Pass and Christmas Bay to fish and go to Galveston. Whenever I make it back home to visit family , winter or summer , I have to go check out the beaches. I hope to make it back home for good one day.

[@nancymorrison9978]

Mother Nature wins again and she will always win.🌏🌎🌍

[@gerardomartinez3920]

Boi shut with ur hippi shet mother nature just dosent care lol

[@zorazorazorzzora8333]

Biloxi and Waveland, MS the same … and folks keep building. Worldwide issue because folks love building where it’s most vulnerable

[@HardCoreGarage]

So instead of removing the houses, we'll let them crumble into the ocean... humans suck

[@nellgrill3845]

Agreed !! All the chemical,. Paint. Will poison ,,already (in trouble). Our waterways...

[@briand3459]

Cool video. Thanks for sharing. I like the sidewalk that is hanging in mid-air.

[@Gk2003m]

Beaches across the globe are becoming less ‘beach’ and more water. Used to be that the sands shifted. Now they are disappearing under the waves

[@rabidsamfan]

Or being turned into concrete.

[@mainegreengrower4209]

The sand is moving, from all the dredging countries do to make islands chyna , Dubai so on

[@user-vy7mi3xb7b]

Its called sediment migration. Sea level has not changed. Geologist speaking.

[@rabidsamfan]

@@user-vy7mi3xb7b Work for an oil company I bet. Tell the folks on Tuvalu that sea level rise isn’t real. Or for that matter the folks in Boston that see Morrisey Blvd regularly end up underwater when it used to be high and dry during storms.

[@user-vy7mi3xb7b]

@@rabidsamfan right on! Same here and I loved geology long before working in O&G. If sea level rise was real we would have to adjust all of the offshore well measurements because our datum (Sea Level @ 0') would be incorrect one day to the next. I've never heard nor found evidence to change the Sea level datum. Another reason relative (aka local) water levels van change is due to crustal isostacy, plate tectonics concept of cratonic buoyancy. The sheer scale of these concepts nullifies the global Sea level change argument. And out of respect for God's creation we need to understand that it is actually IMPOSSIBLE to change the global temperature by our own 20year "innovations". Not only is it the least scientific notion ever but it is alarmingly arrogant to the point of making massive corporations and billionaires ultra rich at the expense of sending the plebians (now modern day surfs) back in time to the dark ages standard of thinking, aka illiteracy.

[@Huntinghogs]

Don’t build your house on a sandy beach near the Gulf/Ocean. Sand moves with moving water. It’s a no brainer.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Barrier islands are always at risk. Lack of sediment deposits will doom these houses over time. The only reason our beaches survived are that Army Corp of Engineers issues contracts to clear harbor mouths and dredge approaches so sand is replenished every so many years at minimal costs to local community. Otherwise we would have had to deal with a lot more coastal erosion costs.

[@ACommenterOnYouTube]

2 things: Evaporation or someone is extracting the water for bottle water sales. Same crap happened for Lake Michigan. Its levels went down until someone found out some company was draining the lake to make bottle water ... ...

[@mainegreengrower4209]

I’ve been going to the same beaches since the 80s..and the water levels are the same..

[@skricha6743]

They won't stand the test of time! Coastlines change, ALWAYS have and ALWAYS will. People are ignorant if they don't understand that this is normal and shouldn't be stopped. Good luck trying though.

[@tee-moneysalis9251]

Hey!!! Lets build a bunch of houses on the beach... Me: What about rising sea levels. Developers: Not my problemIm only in it for the money. Me: What about the families they'll lose everything. Developers: Better get homes owners insurance. Me: That won't cover everything. What the memories they build. The time. Developers: Hey who Hell buys a house on the beach and doesn't expect Hurricane's to come every year😳😳😳😳

[@Janotes]

Thank the local municipalities for allowing this building. They cant get enough of tax dollars. And sadly people are foolish to think there wont be issues at some point.

[@josuemartinez7205]

I'm in Houston. I've been to Surfside beach plenty of times.

[@mikeschepper6485]

Jetties affect it as well, they need to build a side jetty to stop the gulf from picking up the sand an moving it

[@texastalk86]

GOOD SHIT BRO. I LIVE IN HOUSTON AND DIDN'T KNOW THIS.

[@bonniegordon9108]

So what about AAALLLL the water from melting glaciers!?!?!?

[@SuperGospelGangsta]

In California they build a jetty and it traps the sand. I don’t know why they don’t build some jettys.

[@W5NEH]

Based on reviews I can find online, it seems as if the house you showcased in this video was lasted used as a vacation rental in June of 2020

[@ScottDaileyYOUTUBE]

Nice, where are you finding this?

[@W5NEH]

@@ScottDaileyKZbin Scott, I tried to add a reply with a link but it does not seem to have taken. If you go to brri . com and search for Thunder Point under vacation rentals, you will find it. It had photos of this home more in its prime, and the reviews I mentioned. BRRI is the company on the sign on the house.

[@robertstout2329]

On mustang and n padre island ,condos, hotels and houses have to be built behind the dunes line 200 to 300 feet.Also only have elevated board walks over the dunes. This helps .

[@Ireland2017]

He who builds his house in sand is a fool. Hence, the bible. No, i'm not surprised.

[@sharky7665]

This could have been a 1 minute video. You could have went around the corner to Baytown Tx and talked about it sinking 20+ years ago. That wasn’t beach erosion.

[@chasezuniga7005]

It is sad when people dont take care of there land

[@1AloneX2]

sad! lived there in mid '80s and it was an awesome place! nowhere near that many houses!

[@secularsunshine9036]

*Those who fear the Light, are kept in the dark.* "Let the Sunshine In." E pluribus Unum

[@jhtsurvival]

I love the dark

[@thomasbrogan9102]

"And face it with a grin, Smiler's never lose And frowners, never win"

[@rvboondocker2559]

Great video thanks

[@camojoe83]

It's amazing how stupid people are here in the comment section for this environmental fear porn. Not unexpected, but still amazing to witness.

[@benitomoralesjr1142]

Anytime you build a diversion at sea. It's a diversion at home.

[@johnlowe8418]

Great vid, and thank you for not mentioning/blaming climate change as the reason behind this issue as is the trend these days.

[@michaelb.8953]

Water disappearing=global warming, flooding=global warming. I also appreciate that this narrator didn't push the global warming BS.

[@dirtysouthclimbing]

The edge of anything always changes.