Update: Santa Cruz pier collapses

[@Chasingcows5050]

went earlier this summer and remember smoking bowls under the pier and just looking at how rotted and rusty the metal and wood was

[@RetroFix]

It looked the same 10 years ago when I was smokin bowls under there.

[@glitterchevy]

Thier staff had no indication, but stoners could tell for like, hella long.

[@johnfetter]

@@glitterchevy Yes is collapsed like joey and blues legacy.

[@WingedSumac]

And a century worth of added weight from barnacles that were probably never cleared doesn't help. If I had to guess, it's similar to the reason that forest fires constantly happen in CA now. Nobody ever does forestry management to remove all of the dead trees & brush that state governments everywhere else across the country do.

[@HomeSkillit]

​@@glitterchevy We've been telling them since the 1970s

[@nathanc1408]

This is 20 year 20 million dollar environmental impact study of what happens when a deteriorating pier falls into the ocean...

[@MorganMcGinnis]

Dont forget the crane and bobcat that are on the bottom now too

[@Terri4444]

The Inspectors had no indications that the pier could crumble, amidst it's $4 Million renovation.

[@keinlieb3818]

The kids knew it was going to collapse, but the experts had no idea. Simply amazing.

[@gypsy5592]

Thats why they were checking it and going to do a renovation. 😲

[@Pinkdiscochick]

Same with the Malibu pier. The very last time I went fishing there, the pier was swaying. After doing some research I learned just how old and unstable it is, but for some reason no one else seems to worry about it. I pray that no one else gets hurt as a result of this.

[@jogmeat]

Thank you Santa Cruz county

[@faulmannpictures]

So the usual Government position. A one hundred year old structure that’s had no real restoration and maintenance…shocking.

[@MegaBait1616]

Maybe the whole state will fall into the ocean .. After all it's California , lol .

[@PhillTheGreat]

California coastal commission... thats the problem, they prevent proper repairs. There is another pier in Marin country that is about to crumble, but repairs have been blocked.... this has nothing to do with climate...

[@JulieN-v4r]

Can you tell us why they are preventing the repair?

[@hugoortega195]

more like all those "tax breaks" came from somewhere, you know that term "austerity" politician like to use? Yeah that was a code word for "don't pay for it"

[@DROPTHELOPODCAST]

@@JulieN-v4rmaybe insurance and with that they can build a new one and have a lot of money left over

[@FreyjaFoxx.x]

​@JulieN-v4r most likely concerns about environmental impacts and potential damages.

[@sbielec30]

@@JulieN-v4rMaybe, just maybe 🤔, it has something to do with the money slated for the repairs is being siphoned off by the politicians in charge?

[@Jack458111]

The pier inspection probably needed a peer inspection.

[@janesheridan7967]

You are very close. If there is an inspector on site, the job is not being done.

[@MNDashcam]

Build Back Better huh

[@MaryHartman-ei9pv]

Exactly 💯 😢😢😢😢😢 breaks my heart they destroyed the entire State of California Newsome Pelosi Waters absolutely heartbreaking😢😢😢😢😢

[@sackdeep]

Please fix communist California!

[@boltamputated92]

Yeah because I'm sure Republicans cutting taxes on the rich in California would help pay for projects like this ​@@MaryHartman-ei9pv

[@Gdub33]

@@MNDashcam you people are so honestly sad.

[@johnfetter]

@@Gdub33 It collapsed like joey and the blue legacy.

[@susanbaker8023]

Glad all people were rescued.

[@MsBatbird]

Well it's my unprofessional opinion that the pier is not safe.

[@jo2832]

What? It's fine. Now it's just the Santa Cruz Cruise.

[@leebarker3048]

Only in California, great job gov. Nesome.

[@chappy9724]

Didn’t they have a vampire problem back in the 80s?

[@TheOwlNorge]

One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach: all the damn vampires.

[@AirDOGGe]

No longer the murder capital of the world. Now we have our own floating pier too!

[@albatross8]

Night Stalker coming to git ya!! 🧛‍♀️

[@glitterchevy]

@@TheOwlNorge try some windex granpa

[@larrysloan9296]

Day late. Millions short

[@tylermaclaine2784]

I spent my childhood summers with my grandparents that lived a short walk from the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Learning the Pier crumbled in to the ocean breaks my heart.

[@justanotherguy469]

"Like we were in a movie". Tells me about the depth of his life.

[@trevorpb16]

No problem, just the most iconic boardwalk in America. The corruption in this country is eroding it, from the inside out.

[@Gdub33]

Alright grandpa. Let's get you back to the home.

[@nostradamus7648]

Always lying. It's Atlantic City Boardwalk. This is NOT the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Even Google agrees. Now, apologize.

[@stuwest3653]

It was a pier, not a boardwalk.

[@johnfetter]

@@Gdub33 Cry more in your fail blue echo chamber.

[@coolzworldd]

That’s the Santa Monica pier dingus

[@jillkelly1329]

My niece was one of the engineers who was working on the pier, she's the one in all the photos/videos who's being rescued by the jet ski. So scary.

[@lc6197]

Where’s the 4 million now?

[@rwest1966]

In the pacific ocean...

[@UnkklRico]

Public official’s pockets.

[@jasonmedeiros9492]

Their clothes.

[@arielsea9087]

In a shark's belly.

[@DogChowGurl]

Just stop it. Stop the gaslighting.

[@MaryHartman-ei9pv]

Do you know what a clairvoyant is??? 💯✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️ you don't know what you're talking about pack your bags leave that state

[@justadildeau]

​@MaryHartman-ei9pv 😂 I bet you're hilarious in person

[@melkikuo7921]

Glad the three individuals got out safely. But that piece of equipment is another story.

[@westernwashingtonhistory1889]

another example of CA not bing run well.

[@user-ks2uo3qh7i]

Another example of a semi literate comment from a numb nuts.

[@Sandi-ke9mi]

Keywords being, century old icon…

[@wadebarber6493]

Best wishes to the people of Santa Cruz. Long live the Santa Cruz Pier.

[@AirDOGGe]

The pier is fine. Only the narrow extension at the tip was lost.

[@sforza209]

That 4 million dollar renovation just turned into a 40 million dollar replacement.

[@netstarr7758]

Completely incompetent state, county, cities

[@user-ks2uo3qh7i]

Awe sweetie. Emotional much?

[@josephpeluchette191]

The words are what do the people pay those insane taxes for incompetence from the governor on down

[@christinagrist]

People are paying insane taxes but the entire coastline in SC is eroding so those houses close to the water are stoked to have people paying those high taxes. Those repairs will cost a fortune! I walked that bluff today and the erosion factor is unreal.

[@josephpeluchette191]

@christinagrist that's a choice they made im sorry that's not a maintenence issue for government that's one the homeowner chose if they took fifth grade earth science they eouldve chose differently

[@netstarr7758]

The Seal Beach Pier is the same

[@bluefreedom5342]

How tragic. I hope they rebuild this pier. It's world famous, been in so many movies too...

[@christinagrist]

I was there today before it went down. I just kept looking at it from our nearby hotel & asking myself how in the heck that old pier could withstand those massive swells…nuts!

[@Sonia-cs2vw]

Doesn't give a lot of confidence in their work.

[@hugoortega195]

Wealthiest place on planet Earth and I bet that peir hasn't been maintained or repaired in decades

[@AirDOGGe]

"Wealthiest". LMAO. You don't know Santa Cruz county too well, do you? Yet another armchair expert. "Out of the mouths of babes..."

[@hugoortega195]

@@AirDOGGe yeah its a suburb of silicon valley, you know how many tech people live in Santa Cruz and work from home? Plus the amount of money flowing thru the region, but yeah the thing you aren't saying is how greedy they all are, hence that peir hasn't been repaired or maintained for decades

[@hugoortega195]

@@AirDOGGe FYI I lived in the Bay Area for 4 years......

[@johnfetter]

@@hugoortega195 Monaco is bud.

[@AirDOGGe]

@@hugoortega195 Cool. Mountain View is my home town and I lived in the south bay my entire 64 years. Made MANY trips to Santa Cruz since I was a little kid and just moved there 2 months ago to stay. I know it all well. No more greed here than I see everywhere. Welcome.

[@CharlotteS-t5t]

Props to the SC first responders, they're top.

[@TammyAZBear]

What? Just happened to have workers checking safety. Stop it

[@drewski6843]

Ate there two years ago with heavy waves. Great food from the Dolphin. I was very shocked to see it drop into the ocean, but every time I went to Santa Cruz Wharf, they were always doing some type of repair. The road was falling apart, shook or vibrated while driving across the wharf looking for parking. Glad my family and I weren't there when this happened. Hopefully, no one got seriously injured. Hope they can repair this major damage soon.

[@chortcutyoutube4078]

The pier must be completely demolished and a new one made, otherwise they endanger the general public and if an accident were to happen in the future because it is not rebuilt, they will face million-dollar lawsuits.

[@DemeriseJones]

These extremely high surfs are also occurring up and down the coastlines of Mexico, Hawaii and in Chile

[@elliottdebbie2005]

Maybe build a rail system to fish off it

[@tonyosorio7306]

Right……. Construction workers there and renovations…… they destroyed it.

[@noodengr3three825]

The first young man said " we didnt think much about the pier creaking and groaning" ?

[@SpaceSailor-tu3vl]

Half the work done for the coastal commission renovation , now they will fine the owners for pollution of the water then have the rest removed next the amusement park gots to go

[@ChristopherBruns-o7o]

Did that guy just admit it was there job to inspect the warf for fault And had no idea it was going to collapse. I would need a refund from that company is me.

[@chaddaugherty6401]

The "Eddie Would Go" Waimei Bay surf competition yesterday had monster waves, they were commenting that the swell was pretty much split between California and Hawaii. This sucks because the Santa Monica Pier was an awesome landmark, this could have been worse if the entire swell had hit California. The upkeep on said pier was for sure the worst part of this but thankfully it was not more destructive . And the Eddie Would Go was EPIC!

[@jasminvaldez4618]

It’s Santa Cruz, not Santa Monica…

[@thebibleisfordummies]

As a professional restoration expert, I can safely say that pier is in bad need of restoration.

[@Godhateswolverine]

We’ve got out dated, poorly maintained infrastructure yet the clowns keep sending money elsewhere. When the country falls, they have themselves to blame.

[@Rawley111]

It was super scary i saw it it fell and i saw three people

[@no_media8711]

Lol people talking about inspections and inspectors as if that matters at this point lol.

[@richardwade1544]

I'll never park on the wharf again......

[@lexi4693]

Just the pier, not the whole southern area? Damm!

[@willowJ-nb3iy]

What a surprise with everything falling apart and neglected infrastructure problems?!!!!

[@joecoool100]

Chief Lifeguard “ We had first responders at the ready for when rotten, neglected and rusted under structure finally collapsed into the sea…it was just a matter of time”. 😮

[@FreedomForever2010]

Was it supposed to do that?

[@crazycasy]

this whole thing seems fishy, like they needed a reason to close the pier and start renovation, what are the odds they would be doing the the inspection with a back up team in the water the same moment it sinks..

[@cv9381]

They hear things cracking and breaking, but could care less, then it collapses and the cameras came, now they care and have a witness statements to say. 🤦🏼‍♂️ people are so disconnected from reality and surroundings, with little to no survival skills.

[@Wangchung405]

But they’re taxed to no end?!? How could this happen?!?

[@28704joe]

Wait till the 500 year tsunami hits....this is peanuts.

[@johnfetter]

Will joey and kamaltoe be around then?

[@martinmabry5460]

Must have been old and rotted.

[@joew6177]

Very old, still surprising considering the amount of lumber involved. There must have been some kind of undermining.

[@williamdefeline1800]

Renovation were in process -- sections are replaced a bit at a time over the years.

[@TheOwlNorge]

Like all of America and the people in charge of this crumbling and dying country.

[@sirbernardmendesfrance6817]

The environmental impact oftentimes heard over and over is “You don’t expect it to happen.” A commiserate approach long overdue for the explanatory indicator that it was already happening and it was a matter of time. The lag time between getting ahead of the curve is preventative accounting, meaning how much time is actually left before disaster strikes. As the young man relayed the story as he escaped along with friends from the crumbling pier’s collapse, like in a movie. So much so that in the end this badly needed reconstruction effort was too far behind the curve of the pier’s longevity and structural integrity based on weeks of intense storms that had damaged its foundations. In the end it still becomes one of a natural disaster. And the experience which follows rebuilt what was once there. Again, saving the pier from being destroyed by the sea 5:01 would have been worthy of its age, ages ago, whether it was last year or the year before.

[@brianedwards5792]

Damn vampires

[@Frank-sl7mr]

I see what you did there Brian. Well played Sir. 🫡

[@brianedwards5792]

@Frank-sl7mr ya it would been to easy if I said Santa Cruz was the murder capital of the world, nice catch

[@TheOwlNorge]

One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach: all the damn vampires

[@anonone8954]

They knew that it was going to collapse. They were prepared.

[@gilhoffman3468]

they always put out extra ppl during big surf, it’s dangerous no matter what

[@tracedog27]

It's all the seals fault. They did it.

[@janesheridan7967]

Im a senior civil engineering inspector originally from the CA coast. It always makes sense to wait until high surf months to repair damage caused by high surf. Sheesh. Its unbelievable. How do the "engineers" figure anything get built and maintained in places like Alaska? It's called a construction schedule and weather considerations are part of the schedule. It is enforced on a daily basis and at some point the contractor will go into liquidated damages. Are they all from Kansas or what?

[@jello8562]

Question.. how do people know how much local construction projects cost? Are they constantly looking up how much it costs then going like "Yup that's where my tax dollars are going. What a waste" I feel like that's not healthy

[@abrahamroloff8671]

It's public information, you can look it up any time.

[@jello8562]

@abrahamroloff8671 I know but why are they doing that. It's just like... chill y'know, u still have to pay the taxes

[@AirDOGGe]

Surprised to see the end of the wharf fail. I've walked that pier since the late 1960s. Since it was just the narror tip that broke off I would nto be surprised if they decide to just leave it shorter like that and clean up the end of it. as it sits. I'm not sure of the history but the part that broke off almost looks like it was added on at some time in it's past. Double surprised to see the wharf's restrooms come ashore intact at the mouth of the San Lorenzo river. They built that poop-shack solid! I have had 2 warning messages on my phone today so far warning to stay away from the beaches and cliffs. Why does that make me want to go look more than ever? ;-) (I won't). Stay safe all!

[@O___00]

CAUSE: Utter Imbecilic California Bureaucracy

[@reneestevez7193]

This is very telling of California, it epitomizes the final fall of the whole state drifting away onto the ocean just like this Pier did😢..........

[@JNosewicz7569]

No, it’s not. This is my town. We’re fine.

[@UnkklRico]

@@JNosewicz7569 no, you’re not.

[@alonsolaw8380]

Symbolic of. California

[@SarahTheAmbiguous]

I'm gonna pier-review this pier and I gotta say it's probably a 3/10, that damn thing couldn't hold itself up. I'd probably give it a 4/10 if it wasn't in Santa Cruz of all places

[@noahname6695]

Guess those state inspectors are working from home

[@Ben10Arg]

what did everyone expect? everything in this country is old now, there's no money

[@stephendarr4356]

The rich billionaires don’t pay their fair share

[@28704joe]

Hang in there , ten minutes after Trump gets in office everything will be allwhite.

[@tonyamaya4683]

How do people get caught in such a predicament?? Curiosity hurts

[@bozotheclown935]

My understanding is that the money that was going to be spent fixing the Pier was sent to Ukraine by Newsome. You know.... for the important stuff...

[@Reliabible]

Solid 4 million dollar insurance payout!

[@bigearl791]

Locals only ....

[@Rawley111]

I was there

[@fairchild1737]

I was there 2 weeks ago at the end of the pier. Took photos of the seals.

[@organicvids]

0:42 you cant see it because ITS NIGHTIME AND DARK, spin some more due to your incompetencies to get there during daylight hours.

[@ThamiumOne]

They were there in the daytime - recording the interviews and the other footage, you didn't notice that? They stayed until after dark just to do the live shot introduction.

[@rocketsurgeon11]

I love it...we are on an old wood structure that is constantly being hit by waves, they heard cracking and didn't think much of it. REALLY!? Common sense just ain't common.

[@PennyMeeker-j8m]

Wow! What is happening in California it is falling apart and should not be. Sad.

[@KingAnubis501]

lol what? It's one pier lmao, thats not a whole state

[@Thebob6]

California in a nutshell

[@jonathanmarrufo5647]

So sad 😞

[@Hodad3000]

The surf was so loud.

[@goryburk]

The thing was made of wood pilings. How many years old was it?

[@alonsolaw8380]

Built in 1914.

[@415folife9]

It’s old as dirt pier been there for years !!!

[@alonsolaw8380]

Since 1914

[@davefox7516]

OMG! I've been on that wharf twice. Horrible.

[@actavisprime514]

Has anyone heard that one Tool song?

[@biggiefitz6275]

aenima , I bet

[@kevinreed2605]

its just a small example, Cal, people don't get the clue that the pier is an example on what Calf. will do, break off and slide the Calf. land in to the ocean, hint

[@robertmarley8852]

Infrastructure 🤔

[@karlbrucker5132]

pro active would have been shutting the pier down. but i am sure they will blame tariffs

[@frankcerbantes9429]

Sunday I’n manhattan beach 🏖️ never seen this high tide before in there waves about 6. 8 ft

[@Jameswormsley319]

😮😮

[@davemart3913]

Will cost 20 billion to fix

[@Redpawdave]

Can't see it because of fog AND because Jesse couldn't get down there until it was dark. "Too late Jasse"

[@Tamonke]

Not Santa :(

[@montyrayza7220]

Sounds suspect to me !!

[@crazycasy]

that's the california way of getting more money, 4 million is peanuts, they need 10x that now, try 40 mill

[@jasonmedeiros9492]

SURFS UP DUDE! COWABUNGA

[@TheWesman45]

Inspection failed.

[@Barin-y9m]

Oh no 😢 💔

[@RCRWJR]

Dont need to pay millions in studies , ask the local stoners smokin bowls under the pier

[@alonsolaw8380]

It was a rogue wave.

[@alejandrollamas692]

Next 3 weeks is going to be Big King Tides. Piers All up and down California need massive repairs. Imagine daily pounding of surf.

[@frankcerbantes9429]

That’s bad for real

[@jogmeat]

Gavin will be at the Laundry if needed

[@franklin2846]

I wonder if the money our politicians sent to Ukraine would have helped prevent that wharf collapse. Hmmmm