Houses Washed Into the Sea Part 23534564 (Galveston)

[wawa]

Sept 23, 2024 16:39:25 GMT -5 Susie said:

Sept 23, 2024 13:08:59 GMT -5 wawa said:

Ironman Maryland was over the weekend in Cambridge, MD and sections of the run course and transition area were apparently flooded by the high tide.  

Peripheral to the main point of the OP, someone I know participated (finished), and she said the water was thigh deep in places on the run course!?  She posted photos of runners in just ankle deep water, but still, what a miserable marathon.  And I can't imagine how they handled the bike portion.

I was told the bike course stayed relatively dry. Puddles only. Salt water puddles, so....ya know, get that bike cleaned, but puddles. Not sure if that was from people who jsut hit the wet part of the course at low tide though, and others were fording rivers if they were slower/faster.

[sonrisa]

This seems like a pixy and Wawa approved solution:

Hawaii is suing a home owner to clean up their house that fell into the ocean.

www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/hawaii-man-home-fell-into-ocean-19795433.php

[cville]

I know we need to, but thinking about this is so overwhelming to me. It's like staring into the sun.

Also, Galveston was nearly wiped out over 100 years ago. And yet it's STILL being further developed. Take a hint.

[pixy0stix]

I'm amused that this guy thinks planting beach grass is going to save his home, that he just bought knowing it only has a handful of years to go before it's gone.

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[AAM2012]

Sept 28, 2024 15:01:53 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I'm amused that this guy thinks planting beach grass is going to save his home, that he just bought knowing it only has a handful of years to go before it's gone.

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Please tell me he has no mortgage…if he has one I’d love to know who insures him privately as well as what he pays for flood insurance…

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Sept 24, 2024 7:28:53 GMT -5 mrshandy said:

Random tangential question why do they let these houses fall into the sea instead of just tearing them down? They are uninhabited and condemned. Seems like a good way to pollute the ocean. Is it too hard to tear them down because they are on sand ?

In NC, insurance won’t help at all until the house has already collapsed. Often owners can’t afford to take any other steps without insurance money. There’s a push to make a law that insurance companies pay for other steps to be taken before the house collapses.