El Nino storms delivering crashing waves and powerful rain
storms have put homes perched atop coastal bluffs near San
Francisco in danger, forcing residents of an apartment complex
on Monday to leave.
Two clifftop homes have been evacuated, joining several other
nearby houses and apartment buildings abandoned in past years,
the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Pacifica City Manager Lorie Tinfow on Friday declared a local
state of emergency, prompted by storm damage to the coastal city
about 10 miles south of San Francisco.
"El Nino is hitting the city's coastline very hard and creating
almost daily reports of impacts to both public and private
property," she said in a statement.
Storms in 2003 began shearing off huge chunks of the sandstone
cliffs in Pacifica. Several of the homes and apartments were
abandoned in 2010.
Officials since then shored up the bluffs, stacking rocks at the
base of the cliff to break the crashing waves. They also drilled >reinforcement rods into the bluffs and coated the cliff-faces
with reinforced concrete. The cliffs had held in the last four
years of drought, but the newspaper reports that they are no
match for recent storms.
A YouTube video posted Saturday shows a large chunk of the cliff
breaking off under a vacated apartment building. Parts of other
homes and their back patios are left precariously hanging.
Storms have also damaged a seawall and the Pacifica Pier,
popular with tourists and anglers, partially closing it.
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More rain expected
Skies over Northern California have temporarily cleared,
following a series of pounding January storms. The newspaper
reports that the next round of rain could wash over by mid-week.
Officials on Monday tagged an apartment complex of about 20
units as unsafe, ordering residents to pack their things and be
out by sunset. Residents scrambled to find someplace to go.
Jonathan Levine, who had lived in there for more than a year,
said he would stay with friends. "I don't want to leave," he
told the Associated Press. "It was just matter of time."
Comments:
Nathan Garmatz
This is not a state of emergency, it is a continuing state of
stupidity in building so near an eroding cliff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzrymETf9hY
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:27:18 +0100 (CET), "Democrat Dementia" <democrat.dementia@latimes.com> wrote:
El Nino storms delivering crashing waves and powerful rain
storms have put homes perched atop coastal bluffs near San
Francisco in danger, forcing residents of an apartment complex
on Monday to leave.
"El Nino is hitting the city's coastline very hard and creating
almost daily reports of impacts to both public and private
property," she said in a statement.
Skies over Northern California have temporarily cleared,
following a series of pounding January storms. The newspaper
reports that the next round of rain could wash over by mid-week.
This is not a state of emergency, it is a continuing state of
stupidity in building so near an eroding cliff.
Proof of Gorebal Warming! There is no evidence of erosion anywhere on
earth before evil humans came along!
Western Washington state has the same problem - people don't
understand why their wonderful house overlooking the river fills up
with water now and then.
El Nino storms delivering crashing waves and powerful rain
storms have put homes perched atop coastal bluffs near San
Francisco in danger, forcing residents of an apartment complex
on Monday to leave.
Two clifftop homes have been evacuated, joining several other
nearby houses and apartment buildings abandoned in past years,
the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Pacifica City Manager Lorie Tinfow on Friday declared a local
state of emergency, prompted by storm damage to the coastal city
about 10 miles south of San Francisco.
"El Nino is hitting the city's coastline very hard and creating
almost daily reports of impacts to both public and private
property," she said in a statement.
Storms in 2003 began shearing off huge chunks of the sandstone
cliffs in Pacifica. Several of the homes and apartments were
abandoned in 2010.
Comments:
Nathan Garmatz
This is not a state of emergency, it is a continuing state of
stupidity in building so near an eroding cliff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzrymETf9hY
In article <ptogabth2t51npofuethje2ls7d8eq3ma6@4ax.com>,
"Barky \"Tears of a Clown\" Hussein" <Tears-of-a-Clown@whitehouse.gov> wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:27:18 +0100 (CET), "Democrat Dementia"
<democrat.dementia@latimes.com> wrote:
El Nino storms delivering crashing waves and powerful rain
storms have put homes perched atop coastal bluffs near San
Francisco in danger, forcing residents of an apartment complex
on Monday to leave.
Pacifica is not what would normally be classified as a 'ghetto'. Yes, it is an
isolated community, but that's because of geography, not socio-economic or >ethnic isolation. Though it is isolated for poor rednecks who can't afford it.
I'm not sure of the point of the post since Pacifica is usually a preferred >target of wingnut outrage. I guess if El Nino can be blamed on Obama, all of >Pacifica's sins are forgiven.
"El Nino is hitting the city's coastline very hard and creating
almost daily reports of impacts to both public and private
property," she said in a statement.
They paid for their ocean view, and now they are paying for ocean view.
Skies over Northern California have temporarily cleared,
following a series of pounding January storms. The newspaper
reports that the next round of rain could wash over by mid-week.
Not exactly a pounding as much as a pulsing stream of storm. Individual storms >have dumped an appreciated rain or snow, with pauses that allow the water to >soak in and percolated downhill to reservoirs. We've been blessed so far with a
lack of major slides.
This is not a state of emergency, it is a continuing state of
stupidity in building so near an eroding cliff.
Proof of Gorebal Warming! There is no evidence of erosion anywhere on
earth before evil humans came along!
The basins and valleys have thousands of feet of alluvial fill from ancient >landslides and erosion from the mountains into valleys. The gravel layers make >aquifers and the soil makes farms.
Western Washington state has the same problem - people don't
understand why their wonderful house overlooking the river fills up
with water now and then.
Stop drooling. Envy is a dirty emotion.
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