AI6YR Ben
Great news piece on the Palos Verdes, sliding into the sea in slow motion. It's like a living, moving disaster movie! https://www.cbsnews.com/video/california-neighborhood-is-slowly-sliding-toward-the-ocean/ #PalosVerdes #disaster #landslide
California neighborhood is slowly sliding toward the ocean

A California neighborhood is slowly sliding toward the ocean, but not all homeowners want to leave. A buyout program only provides 75% of the funding for the city to buy affected properties at fair market value, while the remaining share is absorbed by sellers. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

CBS News
Feb 27, 2025 at 1:14amWeb
Show threadAI6YR BenFeb 27, 2025
This would make a wicked time lapse photo location, though you'd probably have to use a high precision GPS to align where you put the camera every day. 4 inches per day I think the lady said in the video... Amazed it all doesn't run straight to the sea in one fell swoop. #disasters #landslide #PalosVerdes
Show threadBruno PhilipeFeb 27, 2025
@ai6yr it's incredible that person won't sell to FEMA because "they only pay what the house was worth two years ago" like anybody else is going to pay them anything for what's essentially an oversized toboggan
Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Feb 27, 2025
@brunoph @ai6yr I mean, the fire victims would want to be paid what their house was worth a year ago rather than what it's worth now as a pile of ash. Those landslide homes are basically the same thing, just getting demolished slower.
Show threadmrpieceofworkFeb 27, 2025
@ai6yr I just watched a geologist explain what's going on there. Crazy stuff. Even had a mini model made of sand and other materials to show. I think his channel is "geomodels" or similar.
Show threadBill RickerFeb 27, 2025

@mrpieceofwork @ai6yr

Yes, he mostly covers his home-ground of the Appalachians, but slow slides are something of a specialty of his.
Recommended.

Show threadJohn McChesney-YoungFeb 27, 2025
@ai6yr No, it stopped! https://youtu.be/TvYIg3qiXQA?si=XaHjnf2pR2RXqiGf )I'm willing to believe they slowed it but I very very very much doubt they stopped it even though I about that I didn't watch the video.)
How Rancho Palos Verdes Was Able to Stop Massive Landslide: Former Mayor Explains | John Cruikshank

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Show threadHippy SteveFeb 27, 2025
@ai6yr wait. They're drilling wells & pumping 114 gallons per minute of fresh water from each and just dumping it into the ocean... in SoCal... during a drought? wtf?