This is about 10 miles south of me. The slide has been coming for years. Sorry to say this, but anyone who had this happen to them could have seen in coming a mile off. I am sorry for the folks who lost their homes, etc., but this one was a NO BRAINER. The hill is right on top of the homes and has slumped before. I can't figure out how to post it, but I have a picture from one of the guys at work showing the road washed out. Any suggestions?
Would be interested if any Federal money was used in rebuilding after the last one.
There are many portions of California just not meant to have houses. It's a geologically young and seismically active environment with steep slopes, and a fire and flood problem exacerbating that. It's not like there isn't enough room in the country to build where you're either not going to be on a landslide or under one.
I was thinking the same thing. Like "not again." It's happened before, and not that long ago. Is the real-estate somewhat "more" affordable (for beachfront property) there or something?
(for obvious reasons?)