Tuesday, February 13, 2024

That Darned Climate Change

 

 3 multimillion-dollar homes teetering on edge of California cliff after landslide, footage shows

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Three modest homes in San Clemente, California are in a precarious position after the atmospheric river poured over the Golden State. This tragedy in-the-making probably would never have occurred if the CO2 in the atmosphere had been held to pre-industrial levels. 

 

 Mud and debris slid down a hillside at the Headlands, near the Ocean Institute, in Dana Point, CA following heavy rains in Feb.. (Photo courtesy Tarek Jadeba/EYES IN THE SKY)

Photo courtesy Tarek Jadeba/EYES IN THE SKY) 

But this is what happens when a society dares to drive gasoline-powered automobiles to the C-store for milk and potato chips. 

Perhaps in some by-gone time the evident cliffs visible beneath these homes were instead areas of solid ground that supported homes of the ancestors of some current Californians. Or maybe not. Those people may have had more sense than to build on a site likely to fall into the sea after a serious rainfall.

The homeowners insurance carriers of these properties may be very interested in the situation.   

 

 

 

 

 

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