Back on September 2, I posted photographs of the washout of the sidewalk and some land at the bottom of the mile long road that led down to the old powerplant. Well, I heard from other people that there had been a terrible washout across town on the cliff above the beach, It had apparently washed out a whole garden behind a house. I hadn't thought to go over there to see what happened. But I did go over there the other day and saw this! A large part of the hill was washed out, and you can see that it is very close to the house on the top of the hill. There were cement stairs, and they are gone as well, and apparently a number of trees were washed down the hill as well! I took a photograph of the stairs I had climbed to take some photographs, and they are only a short distance away from the home. I wanted you to see the heights involved. What is not obvious is that the hill behind the house was much steeper than these stairs. I cannot imagine what it will take to save this hill and this house. I am guessing concrete walls will have to be installed, starting at the bottom of the hill, and then moving up the hill, there will need to be several more walls as well. What a nightmare!
3 comments:
Wow! Thank you for posting the second photo with the stairs to put everything in perspective. Hard to imagine the cost of retaining walls, etc. to preserve the hill and the home at the top. Scary situation.
Joan
Very good illustrations and commentary of man's tug-of-war against the forces of nature!
Cannot imagine looking out the window and seeing the stairs and trees and everything gone! The second photo showing stairs from another property really shows how steep it is. betsey
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