As Hurricanes Stir Up Coastal Waters, North Carolina Homes Collapse Into the Sea

[Brenda]

(Could not get pics from e360 so this pic is from CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/buxton-north-carolina-outer-banks-homes-collapse-humberto-imelda/)

Five unoccupied homes on North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the sea Tuesday as hurricanes Humberto and Imelda coursed through the Atlantic, stirring up coastal waters. The Outer Banks have seen 17 seaside homes destroyed since 2020.

The destroyed homes, part of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, left the beach awash in debris, according to the National Park Service, which manages the coastline. Their loss comes just two weeks after another home collapsed into the sea in Buxton.

This hurricane season is EXTREMELY unusual because of how quiet it has been for the US. No storms in the Gulf and those in the Atlantic have dissipated or curved back out to sea.

Yet we still have homes falling into the Atlantic Ocean. We still have sunny day flooding in most major cities along the eastern seaboard.

People are being lulled into a false sense of security about hurricanes. I read that 1,000 people move to Florida every day.

Next year will not be like this one.

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/north-carolina-outer-banks-humberto-homes-collapse

[Srkdqltr]

1. I know its expensive, but why weren't these houses taken down before they collapsed?

At least take the glass out of the windows. The whole beach is wasted. They were abandoned.

[flvegan]

3. What makes you think they were abandoned?

Article says they were unoccupied.

[malaise]

2. This year has two months to go

Hurricane season is far from over

[OnlinePoker]

4. Not counting Kirk, which started in September, last year there were seven storms/hurricanes in Oct/Nov. n/t

[malaise]

5. Yep

Pay attention all season

So far so good for most of us- even Bermuda looks like it will escape the worst of Imelda