swimmers unfazed by bluff collapse in San Diego

[Liberal_in_LA]

causing no reported injuries or structural damage but prompting lifeguards to close a stretch of beach as a safety precaution against any further landslides.

An estimated two tons of dirt and rocks sloughed off the oceanfront cliff in the 400 block of Sea Ridge Drive in La Jolla about 1:30 p.m., according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

Authorities cordoned off a roughly 50- by 50-foot radius of beach around the site of the earth slide and called in a city geologist to survey the area for any lingering hazards, SDFRD Capt. Joe Amador said.

"We know there was an overflow of water that was happening at some time that could have caused the erosion for the bluff to fail," said Capt. Amador.

The broker for the vacation home said someone forgot to turn the pool water off. Water could bee seen leaking off the deck.
http://www.cbs8.com/story/30012497/bluff-collapse-in-la-jolla

[Monk06]

1. *

[Orrex]

2. They're bluffing.

[hobbit709]

3. That looks like a bit more than two tons worth.

And anyone that builds on the edge of an eroding cliff is an idiot.

[underpants]

4. Sounds like the Johnstown flood

[marmar]

5. Another DUer posted earlier this week that the human species is devolving intellectually.....

...... I'm finding it hard to disagree.

[hunter]

6. You don't have to be intelligent to be very wealthy in U.S.A.

You just have to be a sociopath, or have ancestors who were sociopaths.

[ellisonz]

7. Many areas of the SD seacoast have massive sea walls put over the bluffs.

Sea level rise will eat at the base in time. I think it's still in court, too lazy to research.