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Farmer-Rick

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37. Of course the ocean ate into the cliff side

Reply to NanaCat (Reply #31)

Thu Apr 4, 2024, 08:32 AM

Apr 2024

You don't have a retaining wall sitting in midair. You said it your self: "The cliffside it's built into is bare for many more feet down to the ocean." What do you think made that bare cliff side? The ocean.

Retaining walls are not built into the air. They were built into the cliff side that is being eaten away by the ocean.

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