r/interestingasfuck • u/Endolithic • Jun 06 '25

Homes are falling into the ocean in North Carolina's Outer Banks /r/all

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u/Aqnqanad Jun 06 '25

not a lot of people know this, most of what has prevented this from happening earlier was civil works projects thatve since fallen into disrepair.

we’ve stopped caring about them for so long that people have forgotten that they’re even man made, insane.

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u/mostlybiguy69 Jun 06 '25

Rodanthe is an ephemeral thing that is getting to the end. The towns before 12 was paved moved with the islands. The islands are moving again after we tried to tie them down and there is nothing we can do to stop them. 

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u/ICBPeng1 Jun 06 '25

I mean, if you want man made land, take a look at boston.

The dark green was the original land mass, the light green is what was filled in, and the blue is the current water.

https://preview.redd.it/44kao69d5e5f1.png?width=2325&format=png&auto=webp&s=47ebda9134e13a301cdb3b2b79e6486a7a8fe6af

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u/mostlybiguy69 Jun 07 '25

The barrier islands of nc are more like the cape. A storm will build an island and the next will move it half way across the inlet. This is not done inland because its all silt sand and mud. There is no rock to stop the sinking on the sounds.

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u/mostlybiguy69 Jun 06 '25

Won’t happen. The state decided to let the islands go back in the early 2000s. The out of state folks are now starting to see the results of that. Its why there is that large park in the middle of salvo. That used to be trailers. The town limits are locked in by state and federal land. The only new construction is ob the few empty lots. More houses are actually large additions these days. Once it is 50% destroyed in any way most lots cannot be rebuilt on. Oh, and like one company insures stuff and the policies only finish paying off the structure now, no more paying replacement value.

Rocks, there are no rocks within 150 miles. Any piece if stone you see on the outer banks was brought in. Its all sand.

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u/mostlybiguy69 Jun 07 '25

Yeah, we the state want you parent’s house and the whole town gone. We wont be happy until every piece of humanity has been removed and nature is allowed to take back the islands.

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u/Riaayo Jun 07 '25

America in a nutshell. We spent some money once, and then pretended like we never had to pay maintenance for anything ever again (I get we do maintain some things but not to the degree we need to; it's slight hyperbole but not by much).

It's like buying an expensive car and then never getting the thing maintained and driving it into disrepair and the junkyard. And of course it's because oligarch parasites have made sure to corrupt our government so it only represents them and spends none of our tax dollars on the country/working class.

Bunch of fucking thieves.

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u/mostlybiguy69 Jun 07 '25

Rentals are falling into the ocean. The locals live up in manteo or on the mainland. 90% of those houses were built and are used as rentals. Almost all are owned by folks out of state as investment properties. They sit empty 5 to 6 months of the year.

It just makes everyone more pissed.

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u/StupidendousTimes Jun 07 '25

Like the coal mine fire in PA that burned for 50 years