Well done on armoring the area around the stair to beach. Only 1,000 more miles of coast to go. No really, anyplace on Pacific coast expecting to survive undamaged the next 20 or 30 yrs and survive at all past that had better armor up. I like the spray on concrete was sculpted to look like dirt. I assume there's a lot of steel reinforcing behind it, better be, and earth anchors augered 100 feet into cliff face. Even with that, the entire thing needs hands on inspection yearly, ultra sound, thermals to find voids forming behind it from water washing away soils. Wave water, rain water, springs from surface water soaking in above, broken sewers, septic systems, lawn watering. It WILL BREAK at any void, and if a storm like this hits, a 50, 100 foot hole in hours. Another long term actionis is a long term project to drill injection wells along the cliff face angled in at no more than 60 degrees, pumped full of grout to creat a reinforced wall behind that thin shell at the sea. Yeah that might mean loosing the first block of homes, should have thought of that 50 yrs ago. An alternative would be 'near' cliff face drilling in 200 foot deep drilled piles. HUGE 2 foot dia augers on 100 foot masts, given loose soils, as it augers down a steel shaft will need to be lowered down, locked, welded, when done fill with structural steel, rebar, concrete. So many feet apart, then returning in a yr to do the ones in between, drop a guy down with a welding kit to cut holes in sides and weld piles to each other. Fill w concrete etc. In NYC they do this all the time lining 100 foot deep holes in the ground with concrete piles to bedrock, scooping out the dirt, pouring footings on bedrock, and a whole lottta sub basements. HUNDREDS per building, even 1000+ on block size buildings. It can take a year. So get started if you don't want CA to begin at the Siearra Nevada's
Developers have been wanting to get their hands on the property where the hangars are for decades; I guess they got their wish.... Same thing happened with the toll road going through the hills to Laguna; toll road was denied because of the land was being protected for wildlife. Lo and behold, a fire rages through the area and with no wildlife, the road was approved. I think it's the 144 toll road. Take these ideas or leave them. .It's up to you.
Thank you for visiting my RU-vid Channel. Assuming your are in Dana Point on Pacific Coast Highway, Follow Dana Point Harbor Drive and turn toward the Ocean. The street with curve slightly to the right. You will pass Jimmy's Famous American Tavern on your right. ( Never tried it. If you go, let me know!) There will be a cliff on your right side. Continue driving maybe half a mile or less. There are no cross streets and if there is no water you would never know there was a waterfall there. The waterfall only appears after a moderate rain. If you go to google maps, search for "Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall". See if this link works for you. www.google.com/maps/place/Dana+Point+Seasonal+Waterfall/@33.4628318,-117.7010161,18z/data=!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x80dcf08fba64fd89:0xe42eb4bc7001fa15!2sDana+Point,+CA!3b1!8m2!3d33.4672256!4d-117.6981014!16zL20vMHIyY3o!3m5!1s0x80dcf05765ff9347:0x77ea301042b89d39!8m2!3d33.4633812!4d-117.7014188!16s%2Fg%2F11c74b0kwz?entry=ttu
Thank you for your comment. My intent was to share a real time experience. At the time, I found myself near the harbor entrance and was prepared to capture the event. Helicopters were flying up and down the coast warning folks. Fortunately nothing bad happened.
I didn't see anything I'd call a tsunami. I've been to Corona Del Mar Beach when there was a 12 ft. swell, that was impressive. What happened to all the kelp forest?
