Hidden homeless caves tucked along the Tuolumne River were cleared out by volunteer groups and the Modesto Police Department over the weekend. Read more: www.cbsnews.co... www.cbsnews.co...
Let me get this right, no campers, no sleeping on the streets, no tents, no loitering, come on people, you have made it illegal to be alive! Listen to yourselves
I can't help but feel as it the NYMBISM is responsible for a lot of this. We're not ALL meant to live the same mind numbingly dull life that is American suburbia and yet we're all trying to be forced into this one dimensional box (and made to feel guilty, alien, stupid, immoral if we want something else). You see it as early as kindergarten for the kids. If a child isn't capable of sitting silently for 7 hours straight they are immediately diagnosed with a fake disorder (ADHD, Autism, you name it) and put on drugs (speed). The drugs start in elementary school. The speed, the anti depressants, all these weird cognitive drugs. Then we wonder why they start injecting needles into their arms and popping pills on the side of the road when they grow up. They were already addicts before, the prescription meds were their gateway drugs. My brother was a heroin addict (now recovering). His drug addiction started at the age of 9 when teachers forced him on Ritalin. Teachers couldn't deal with him because he couldn't sit still. He was just a different kid and not meant to be stuck at a desk all day. He was clever, loved to explore, and take things apart. But our society believes he should sit at an office desk all day and become a mindless robot. Watching our society destroy perfectly capable, creative, and intelligent human beings is soul crushing. These people who created these dwellings have an enormous amount of resourcefulness and creativity that is going completely ignored by this stupid community. They painted art on the walls for Christ's sake.... Listening to them babble on about how we need to "invest in homelessness" whatever the F that means (what an empty, hollow statement). Some of these people will try to say that we need to invest in mental health and yet no one knows where the "mental health problems' are coming from. It's like they think the mental health issue just spontaneously came out of thin air or they were just "born that way." No one in the US ever asks "why" and because we don't, we never solve problems. We just want to hide away in our giant isolated castles and pretend like we don't see pain or suffering. We plug our ears as we drive through our mechanical strip mall society and pretend we don't hear the anguish of others. We exist, but no one really lives.
You realize it’s for floods… it’s not even being used until the water rises… how about figuring out what you’re talking about before you make more genius ass emotional comments. Look up what happened in New Orleans when the levee broke since you don’t remember. Levees are for when the water is high and uncontrollable… when the water goes in that it going to break and people will die. But I guess you don’t care about regular people who work and pay bills so their kids can go to school. Those regulars are horrible people for trying to live productive life huh? Such horrible people aren’t they, trying to put their kids through school.
And what about all the future dead people when the levee breaks? Do you care about them? Or only the homeless. They’re more important than others because of your feelings huh? 😂😂😂😢
Imagine having little as is-no shelter, no respect or dignity from society, no secure food-and you make yourself something out of nothing. You make what is clearly a home. And you come back one day to see it all “cleaned up” by “concerned volunteers” who have no intention of returning what few belongings you have, no intention of feeding or clothing or sheltering you. You found yourself in an unclimbable hole, made it livable, and they take even that from you. Curse those who see housing, food, and water as privileges instead of human rights.
Eh it's hard to feel bad for them when you read the full news article, they had countless drugs, stolen weapons and goods from home invasions, these weren't innocent homeless kind souls, they were drug fueled criminals lol
Imagine feeling so entitled that you make up a long ass story and ignore the fact that they’re destroying something designed to stop flood water. America is screwed. Let a couple bums live there and endanger the whole community because your emotions. Then more crying when all the people die when the neighborhood floods because your homeless friend destroyed the flood water management device.🙄
@@HeyUncleA Every accusation you made regarding making up a story was your own confession. People are becoming increasingly outraged by American greed and Apathy. Things are changing and those who don't will get left behind just like they did with the homeless.
They’re likely a combination of both. I’ve explored natural caves, some of which have been converted into speak easies. They were a combination of both.
@BobDingus-bh3pd in Texas we put our trash in the ground. We usually pay lots of money for it. We usually put them very close to the river. The 3 I can think of in Dallas are on the Trinity River. I'm sure they will abandon the landfill and dig a new hole to put more trash in for lots of money.
The issue is that these caves could easily collapse and kill dozens of people. They claim to be helping them get into real housing. I hope to see evidence of that.
Evil and they don't care about them,they see the Homeless as junkies or folks who don't deserve basic needs to survive,we never know a person's story or what happened to get them in that position.I know a couple homeless people and homeless families and yes some do drugs(who wouldn't numb themselves living in that condition) and many who just hit hard times and had no help to stay afloat.Very sad
You leave people with no choice, what else do you expect? Why shouldn't people have a right to protection from the elements?? The lack of compassion is just inhumane.
@@Knaztr76 I just left my position overseeing unhoused outreach teams and being the “Gear Guy” who ordered the “Unhoused Supplies” for distribution… The level of “entitlement” is out of control, we have encampments set-up on riverbanks, we have had several “floods” over the last year, each time we sent teams to help move people, most refused even offers of hotel rooms and “Gift Cards”. Then they demanded new gear and played each agency to get more. I found one guy that got 5 tents after the last storm, I tried to document who was getting what and where they were but was “ordered” to stop as my supervisors said it was “stigmatizing” to not give people what they said they needed. The local hotel that historically has been our emergency winter shelter/ DV Shelter/Youth Shelter is now full of “migrants” so all we could do for the citizens is tents and wool blankets…..
And here I thought I had to work to shelter myself from the elements. But I could just dig a hole in this guy’s yard and leave a bunch of garbage in it.
I'm about 3 seconds away from doing the same! Solar cells, inverters, lithium batteries are getting cheaper...don't need no tv. Protection from cold and elements, nice and quiet, what more could you ask for? Well privacy and to be left alone.
this is what happened back in the 1920s a bunch of shanty towns popped up, the monopoly grip on everything is strangling people leaving them no other options, billion dollar corporations buying out entire areas of single family homes, corporations legally selling the most intoxicating and addictive substances, they do this buy design, they are funneling people, weve already seen how this ends, yet it keeps happening
Life would probably great, until some " noble volunteers" come to "help" you and remove 100 pounds of your "trash" from your home they removed you from and tell you to go to the overpopulated dangerous homeless shelter.
Yep because my 25 years construction is worthless since I'm homeless now means I'm stupid and helpless according to you. I truly hope you never experience this.... You wouldn't make it with that attitude@@-i.cats-
The sky was gold, it was rose I was taking sips of it through my nose And I wish I could get back there, someplace back there Smiling in the pictures you would take Doing crystal meth, will lift you up until you break It won't stop, I won't come down I keep stock with a tick-tock rhythm, a bump for the drop And then I bumped up, I took the hit that I was given Then I bumped again, then I bumped again I said How do I get back there to the place where I fell asleep inside you How do I get myself back to the place where you said I want something else to get me through this Semi-charmed kinda life, baby, baby I want something else, I'm not listening when you say good-bye I believe in the sand beneath my toes The beach gives a feeling, an earthy feeling I believe in the faith that grows And that four right chords can make me cry When I'm with you I feel like I could die And that would be alright, alright And when the plane came in, she said she was crashing The velvet it rips in the city, we tripped on the urge to feel alive Now I'm struggling to survive Those days you were wearing that velvet dress You're the priestess, I must confess Those little red panties they pass the test Slides up around the belly, face down on the mattress One And you hold me, and we are broken Still it's all that I wanna do, just a little now Feel myself, heading off the ground I'm scared, I'm not coming down No, no And I won't run for my life She's got her jaws now locked down in a smile But nothing is alright, alright And I want something else to get me through this life Baby, I want something else Not listening when you say Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Doo doo doo, doo doo-doo doo Doo doo doo, doo doo-doo doo Doo doo doo, doo doo-doo doo The sky was gold, it was rose I was taking sips of it through my nose And I wish I could get back there Someplace back there, in the place we used to start Doo doo doo, doo doo-doo doo Doo doo doo, doo doo-doo doo I want something else
It's done in the Philippines it's done in Mexico and it's done India! And our ancestors did the same thing!! Don't want nobody to live for free in the land of the free and the home of the brave now do we? Find a way to tax an extort from them as well right? 💯🧐😉😲😲😲🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s in the levee designed to hold back the river when the water rises… you think they let homeless destroy flood safety devices in other countries? It’s not a regular hole in the ground.
Yeah I totally agree with you on that it's sickening how people treat the homeless it's easier for ignorant ass heartless people to run their mouths about the homeless because they have a roof over there damn heads and a way to cook food but what I've learned in life is people that tend to judge the homeless comes back and bites them in the ass I'm living in the woods inside a damn tent because the rent is too damn high these days and can't afford it people don't understand because they've never been in our shoes before especially how bad the cost of living is these days it's outrageous
A levee is designed to hold back flood water. When it floods you think the safety wall is going to work with a big ass hole in it? You obviously don’t care about the other people who will die or be injured by them destroying the safety device. Why should anyone care about the dumbass people endangering the community?
@YourUncleA obviously your wrong because no one died.humans started sleeping in cave before houses where a thing. They found shelter. Would u rather complain about the homeless people hanging around walmart?
Because you personally don’t care if innocent people die when the levee fails because there’s a big ass hole in it now. You realize it’s meant to hold back flood water when the water rises. You think it works when there’s big ass hole in it? It’s ok if those houses next to this get destroyed and the kids washed down the river then I guess?
Stop exposing those who are just trying to live . People lose their home through job loss , divorce, illness, mental or physical illness, addiction, serious depression. You could be next . Think about it .
They destroyed a flood safety device. You’re an emotional fool. Endanger the whole community so they can live inside a flood safety device… This is exactly why America is screwed. You want to endanger innocent people because your ignorance and emotions. Great thanks.🤦🏻
Yeah, they are desperate!!! What little shelter they can find keeps being destroyed and taken from them!!!!! There aren't any real services for those who are struggling and the surrounding " communities " say " not in my backyard" even when a legitimate homeless shelter community is set up. Smh
What are you talking about crazy?! Free cash aid, free groceries, free job training, placement, re placement, vouchers for motel rooms, mental health services and more. There are so many jobs paying 25+ an hours right now that can’t be filled it’s not even funny how hard they must be trying to be unemployed. I’ve been homeless and talk to homeless people all the time… over 90% of the constant homeless don’t want help, think you’re dumb for working a regular type job, or are on hard drugs and will not sober up.
Rediculous to think homeless dug that out. If they were that motivated, they would just go get jobs and would not have trashed the place after such a huge undertaking. Nope, they found this cave system and moved in as 'inherotors' just like most of the worlds stone structures were. I would call an archaeologist immediately to get in there and assess the age and who built them before the brain dead local government fills them in with concrete.
@@rwh5350 It was ALL hidden IN their hole. Thats fine by me if they wanna live with it! Everyone said it wasn't noticeable, and nobody knew they were even there. And it was public riverbank. Did it even say there were piles of feces?
People live in houses like this all over the world, some are simply spectacular! There are underground places in Turkey that have many levels, and the people even could keep animals and food storage in them. These probably are not too safe only because of the water, and flooding or drowning, but they are amazing. Housing is going to look like it always has before the 'modern' times because the system does not work for many.
Good for them the goverment gives illegal imirgrants free housing food money education but the homeless trying to help them selves cause the government wll not help them this is what is wrong with the govenment. Many homeless are vets oand many children are homeless because of abuse . I say KUDOS to all of them for trying to survive and May the Lord help you with all your needs.
Yes, desperate. And industrious. We need to find solutions, working together. Give them land, hillier the better, to build earthen homes. Give them support & services, help them succeed. Everyone wins
I’ve got some homeless friends living out here by the beach in the woods, one of them has a legit 2 bedroom house he built…dudes got power and WiFi with a 65 inch tv
@@Trainmasterstudios oh I believe it 100% This dude I’m talking about in the woods deadass had a watch party at his house for the NFL playoffs last weekend and tried to invite me lmaooooo
Why is she saying “they’re at the point that thy are desperate…”, this has been going on forever, THEY have been desperate for many years. They are not helped. They are all simply pushed to another location out of public’s eye. A different solution needs to be found. It’s horrible. These people ARE YOUR community too.
wow, hooks for hanging things. a fireplace. What in the World are these homeless monsters up to??!! I feel so unsafe. The plaster is especialy concerning. Why can't these cruel criminals stay on the side walks where they were in the first pace? What's happening to our nation. the lack of peace is palpable. We the people need peace. These people are also walking around on the dirt!!
Lollll I hope your family deals with the homeless.... find out how peacful they are.... you think they paid for the items in the cave? Or it's was just peacefully stolen? Human feces? Definitely not toxic or disease spreading through rats and birds.....think before you try to take some moral high ground, your not better than anyone, it's natural to enforce a standard of living
These group of 'volunteers' are sick. So they don't want homeless people in their parks or on their city streets, so they go away and build their own structure and you are still following them and harassing them?
@@jorgejiminez-rk1uu Freedom is not an absolute concept. If lived that way on their own land, and weren't leaching off of tax payers then I wouldn't have an issue with it. Obviously you don't know how the tax system works. Our taxes are supposed to help people I real need, and our public places are paid by the tax payers.
@@jorgejiminez-rk1uu They are part of the public, but because they don't pay taxes they don't have any rights to property that is paid for by the tax payers. Kids digging at the beach is not the same as making a public hazard.
@@bullyboy131he just doesn’t get it. The homeless could do whatever I care not. But stay off the sidewalks that my taxes pay for stay out my neighborhood that mine and my neighbors property taxes pays for and that includes the community parks ect…
@@jorgejiminez-rk1uu Breaking your ankle at a place where there's human activity is not the same as sink whole or erosion being created that could kill people. The homeless or anyone isn't supposed to do what those homeless people did
Help the homeless, stop hurting them and help them. People who don't want to see them or deal with them isn't fixing the problem. You want them out of the caves but that was their homes!
I'd say that these residents had been there for some time as it looked quite well furnished, and the reporters exaggerating things. The caves may lead to many more... .That'ss why the authorities have been told to take action. No doubt they'll be excavated and then bricked up.
There a no way homeless people built those caves they probably dug out the dirt. Those caves have been there for a very lo by time y’all are peddling false information.
Check out a guy named Ra Paulette. Anyone can carve awesome caves in the right geology with even rudimentary tools. They said these caves are both more numerous and more elaborate than in 2013. Someone’s been digging.
Yup n the adult homeless people were doing a public service by keeping the caves they found a secret and probably chasing away a few teens this keeping them safe because not many teens know much about caves. The city should let them ba I in and charge them rent even if it's $5 a month just saying. Did you know that if you own land and it's burned down due to natural or unnatural causes, the gov won't let you put up a tent and live on the land you own!!! I wonder how many were home owners lost to fires n such. California has had a tough few years with natural disasters. Where the disaster money go? They found guns--- how many actually had permits and listened to carry, did they even check???? I wonder who ratted them out. SNL-++ in a van down by the river--- not no more in today's world!
The caves are nice except for being unsafe. 😢 Sometimes the river overflowing too. Or a cave in. Too dangerous 😮. God Bless. There are little houses or legal shelters for the homeless.
Yup. The dudes in the jungle didn't get arrested and there stuff taken....but were supposed to be the land of the free. What they couldn't charge them rent?
Instead of expending in cameras and so much security, they need to create temporary housing for the homeless that qualifies for services, the ones that are willing to get a better life and are trying to work on it creating those caves.
No there’s tons. I’ve been homeless. Go get your free cash aid, free grocery money, low cost public transportation card after enrolling in free college, free job training, placement, and re placement services. There’s so many jobs that pay 25+ and hour with little to no experience it’s not even funny how hard they must be trying to not be employed... Just have to sober up for several hours. McDonald’s pays 20 an hour to flip burgers.
