3 Outer Banks homes in Rodanthe, North Carolina, collapsed into the sea within a week. Here's why.

Three houses have collapsed into the ocean in Rodanthe, North Carolina, in less than a week — and they're likely not the last. Here's why.

[mikemartin]

This is this is caused by stupid people building houses in stupid places.

[FerociousPoofyPeanut]

The wise man built his house upon the rock and the foolish man built his house upon the sand.

[dougtheviking]

Build on a beach? Whats the worst that could happen? But yet they build

[jeffreyhaynes]

Why were these houses not torn down and all the material removed before allowing this trash to float away and become other people’s problems . It was public knowledge these houses were going to come down years ago .

[theobserver]

Building on the beach should be outlawed, and it sure as hell should not be insured!

[-in-the-meantime...]

Bro you literally built your house on sand

[danpeck]

It isn't climate change due to us humans, the earth goes thru changes all the time...cools then heats...back and forth

[Satans_lil_helper]

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."- Isaac Asimov

[tlynn]

☝️Builders and county officials, who issued those building permits, should be held accountable for cleanup and other associated expenses. Common sense, never challenge mother nature.

[carolharrison]

Allowing massive digging of our ocean floor to place wind farms for green energy. It’s killing whales, affecting migration of sea life and economic loss for fishermen.

[TheSupernaturalShow]

Niçe propaganda Climate Change nonsense. I am in SC and live on the beach now for over 50 years. Not 1 inch higher is the water levels. Explain that...

[estherbauer]

Sweetheart look at history. This has happened multiple times. Why do stupid peeps keep building there.

[richwightman]

It’s not erosion or sea level rise. The barrier island sand bars migrate. Alway have. Always will. All these houses were built more than 20 years ago far from the water.

[KMx]

Hurricane Isabel in 2003 took down an entire block or more of oceanfront houses in Kitty Hawk. It was only a cat 2 hurricane when it made landfall. Hurricane or not, this stuff isn't new for OBX. Oceanfront property owners take big risks in return for big ROI on rentals.

[desromic]

I feel their pain. I built my house in a volcano and I lost it to a house fire. 🥺

[eddaniels]

Anyone knows you Build your House on the Rock not Sand😢😮

[stevenparker]

If it were sea level rese it would be every where.

[markdunsworth]

Oh no climate change has struck again in just this beach! She needs to do something about this! How about not building a house directly next to the ocean! Everyone knows water levels change over time!

[donaldhipple]

So they will be building more houses on the beach. Who is underwriting the insurance?

[billyyank]

Sea level rise? Wouldn't that make rivers rise also? I have a river 500 yards from me that dumps directly into the pacific ocean 1.5 miles away. The river aint rising, only during high tide.
So I'm calling cap! 😂