Collapsed North Shore home raises erosion concerns for neighbors

Demolition of a collapsed house on Ke Nui Road on Sunset Beach continued today, after chunks of its living room fell into the ocean earlier this week.

[hawaiipreppersnetwork]

Keep building castles on sand. What did you expect?

[ScottReynolds]

Now the neighbors want to do something to save their houses? They were all against this guy trying to save his. One of the neighbors goes out there and digs with a shovel for his grandkids making the erosion worse.

[puudavis]

In my generation always had homes along that shore but they were little plantation houses most of those that lived there worked plantation had barely any Haole people the little town Haleiwa was not geared to tourists, but to the people that worked in the plantation everything was easy going now it’s a traffic mess. And lucky you see Hawaiians

[EvilTheOne]

Here's a thought, stop all new development at least 100 yards from the shoreline.
Everything cannot be about the government finding solutions for everything. In this case, people made the choice of building and living that close to nature.

[S.V.TeFiti]

North shore lobbiests cant afford to pay the congress to let them work on rebuilding the beach....waikiki can afford it..

[babyUFO.]

as if nature is a homeowner's fault

[timbates]

SELL YESTERDAY!! The ocean is rising about 1/5" per year. TOPEX/Poseidon/Jason Satellite Data.
If you still own ocean front property, ask yourself "How wide was the beach 20 years ago?"

DON'T BE THE LAST SUCKER LEFT HOLDING THE BAG.

[flynnnovak]

the state created this whole erosion problem when they bulldoze sand year round in efforts to save the collapsing bike path at sunset beach, , , take a class in oceanography and you'll understand how the sand moves in cycles. if you move massive amounts at a time, the cycle is broken and buildup in needed areas doesn't happen anymore. by doing what they did (bulldozing the whole river mouth at Kammies) over a decade ago, the state created a 'hole' or a 'pit' in the shoreline, and that eventually made its way across the entire beach until it hit rocky point. no one holds the state accountable, , , DLNR only tickets people, they don't actually do anything besides hide behind the myth of rising sea levels and global warming, same as our donkey mayor and governor.

[CaptainHowdy-cy]

The state wants that land. That's why nothing is being done to stop the erosion. Once whoever is gunning for it gets the deeds, the state will magically put erosion measures into place. Some bureaucrat's kids are going to end up with prime beachfront property for a song.

[maitaioe]

Over the years haoles have come in and bought up all the beachfront, now the erosion from the ocean has started to wash away the houses. Oh the humanity! This is so awful! It has made me so depressed. Oh, how shall I go on?!

[xuser]

Whatever you do, you can't fight the rising ocean. Same thing is going on in Waiks. Losing battle. I feel sorry for the people who bought homes along the shore.

[OneHitAway]

Put speed humps on the beach that should slow the erosion

[guslevy]

“This is so awesome!” - Houses on the second row

[matthuber]

The realtors need to be held partially accountable, in my opinion... It's not right that they made tons of money from shuffling these liabilities onto unsuspecting buyers.

[RichardJames-lw]

This whole neighborhood is built on top of sand dunes. How did Sand dunes got there in the first place is how you could re-create them by using 3 foot high sand, dune fencing in a north to south direction spacing them about 40 feet apart. It turns out that beach goers actually enjoy them because they block the wind and the sand from blowing up in their face and provide a level of privacy for sunbathers. if they put sand dune fencing on the beach, the sand would start to build up a little bit at a time because the wind would blow the sand up against the fence and then at some point you have to move the fence to higher ground because it starts to get buried after the dunes are formed grass grows on top of the sand dunes and helps them build even bigger. The major problem is. The bureaucracy will not allow that. It’s a very easy solution that cost very little, and it does have a giant effect in other words instead of their backyards falling into the ocean there would be a giant wide beach behind their house. and their homes were not quite be as Ocean front as they are now, but they would not be falling in the ocean. They did this following the tsunami at a place known as Nash beach, or kite beach in Maui And yes, that’s named after Robbie Nash windsurfing. Legend, From Kailua. After the tsunami, there was not any sand there the events that I was just mentioning happened there and now there’s a giant Wide beach and Sand dunes with native vegetation growing on them at least 12 to 14 feet The tsunami occurred over 10 years ago it does take some due diligence to continue to maintain defenses and move them where they need to be moved to capture more sand. It’s something that should be looked into by the proper authorities as well as homeowners in the area.