A home on the North Carolina coast collapses, 12th incident in five years
PELLETS TO MAKE THE TRAINING
FEEL MORE REAL.
THIS VIDEO.
>> THIS PHOTO SHOWS WHAT IS
LEFT OF A BEACH FRONT HOME IN
BUXTON AFTER IT COLLAPSED
YESTERDAY. AND YOU KNOW, THIS
ONE JOINS A LONG LIST OF HOUSES
THAT IS COME CRASHING DOWN
ALONG THE OUTER BANKS, LEAVING
A DEBRIS OF WATER ON THE BEACH.
WRAL'S KIRSTEN CLARK SHOWS US
THERE IS NO EASY SOLUTION.
>> A MEMORY BANK CRASHING DOWN
ONE WAVE AT A TIME. THE HOME ON
TOWER CIRCLE ROAD IN BUXTON
IS THE 12TH TO COLLAPSE IN THE
AREA IN 5 YEARS. THERE'S
PROBABLY ABOUT 40 OF THEM.
THEY'RE SITTING RIGHT IN THE
SHORT BREAK.
>> AND I WOULD SAY OUT OF
THOSE. THERE'S PROBABLY.
ABOUT 4, 5, THAT LOOKS LIKE
THEY'RE KINDA.
>> WE'RE READY TO GO. I SPOKE
WITH DONNY BOWERS, A BUCKS TO
NATIVE WHO WAS RIGHT THERE ON
THE BEACH SHORTLY AFTER THE
HOUSE COLLAPSED, NOTHING GETS
ON ITSELF. IT'S ON THE VERGE
OF CATASTROPHIC.
>> AND THEN THE BEST THAT
ANYBODY CAN DO IS ABANDON THE
PILINGS WERE COMPROMISED DURING
HURRICANE ERIN AT IN HIGH
EROSION RATES AND YOU GET A
RECIPE FOR DISASTER.
>> IT IS A ROUTINE READ CORBETT
KNOWS ALL TOO WELL. HOW CAN YOU
ACTUALLY PREVENT THIS FROM
HAPPENING IT FROM GETTING
WORSE? WE NEED TO MAKE SOME
FAIRLY TOUGH DECISIONS. THESE
HOMES ARE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE.
THE PROCESS THAT'S LEADING TO
THESE CHALLENGES ISN'T GOING
AWAY. CORBETT SAYS BEACH
NOURISHMENT IS A TEMPORARY AND
EXPENSIVE FIX THAT WILL ONLY
BUY TIME BEFORE THE INEVITABLE.
THERE IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT
CARDEN SHORELINES JEDI'S.
>> THESE ARE NOT SOLUTIONS AND
THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT
SOLUTIONS FOR NORTH CAROLINA
EARLIER THIS YEAR, LAWMAKERS
INTRODUCED BIPARTISAN
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HELP
HOMEOWNERS DECIDE WHAT TO DO
BEFORE THEIR HOMES COLLAPSE.
BUT CORBETT'S, AS THIS IS ONLY
A START, I WANT TO WORK WITH
THESE HOMEOWNERS AND AND DARE
COUNTY AS A WHOLE TO
FIND SOLUTIONS.
>> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY,
BUT WE NEED TO ENGAGE IN THESE
CONVERSATIONS. KIRSTEN CLARK,
WRAL NEWS, NOT GOING TO BE
EASY, NOT GOING TO BE CHINO
EITHER, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT.
>> PEOPLE IN BUXTON ARE BEING
ASKED TO AVOID THE NORTH END
OF THE BEACH. AUTHORITIES SAY
A PRE-EXISTING BEACH SAFETY