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Pacifica, California
The coastal town of Pacifica, CA has declared a local emergency due to el nino driven waves damaging infrastructure. An article from SFGate is Here. It links to this report from the San Jose Mercury News. Pacifica is a coastal California town a bit south of San Francisco. Like many, it has been built dangerously close to the ocean. This story is likely to repeat, there and elsewhere in California in the coming months and years.
Storm surf has eaten away part of a sea wall that protects Beach Boulevard, which has been temporarily reinforced with boulders and such by crews using excavators. This is a time tested method that time and history tell us usually fails. The waves have also threatened the safety of blufftop homes by undermining the bluff upon which they sit. There really is no fix for this.
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