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Botany

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5. If the land your home is on is moving 1 foot per week your house is gonna be gone.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 08:05 PM

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Steel beams, pumping out the ground water, jacking up the house, and so on
will buy you a little more time but if planetary forces are moving the mountain your
house is on downhill and into the ocean than you are screwed. ,

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couple KNOWINGLY paid $1.3 million for house in Palos Verdes landslide area...because it was 50% of value [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday OP

An adage comes to mind PJMcK Tuesday #1

so true in this case. BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday #2

Insurance? Probably an exemption for landslides, If they can get it. Norrrm Tuesday #3

no insurance company would insure a home in that condition. BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday #4

No such thing as landslide insurance on regular Klarkashton Tuesday #6

If the land your home is on is moving 1 foot per week your house is gonna be gone. Botany Tuesday #5

true. they can kiss that 1.3M goodbye. Only hope is California gov coming to the rescue.. BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday #7

Salvage what you can from the homes and then bulldoze the rest and make it a sheep ranch, raise figs, and Botany Tuesday #8

I see TV ads promoting a "free money" app BigmanPigman Tuesday #9

new owners is a couple, husband and wife. the guy pictured in the thumbnail is a long time owner BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday #10

My error. BigmanPigman Tuesday #12

the old guy pictured in the thumbnail is a long term owner, a one man army fighting against the landslide. BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday #11

Fuck. With a view like that must be, I'd buy it for $100k. 3Hotdogs Wednesday #16

I feel the earth move under my feet .., usonian Tuesday #13

I feel the walls come tumbling down BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday #14

Trump National Golf Club Rancho Palos Verdes, CA usonian Tuesday #15