Scores of homes perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in LA County have had their electricity shut off amid steadily worsening landslides.
The community of Rancho Palos Verdes - 25 miles (40km) south of downtown Los Angeles - has long grappled with unstable land, but authorities say the problem has worsened in recent months.
Now, utility companies are stepping in, fearing fires and other destruction caused by rapidly shifting land while some residents insist on staying in their multi-million dollar homes.
The decision by power utility company Southern California Edison on Sunday cut electricity to 140 homes in the neighbourhood of Portuguese Bend, with further cuts possible.
$5m for disaster relief… so maybe two homes lol. Sorry, not sorry.
These idiots were told by the US Army Corps of Engineers as far back as 1973 that the cliffs were unstable and subject to collapse.
Well, they built anyway full well knowing it would happen some day. Suck it up buttercup.
Source: My Grandfather was part of the US Army Corps and part of the original survey.
I was staring at this wondering what a tardigrade has to do with a landslide but then I noticed
This is why you build by integrating into the hill rather than flattening it.
