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Date: 12/06/19 19:49
Agencies request $5 million to make emergency repairs to Del Mar
Author: Misfit138

From the SDUT: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/del-mar/story/2019-12-06/agencies-request-5-million-for-emergency-bluff-repairs

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Date: 12/07/19 10:19
Re: Agencies request $5 million to make emergency repairs to Del
Author: fbe

Between San Diego and Los Angeles. Rail line on bluffs with 50 trains per day. Rising sea levels and increased rainfall are factors.

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Date: 12/07/19 10:56
Re: Agencies request $5 million to make emergency repairs to Del
Author: PHall

fbe Wrote:
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> Between San Diego and Los Angeles. Rail line on
> bluffs with 50 trains per day. Rising sea levels
> and increased rainfall are factors.

That and the fact that the bluffs have been sliding into the ocean for a couple thousand years now.

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Date: 12/07/19 11:29
Re: Agencies request $5 million to make emergency repairs to Del
Author: darkcloud

fbe Wrote:
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> Between San Diego and Los Angeles. Rail line on
> bluffs with 50 trains per day. Rising sea levels
> and increased rainfall are factors.


Good grief, the sea levels off CA have only risen 6 inches in the last 70 years.  Zero impact on the bluffs so far.

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Date: 12/07/19 11:45
Re: Agencies request $5 million to make emergency repairs to Del
Author: Lackawanna484

Six inches of sea level rise in 70 years is a material change.

Here in South Florida, any new house constructed on the ocean or bays will be elevated a few feet.

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Date: 12/07/19 12:55
Re: Agencies request $5 million to make emergency repairs to Del
Author: utwazoo

A major factor for slippage is water seepage into the bluffs from homeowners watering their plants and lawns.  Plus there are many more daily trains than in previous years which may increase destablization of the bluffs.

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Date: 12/07/19 16:25
Re: Agencies request $5 million to make emergency repairs to Del
Author: PHall

utwazoo Wrote:
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> A major factor for slippage is water seepage into
> the bluffs from homeowners watering their plants
> and lawns.  Plus there are many more daily trains
> than in previous years which may increase
> destablization of the bluffs.

Those bluffs have never been stable in the first place, they're old sea floor.

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Date: 12/07/19 16:28
Re: Agencies request $5 million to make emergency repairs to Del
Author: goneon66

and at least 40(?) train movements per day shake/vibrate those moist packed sand cliffs apart............

66

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Date: 12/07/19 16:42
Re: Agencies request $5 million to make emergency repairs to Del
Author: fbe

I wondered where Del Mar was so I opened the link. I found a lot of interesting information so paraphrased some of that in my post. Nothing there is speculation on my part.

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Date: 12/07/19 19:50
Re: Agencies request $5 million to make emergency repairs to Del
Author: Nomad

fbe Wrote:
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> I wondered where Del Mar was so I opened the link.
> I found a lot of interesting information so
> paraphrased some of that in my post. Nothing there
> is speculation on my part.

True! But it is speculation on someone else's part.

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