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Sydney mansions washed out in the oceans
Jun 6^th, 2016 at 7:52pm

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Sydney's wild weather: Worst storm in 40 years swallows pools, up to 1000 evacuated from their homes and the city's transport system in chaos

Savage storm with 125km/h winds and 12 metres waves slammed the NSW east coast on Sunday
150 millimetres of rain was dumped in Sydney in 24 hours and residents in the northern beaches were hardest hit
Over 5000 calls were made to SES, 30,000 houses were without power and 1000 were evacuated from their homes
In Narrabeen and Collaroy, beachfront properties collapsed into the ocean after waves reaches six metres overnight
Resident Zaza Silk was devastated after her swimming pool was destroyed, saying it was like an 'earthquake'
Sydney can expect another 100 millimetres of rainfall on Monday and the storm moves south to Tasmania

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3625866/Sydney-s-wild-weather-pushes-hom...

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Lisa Jones Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 39047 Sydney Gender:	Re: Sydney mansions washed out in the oceans Reply #1 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 7:53pm Already covered in another topic.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 117985 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Sydney mansions washed out in the oceans Reply #2 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 7:57pm sir Nail, it's explained here:
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GordyL Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4365 Hate Town Gender:	Re: Sydney mansions washed out in the oceans Reply #3 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:01pm Mansions? The houses on that stretch of Collaroy are pretty ordinary.
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Sir lastnail Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 30900 Gender:	Re: Sydney mansions washed out in the oceans Reply #4 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:02pm Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 6^th, 2016 at 7:53pm: Already covered in another topic. What are those houses worth now ? That storm would have knocked off a few million in value. Nobody is going to touch them with a barge pole
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Sir lastnail Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 30900 Gender:	Re: Sydney mansions washed out in the oceans Reply #5 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:03pm GordyL wrote on Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:01pm: Mansions? The houses on that stretch of Collaroy are pretty ordinary. Well they certainly are now
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Sydney mansions washed out in the oceans Reply #6 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:04pm The collapse of these houses has nothing to do with stormy weather so much as criminal negligence on behalf of the people who built them on such poor foundations. Heads should roll.
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Reply #7 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:05pm

I remember some of those houses & apartment blocks being built on the northern beaches decades ago and wondering a) were they crazy b) how did they get building permission.
King tides happen every year and the beaches get eroded. It's a disaster certain to happen one day.
Nothing to do with climate change, it's just weather cycles.

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Lisa Jones Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 39047 Sydney Gender:	Re: Sydney mansions washed out in the oceans Reply #8 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:06pm Lord Herbert wrote on Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:04pm: The collapse of these houses has nothing to do with stormy weather so much as criminal negligence on behalf of the people who built them on such poor foundations. Heads should roll. Plus.....they built them too close to the ocean. I mean duh!
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Reply #9 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:10pm

bogarde73 wrote on Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:05pm:

I remember some of those houses & apartment blocks being built on the northern beaches decades ago and wondering a) were they crazy b) how did they get building permission.
King tides happen every year and the beaches get eroded. It's a disaster certain to happen one day.
Nothing to do with climate change, it's just weather cycles.

Yep.

You'd have to be totally stupid if you couldn't see the risk from the get go.

It's just like that wading knee deep in NT croc infested waters at night incident.....STUPID!

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Lionel Edriess Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1932 Gender:	Re: Sydney mansions washed out in the oceans Reply #10 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:10pm Take look at the mega-piles in California. The whole state is liable to slide into the sea one day. "As long as it's not in my lifetime". Same as in Sydney. One of these days!
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Re: Sydney mansions washed out in the oceans
Reply #11 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:10pm

Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:06pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:04pm:

The collapse of these houses has nothing to do with stormy weather so much as criminal negligence on behalf of the people who built them on such poor foundations.

Heads should roll.

Plus.....they built them too close to the ocean.

I mean duh!

and the more closer to the ocean they are the higher their value until they finally get swept away which is when their value plummets !! Make hay while the sun shines Wink

Can't wait to see malcolms joint end up in the drink Cheesy

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Reply #12 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:16pm

Heads should roll.

For a start - the council that approved the plans.

Concrete reinforced with rebar meshing should have been sunk deep into the ground to bedrock as the foundation piers for the housing to sit on.

Councillors must have taken 'kick-back' money in brown envelopes from the builders who did these jobs. There's no other explanation for this criminal neglect.

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Reply #13 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:17pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:04pm:

The collapse of these houses has nothing to do with stormy weather so much as criminal negligence on behalf of the people who built them on such poor foundations.

Heads should roll.

Technically the Council should be to blame. Firstly, for approving buildings so close to the cliff face and secondly, in lieu of approving the development, for not building a sea wall to minimise potential damage.

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GordyL Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4365 Hate Town Gender:	Re: Sydney mansions washed out in the oceans Reply #14 - Jun 6^th, 2016 at 8:18pm This was just bad luck that a huge storm coincided with the biggest tide if the year. Most oceanfront property in Sydney is on sandstone. Not many like this.
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