http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/2833289p-9283968c.html

Read this shit, "We had no clue," Elizabeth Madonna said. "Why would they build a house somewhere where it would wash into the ocean?"

"Nobody told me it was a stupid thing to do," Semmler said. "If it was so crummy, someone should have said something."


YOU BOUGHT A HOUSE NEXT THE OCEAN, EVERY TIME A HURRICANE COMES THROUGH, THE WEATHER CHANNEL MORONS STAND ON THE BEACH NEXT TO HOUSES FALLING DOWN. HOW CAN YOU BE SO IGNORANT???

I just have a problem with these people blaming their problems on the city/state. The islands move, its a risk you take, if you cant take the risk, dont buy the house.

11/7/2005 8:40:59 AM

11/7/2005 8:42:23 AM

Yea really, if you can afford oceanfront property, you can afford to lose it.

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"After they returned home to Syracuse, N.Y."

People from out of state need to not buy up all our beach property. Good ridence. They have beach in NY. That shit is making it hard for North Carolinians to enjoy our beaches because everything has gotten so expensive.

[Edited on November 7, 2005 at 8:54 AM. Reason : ?]

11/7/2005 8:52:06 AM

hahaha fuckin idiots

11/7/2005 8:55:44 AM

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"People from out of state need to not buy up all our beach property. Good ridence. They have beach in NY. That shit is making it hard for North Carolinians to enjoy our beaches because everything has gotten so expensive. "

"our" beach property? haha...you aren't entitled to shit.

11/7/2005 8:57:03 AM

Want to fight about it?

11/7/2005 9:02:22 AM

YES

11/7/2005 9:04:02 AM

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""None of these houses should be here, not even mine.""

it always amazed/amazes me when they come along and find this pristine, beautiful piece of beach somewhere and build a house on it. people have been living on the carolina coast for 250+ years and there had NEVER been a home built there. "hey we're so lucky no one ever thought of building a house here! look at this view! it's too good to be true!"

hey, dickhead. the people who live there aren't stupid. they didn't build houses there for the very reason you're finding out about now.

so quit whining, you asshole, and quit asking the government to help you rebuild it on the same spot.

11/7/2005 9:26:12 AM

its funny how they have two people of similar intellectual status

11/7/2005 9:26:14 AM

As far as entitlement, I don't know about being entitled to the beach as a resident of NC, but I'm sure as hell happy that these out-of-state people with more money than brains lost their money by doing something extremely stupid with it.

It is not logical or morally fair, and I don't really care. It is straight up schadenfreude.

11/7/2005 10:02:34 AM

yay for other peoples demise!

11/7/2005 10:04:02 AM

SOOOO RICH
AND SOOOO WHITE

[Edited on November 7, 2005 at 10:08 AM. Reason : ]

11/7/2005 10:05:56 AM

^^ that's the NGC sprit!

11/7/2005 10:12:13 AM

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"but I'm sure as hell happy that these out-of-state people with more money than brains lost their money by doing something extremely stupid with it."

yeah, you need to buy the property on the other side of the street. that way in 10 years it will be waterfront and you can sell it for 2 or 3 times as much.

11/7/2005 10:58:44 AM

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"The meeting got raucous. Town building inspector Gene Casey tried to explain why he condemned the houses. People questioned his credentials. Someone called him "the Gestapo." The next day, he was maligned on a local radio station. "It was really awkward," Casey said recently, recalling the meeting. "I felt bad for them." On a recent afternoon, Casey drove his pickup on the sand alongside the eight duplexes, pointing out their problems. None have working stairs. Their power and sewer lines are gone. Their driveways are washed away. Since Ophelia hit, the waves have kept pounding the homes. A deck recently tumbled off one house. Inside, mold climbs the walls. There are cracks in the ceilings and floors. "I want to help the homeowners get some help," Casey said. "Of course, some of them, I want to say, 'Did you look at the house before you bought it?' " Casey and other town officials have tried to put the property owners in touch with officials at the state, in federal government and at utility companies. Some property owners want to build temporary bulkheads to stave off the waves. But they can't, because North Carolina doesn't allow hardened structures on its coastline. Peter Macrie, from Hammonton, N.J., is trying to organize other property owners. He's considering hiring a lawyer and suing the state. "They didn't allow us to protect our property," he said. "If we get the wrong nor'easter, it's all over anyway." "

haha, just like some damn northerners to expect shit to be done for them, all you have to do is do a little research into your "investment" and you would realize it was a bad decision. For all the shit yankees try to say about southerners being lazy and slow, it seems like its the other way around.
and who the hell says "Gestapo" anyways, fucking yankees

11/7/2005 12:35:49 PM

ok so ophelia helped us get rid of some damn yankees.

now what do we do about the mexicans.

11/7/2005 12:42:38 PM

Peter Macrie, you stoopid

11/7/2005 12:52:05 PM

ahaha the gestapo

YES THIS IS EXACTLY LIKE NAZI GERMANY

11/7/2005 12:53:37 PM

^^^ we need a mexican equivalent

like um... i dunno, a statewide tequila shortage or something

[Edited on November 7, 2005 at 12:56 PM. Reason : *]

11/7/2005 12:56:03 PM

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"seven others that line the ocean at Topsail Island's north end"

Topsail Island gets the worst during hurricane season. It's always getting split in half or eroded away or something. Buying a house ten feet from the water was a bad mistake.

But I can't blame this guy

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"Sixteen years ago, Semmler was a Marine stationed at nearby Camp Lejeune, and the house had 200 yards of sand between it and the ocean. "

If you're 200 yards from the water you'd think the house would be fine.

11/7/2005 1:06:29 PM

excuse me

its not a nor'easter (aka a wimpy fucking shower)

its a hurricane, and you'd best respect it.

fucking northerners

11/7/2005 1:10:10 PM

Jhesh here's the best case scenario, houses built on sand, suck!

11/7/2005 1:14:31 PM

actually topsail gets more erosion from northeasters than hurricanes most years.

11/7/2005 1:41:35 PM

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"If you're 200 yards from the water you'd think the house would be fine."

not if you did ANY research

i guess these fools don't know how to type "north carolina beach erosion" into google.

11/7/2005 3:52:25 PM

if the homosexuals would stop fucking each other God would quit punishing my beautiful beachfront property.

11/7/2005 6:01:57 PM

Part of the whole problem is real estate agents are specifically targeting northerners for this type of property because they don't know any better, and NC law doesn't require them to disclose any of it.

11/7/2005 8:03:22 PM

this reminds me of the parable about the foolish man building a house upon the sand

11/7/2005 8:11:32 PM

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"this reminds me of the parable about the foolish man building a house upon the sand"

DO I NEED TO KILL YOU?

11/7/2005 8:40:54 PM

11/7/2005 9:48:41 PM

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""If you're 200 yards from the water you'd think the house would be fine." not if you did ANY research i guess these fools don't know how to type "north carolina beach erosion" into google. "

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"Sixteen years ago, Semmler was a Marine stationed at nearby Camp Lejeune"

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"Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG (http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=GOOG&selected=GOOG)), is a U.S.-based corporation, established in 1998"

Probably not the best way to be angry here. In fact I bet that 98% of people would think that a home 200 yards from the water would be reasonably safe.






[Edited on November 7, 2005 at 10:42 PM. Reason : asdf]

11/7/2005 10:41:50 PM

i kind of doubt the 200 yards claim

there used to be a long pointy spit at the north end, maybe it was 200 yards long

11/7/2005 11:27:37 PM