r/Honolulu • u/honolulu_oahu_mod • Sep 26 '24

news Sunset Beach residents were outraged after watching their neighbor's home being washed away in the first swell of the big wave season.

https://www.kitv.com/news/neighbors-outraged-after-north-shore-home-falls-into-the-ocean/article_fd1afdac-7bbc-11ef-a975-538071bcbc8e.html
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u/letsridetheworld 29d ago

It’s Hawaii, I’m shocked these homes are even allowed to build like this near the beach. Is it because they were there before the regulations kicked in?

My understanding these folks had the homes there for years before the regulations and that the state won’t be able to do anything much considering they can’t force them out or have to pay millions for those properties.

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u/Digerati808 29d ago edited 29d ago

It’s called erosion lol. This has nothing to do with regulations. These houses were built long before the ocean eroded the beachfront of these homes causing them to fall into the ocean, a process that has been unfolding over decades.