Closed Ocean Beach Pier suffers more damage from high surf

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  • čas přidán 1. 01. 2024
  • This weekend’s big surf caused a lot of damage along San Diego’s coast. KPBS Reporter Melissa Mae tells us about the impact on the Ocean Beach pier.

Komentáře • 45

  • @davidhutchison3952
    @davidhutchison3952 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Mr Martinez is a cool fellow. Like his breakdown in laymans terms.

  • @charless8642
    @charless8642 Před 5 měsíci +2

    My favorite pier I miss going here .

  • @edwardthompson5820
    @edwardthompson5820 Před 4 měsíci

    I lived in O B. In the 70's to the 90's. Loved OB.

  • @bigtimepimpin666
    @bigtimepimpin666 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Can people still smoke pot out in public right in front of tge peer?? Or is that closed too.

  • @SunnyDaze095
    @SunnyDaze095 Před 5 měsíci

    So many memories on that pier ☺

  • @ashsherman
    @ashsherman Před 5 měsíci +3

    Bummer, favorite place i l8ved in USA was in Narragansett the last block maybe 200 feet from the stairs down to the cliffs and the somewhat trail to the pier.
    My rent was a nere $1150 for a place i could hear the ocean, same exact place is now $2800 for that same shitty 1 bedroom, and that's why i left Cali.
    (Things kept going up, rights kept disappearing except for drug use, abd too many homeless ,especially San Francisco. And i thought Atlanta, GA was terrible for homelessness.

  • @BuddyGreenbloom
    @BuddyGreenbloom Před 5 měsíci +3

    Wow, look at that shape. Kinda reminds me of the imagined, pop amusement park, pier wave in Lords of Dogtown.

    • @rikky383
      @rikky383 Před 4 měsíci

      It's a rad pier. California's longest if I'm not mistaken

  • @Killereggman
    @Killereggman Před 5 měsíci +1

    Turpentine Trees, the new best pier material. They worked for 100yrs on Catherine Hill Bay coal loading dock.
    Unfortunately we only have a limited amount of these amazing trees in Australia

    • @Patrick-yh5yd
      @Patrick-yh5yd Před 5 měsíci

      Juno Pier in Florida was built a little higher up which makes sense. Concrete is better. Cocoa beach pier has wood pilings and they are now surrounded by concrete.

    • @28russ
      @28russ Před 5 měsíci

      It seems they're critically endangered so I doubt any logging of them would be allowed now anyway. So probably not actually a viable choice due to that unfortunately.

  • @blanko3741
    @blanko3741 Před 5 měsíci +5

    STAY SAFE EVERYONE THE OCEAN IS NO JOKE

  • @hello_its_me.
    @hello_its_me. Před 3 měsíci

    OB july 1982 celebrated me 21st bday drinking 21 Heinekens in a bar I cant remember the name. They had a nice head shop back then too. And the cliffs, a nice spot for romance....ahh the OB memories .

  • @edwardthompson5820
    @edwardthompson5820 Před 4 měsíci

    Worked on Voltaire.

  • @fixfireleo
    @fixfireleo Před 5 měsíci

    Seems they could coat the pilons with a 1/4 of plastic to help seal the concrete and keep the saltwater from penetrating.

  • @starrystarrynight6281
    @starrystarrynight6281 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Looks like it’s rotting? So sad…

  • @BuddyGreenbloom
    @BuddyGreenbloom Před 5 měsíci +1

    Here this absolutely explains why man-made Surf breaks fail. I think aside from trolley cars there’s not much we can do to Jack the wave up. We gotta be patient and paddle as far as we need to go to catch the peak.

  • @Fido-vm9zi
    @Fido-vm9zi Před 5 měsíci +2

    It really looks rough to begin with.

  • @tazzthedogger
    @tazzthedogger Před 5 měsíci +4

    Sleeps with his fish. 🤣

  • @jimblack8027
    @jimblack8027 Před 5 měsíci +2

    What is the value of this pier? What purpose does it serve?

    • @rikky383
      @rikky383 Před 4 měsíci

      Nothing really. It's mostly a tourist attraction and you can fish from it. Some of the older piers used to serve steamships delivering cargo before the railroad reached the coast

    • @keithcanfield3251
      @keithcanfield3251 Před měsícem

      Tourist attractions and a great family outing for those that live there. When I was young I'd fish off Santa Cruz and Capitola piers. As a teenager we'd spend our summer days at the beach and pier. Most of the piers have very successful restaurants on them.

  • @PianoMan-hx3ev
    @PianoMan-hx3ev Před 5 měsíci +1

    Higher, carbon-fiber pilings.

  • @mixwizzard8681
    @mixwizzard8681 Před 5 měsíci +2

    what you should do is dismantle the pier and turn it into a surf park, do what we do and pump sand to make a super bank. and get barrels all year round. house prices will go up. skeg life. snapper rocks mafia

    • @maaags_
      @maaags_ Před 5 měsíci

      You're right about that!

    • @Patrick-yh5yd
      @Patrick-yh5yd Před 5 měsíci +2

      People can surf anywhere.

  • @DMBall
    @DMBall Před 5 měsíci +1

    58 years isn't much of a lifespan for that kind of installation. That stilt-like design is a loser for that location, obviously.

  • @rangel6242
    @rangel6242 Před 5 měsíci +7

    How is this not Trumps fault?

    • @bigtimepimpin666
      @bigtimepimpin666 Před 5 měsíci

      The peer was built over fifty years before Trump tried to become dictator.

    • @JohnSmith-iy4io
      @JohnSmith-iy4io Před 5 měsíci

      ^ TDS X 10TH POWER
      Oh don't you worry- THEY'LL come up with a way to blame this on him too!
      Orange Man Bad!!!
      MAGA

  • @monoped8437
    @monoped8437 Před 5 měsíci +1

    jose has no peers

  • @XPHALCON
    @XPHALCON Před 5 měsíci +6

    Seems like the locals dont really care about this pier.

  • @chuckychuck
    @chuckychuck Před 5 měsíci

    Naw, read your bible. 1619-2019 + 5 = how many years God jewels been held

  • @jeremys5904
    @jeremys5904 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Bill Clinton..."I like em' young"

  • @keithcanfield3251
    @keithcanfield3251 Před měsícem

    Stop spending taxpayer money on frivolous climate schemes and fix the piers. No kid should be deprived the thrill of being on ocean piers.

  • @jeffreybrownlow6436
    @jeffreybrownlow6436 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Remove it...

  • @markpaintdoctor4041
    @markpaintdoctor4041 Před 5 měsíci +1

    This guy doesn't know what the hell he's talking about it's not only concrete on those pillars there is Metal in everyone

  • @SurpriTriangle
    @SurpriTriangle Před 5 měsíci +1

    Im Triangle angel of God..there is a earthquake in the making off the coast of California..stay away from the coast lines off the coast of California..tsunami warning..