Before the power went out, the couple was able to watch the storm unfold from a different location through the live feed of a security camera they had attached to the building. “There were at least 6-8 waves to actually hit the house,” Stacey Alves said. In recent years it had primarily functioned as a rental unit and place for family gatherings, but Hawley said the prospect of rebuilding “remains to be seen” due to exorbitant costs of such a project. The home was originally built by Hawley’s parents in 1957 and has stayed in the family ever since. “Unfortunately I don’t think the house can be saved, so we’re going to demolish it.” He estimated that about 4 feet of water surged beneath the home’s light plywood framing and lifted it backward before it settled in its new location when the water receded hours later. “No windows were broken, no glasses were knocked off the shelves,” Hawley said Friday, standing in his living room as he surveyed the home’s interior. Thursday’s powerful tide lifted the 1,171-square-foot home off its foundation and moved it roughly 30 feet inland, still almost entirely intact. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)Īccording to County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Ashley Keehn, the evacuation order for the Rio Del Mar region was lifted Friday and residents were able to return to their homes, survey the damage and begin the recovery effort.Īt the end of Beach Drive, foundational pillars of the home owned by Chuck Hawley were entirely exposed and jutting out awkwardly in the sand where they had been placed more than 60 years ago.
A large log that was propelled over Beach Drive by the storm rests on a fence on the 300-block of the residential beachfront street Friday morning.
A trail of wet sand almost a foot deep in same areas was left behind, along with driftwood the size of a midsize sedan. APTOS - Communities along the Santa Cruz County coastline sustained heavy damage during Thursday’s tidal surge, but when the sun came up Friday morning, many had already begun to pick up the broken pieces.ĭozens of homes along a roughlymile stretch of road at Beach Drive in Rio Del Mar were badly damaged after rising seas and massive piles of debris tore apart concrete walls and rushed through front yards and living rooms.
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