Part of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapses...and floats out to sea.
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Piers are prone to this sort of disaster.
Were you around when a similar thing happened to the Redondo horseshoe pier in '88? How time flies.
https://www.dailynews.com/ci_7982154/
Were you around when a similar thing happened to the Redondo horseshoe pier in '88? How time flies.
https://www.dailynews.com/ci_7982154/
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Although it wasn't a pier, the Long Beach Pike suffered a similar pattern of neglect.
I remember it had a risky edge that Disneyland could never replicate. The Pike had a safe (usually) dose of grownup-ness that really caught my eye and stirred my my imagination as a little kid.
My mom disapproved, but my dad taught me how to play pool there. He always had to gently guide me away from the spicy greeting card rack.🤣 I'm pretty sure I could've gotten a tattoo at an early age if I'd wanted one.
They had several arcades with plenty of rigged games. A lot of them were slightly veiled gambling machines.
Dad would buy me a deep-fried corn dog and french fries pulled from the same smoke oil. I thought of that artery clogging oil when I saw him on a gurney following a quadruple bypass. I don't think he regretted his choices in life. At the Pike I got to see the man he used to be. A good guy who changed his life to raise me.
Here's a link to some memories:
https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/a-walk-along-long-beachs-gaudy-tawdry-bawdy-pike/
I remember it had a risky edge that Disneyland could never replicate. The Pike had a safe (usually) dose of grownup-ness that really caught my eye and stirred my my imagination as a little kid.
My mom disapproved, but my dad taught me how to play pool there. He always had to gently guide me away from the spicy greeting card rack.🤣 I'm pretty sure I could've gotten a tattoo at an early age if I'd wanted one.
They had several arcades with plenty of rigged games. A lot of them were slightly veiled gambling machines.
Dad would buy me a deep-fried corn dog and french fries pulled from the same smoke oil. I thought of that artery clogging oil when I saw him on a gurney following a quadruple bypass. I don't think he regretted his choices in life. At the Pike I got to see the man he used to be. A good guy who changed his life to raise me.
Here's a link to some memories:
https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/a-walk-along-long-beachs-gaudy-tawdry-bawdy-pike/
It's crazy. I just saw a video of the massive 5-8' swells smashing things to
pieces in Monterey Bay area... In the HARBORS! Giant 40' yachts getting
picked up and dropped down on TOP of the docks they are moored to.
Be careful if you are up there. Doesn't matter if you see the sneaker wave
before it hits you or not when it's the size of a 3 story building...
pieces in Monterey Bay area... In the HARBORS! Giant 40' yachts getting
picked up and dropped down on TOP of the docks they are moored to.
Be careful if you are up there. Doesn't matter if you see the sneaker wave
before it hits you or not when it's the size of a 3 story building...