North Carolina resident films entire beachfront house being 'moved' across the highway on a truck
The bizarre sight only made sense once Coastal Review presented their findings
A North Carolinian recently recorded an incident that looks straight out of the movie "Up." Just like the grandpa in the movie flew his entire house with thousands of balloons, drivers in North Carolina recently witnessed a whole beachfront house being hauled by a truck, with traffic building up behind it as cars struggled to get past, as per the New York Post. Resident Rosslyn Fanning filmed the scene and shared the video on her Instagram (@razzle55).
The footage shows a slate blue house with a hut-shaped roof and white trimmings being transported across a narrow highway along Holden Beach Bridge. According to the outlet, the house was supposed to move to Supply, an island located roughly 14 miles away from Holden Beach, and Fanning spotted it while traveling. An entire house being moved off the barrier is not atypical in the town, but it is still not a common occurrence.
“If older homes on the island are salvageable, they’ll relocate them somewhere inland and build a new million-dollar property on the lot,” Fanning said. A possible reason for more and more houses being shifted from the beach could be chronic coastal erosion. As Coastal Review explains, the erosion reaches rates as much as three to eight feet per year, threatening the local infrastructure and dozens of beachfront properties.
A 2010 report published by the coastal engineering firm Moffatt & Nichol, cited by Coastal Review, estimated more than $27 million of property at risk on the beach west of the Lockwood Folly inlet. Over the years, officials have scooped out millions of cubic yards of sand to build a terminal groin, one of the only solutions they have to deal with the problem of erosion.
In the meantime, viewers are relishing the opportunity to cook up hilarious scenarios about the spectacle. “Even a whole house can travel — so don’t let fear tell you that you’re stuck,” commented @imtracey23 on a repost of the video by @abc11_wtvd. @life_is_too_short1129 shruggingly wrote, “This is nothing new in North Carolina.” @flcougar remarked, “DoorDash is getting out of hand,” while @chotupriyal wittingly wrote the statement, “Postal address: In transit.”
You can follow Rosslyn Fanning (@razzle55) on her Instagram for more travel planning content.
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