RODANTHE, N.C. (WAVY) — All that’s left of 23214 Corbina Drive is a septic tank now visible from the washing away sand and the house it was attached to.
Another Rodanthe house claimed by ocean
The video of the house floating out to sea is stunning, and continuing to blow up on social media. The debris is breaking apart.
Jessica Windsor, like everyone else on the beach, has been talking about “The Floating House.”
“It goes to show you there’s a lot of power in water, and I don’t think people realize it,” Windsor said. “It’s enough to pull concrete, storm drains, everything out to the ocean. I mean, an entire house.”
Rodanthe resident Adam Bittman took lots of photos.
“This is just erosion, and we live on a barrier island that shifts,” Bittman said, “so we must adjust to Mother Nature to a certain extent.”
Bittman has become a self-proclaimed activist to protect Rodanthe and is concerned about the need to do something …