I-sandstone bluff yadedelwa ngaphambi nje kuka-3 ntambama e-Grandview Beach e Encinitas, indawo engasenyakatho yeSan Diego. Le ndawo idume kakhulu kubahlali bendawo, abatshuzi kanye nabavakashile. Izivakashi zime phezu kwamawa ukuze zibukeke kangcono.
Kushone abantu abathathu kwathi ababili balimala. Owesifazane oyedwa ushonele endaweni yesigameko, ababili bashonela esibhedlela. Iziphathimandla azizange zikhiphe amagama azo noma iminyaka yazo.
Umuntu wesithathu usalaliswe esibhedlela kanti owesine ubenemihuzukwana futhi akalaliswanga esibhedlela, kusho iziphathimandla.
Ibhishi beligcwele abantu ngesikhathi libhidlika. Indiza engujekamanzi ye-KNSD-TV yathwebula izithombe zezihlalo zasolwandle, amathawula, amabhodi okuntweza kanye namathoyizi olwandle agcwele esihlabathini.
Ingxenye engamafidi angu-30 no-25-foot ye-bluff etholakala cishe ngamafidi angu-15 ngaphezu kosebe lolwandle yadedela, yalahla amatshe nesihlabathi kubantu abangezansi.
Izisulu eziningana kudingeke ukuthi zimbiwe ngaphandle kwendunduma.
I-bluff yahlala ingazinzile futhi indawo ivaliwe. Izindlu eziphezu kwedwala bezingekho engozini, kusho iNhloko yoMlilo wakwa-Encinitas uMike Stein.
Ngesinye isikhathi, kulethwe izinja ukuzofuna ezinye izisulu, kodwa ngasekupheleni kukaLwesihlanu ebusuku azikatholakali.
Izikhulu zithi iwa alizinzile. Bayivalile indawo ukuze abantu bangangeni engozini.
Kwalethwa i-skip loader ukuze kususwe udoti ominyene, osindayo.
Ama-Bluffs athola ithuba izikhathi ezine kuya kweziyisishiyagalombili ngonyaka eSouthern California, kodwa "akukho lutho olunjengalolu hlobo," kusho uBrian Ketterer, isikhulu sophiko oluseningizimu yeCalifornia State Parks.
"Lolu ugu olugugulekayo ngokwemvelo," kusho uKaputeni we-Encinitas Lifeguard uLarry Giles. “Awukho ngempela umlolozelo noma isizathu, kodwa yilokho ekwenza ngokwemvelo. …. Yilokhu ekwenzayo, futhi yile ndlela amabhishi enziwa ngayo ingxenye. Empeleni inalokhu kwehluleka.”
Indawo esenyakatho ye-San Diego ibhekane nokukhuphuka kwamazinga amanzi oLwandlekazi i-Pacific, icindezela ama-bluffs ngasogwini. Amanye ama-bluff aqiniswa ngezindonga zikakhonkolo ukuze avimbele amakhaya ezigidi zamarandi ukuba angaweli olwandle.
Ukuwa kwenzeke eduze ne-Grandview Beach. Incane impela, namagagasi aphezulu kuleli sonto. Abatshuzi babeka amabhodi abo aqonde ku-bluff.
Ulwandle olude e-Encinitas luyizingxenyana eziwumngcingo zesihlabathi phakathi kwamagagasi aqinile nezindonga zamatshe eziphakeme. Abantu abahlezi ezihlalweni zasebhishi noma izingubo zokulala ngezinye izikhathi bayamangala njengoba amagagasi edlula kubo futhi ngaphakathi kwamamitha ambalwa ezindongeni.
Ezinye izindawo zifinyeleleka kuphela ngezitebhisi zokhuni eziphakeme ezehla ezindaweni ezihlala phezu kwamawa.
I-San Diego Union-Tribune ibike ukuthi isakhamuzi sase-Encinitas u-Rebecca Kowalczyk, 30, washona eduze kwendawo efanayo Jan. 16, 2000, ngesikhathi isigaxa esingamayadi angu-110 ububanzi siwela phezu kwakhe samngcwaba.
Leli phephandaba lithe ukuwohloka kokugcina okubulalayo kweSan Diego County kwenzeka eminyakeni engaphezu kweshumi edlule, lapho Nevada Isivakashi u-Robert Mellone, 57, ugaywe yimvula yesihlabathi namadwala engxenyeni ye-bluff ngenhla kweTorrey Pines State Beach.
