Ilitye lentlabathi elimhlophe lahamba kamsinya ngaphambi kwentsimbi yesi-3 emva kwemini eGrandview Beach Encinitas, ihlomela ledolophu emantla eSan Diego. Le ndawo ithandwa kakhulu ngabahlali bendawo, abakhenkethi kunye nabakhenkethi. Abakhenkethi bema phezu kweengxondorha ukuze bafumane iimbono ezingcono.
Abantu abathathu babhubhile kwaye abanye aba-2 benzakala. Inkosikazi enye ibhubhele kwindawo yexhwayelo, kwaye abantu ababini babhubhela esibhedlele. Abasemagunyeni abazange bakhuphe amagama okanye iminyaka yabo.
Umntu wesithathu uhleli esibhedlele kwaye owesine ubenomonzakalo omncinci kwaye akazange alaliswe esibhedlele, abasemagunyeni batsho.
Ulwandle lwaluzaliswe ngabantu ngexesha lokuwa. Inqwelo-ntaka ye-KNSD-TV yathatha imifanekiso yezitulo zaselwandle, iitawuli, iibhodi zokusefa kunye nezinto zokudlala zaselwandle ezithe saa entlabathini.
I-30-foot-by-25-foot section ye-bluff ebekwe malunga neemitha ezili-15 ngaphezu kolwandle yanikezela, ukulahla ilitye kunye nesanti kubantu abangaphantsi.
Amaxhoba aliqela kuye kwafuneka agrunjwe ngaphandle kwenduli.
I-bluff yahlala ingazinzile kwaye indawo yayivaliwe. Amakhaya aphezu kwengxondorha ebengekho semngciphekweni, utshilo uMlawuli woMlilo wakwa-Encinitas uMike Stein.
Ngaxa lithile, izinja zaziswa ukuze kukhangelwe amaxhoba awongezelelekileyo, kodwa ebusuku ngolweSihlanu akuzange kufumaneke nanye.
Amagosa athi iliwa alizinzanga. Bayirhangqa loo ndawo ukuze bathintele abantu engozini.
Kwaziswa isitsiki somthwalo ukususa ubugoxo obuxineneyo, ubunzima.
I-Bluffs inikezela izihlandlo ezine ukuya kwezisibhozo ngonyaka kuMazantsi eCalifornia, kodwa "akukho nto injalo," utshilo uBrian Ketterer, intloko yecandelo elisezantsi laseCalifornia State Parks.
“Olu lunxweme olukhukuliseka ngokwendalo,” utshilo uEncinitas Lifeguard Capt. Larry Giles. “Akukho mvano-siphelo okanye sizathu, kodwa yiloo nto eyenzayo ngokwemvelo. …. Yile nto iyenzayo, kwaye yile ndlela eyenziwa ngayo iilwandle ngokuyinxenye. Ngokwenene inazo ezi ntsilelo.”
Iindawo ezisemantla eSan Diego ziye zasukuzana nokunyuka kwamanqanaba amanzi kuLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, zicinezela i-bluffs ngaselunxwemeni. Ezinye iibluffs ziqiniswe ngeendonga zekonkile ukuze kuthintelwe izindlu ezixabisa izigidi zeerandi ukuba zingaweli elwandle.
Ukuwa kwenzeke kufutshane neGrandview Beach. Limxinwa ngokufanelekileyo, kunye namaza aphezulu kule veki. Abadlali baselwandle babeka iibhodi zabo ngokuthe nkqo ngokuchasene ne-bluff.
Unxweme olude lwase-Encinitas yimicu emxinwa yesanti phakathi kwamaza aqinileyo kunye neendonga ezinde zamatye. Abantu abahleli kwizitulo zaselwandle okanye iingubo ngamanye amaxesha bayamangala njengoko amaza eqengqeleka ngaphaya kwabo kwaye ngaphakathi kweenyawo ezimbalwa eludongeni.
Ezinye iindawo zifikeleleka kuphela ngezinyuko ezenziwe ngomthi ezihla zisuka kubumelwane phezu kwamawa.
I-San Diego Union-Tribune yabika ukuba umhlali wase-Encinitas u-Rebecca Kowalczyk, oneminyaka engama-30 ubudala, wafa kufuphi nommandla ofanayo uJan.
Iphephandaba lathi i-bluff yokugqibela ebulalayo e-San Diego County yenzeke ngaphezu kweminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo, xa Nevada umkhenkethi uRobert Mellone, oneminyaka engama-57, watyunyuzwa yimvula yesanti kunye namatye avela kwicandelo le-bluff ngaphezulu kweTorrey Pines State Beach.
