Old beach houses lost to erosion

It's a shame to see these old beach houses being destroyed like this by the ocean. (Article from The State newspaper, 10/21/2005)

The beachfront in some parts of Edisto is suffering badly from erosion. This house was literally on the beach at high tide. The waves literally came up all the way past some of the pilings. When it was built years ago, this house probably had plenty of dunes in front of it. Unfortunately, a rough surf was kicked up by Hurricane Tammy (October 2005), and that was all this old house could stand. The ocean is slowly, but surely, claiming some of these old beachfront houses. Hopefully the beachfront renourishment project will help.

This is the house next-door. They had built a sea wall in an effort to keep the waves from eroding their lot. However, the ocean finally had its way with this house as well.