Angela Schuetz and her husband were watching the end of the president’s State of the Union address inside their Mount Soledad home Monday when they were startled by the sound of gushing water.
“Escuchamos todo el agua corriendo”, dijo Schuetz.
Theirs was one of two homes evacuated around 8 p.m. when the backyards slid down the hillside.
“Corrí hacia atrás y vi que nuestro cobertizo se había movido y había agua a borbotones”, dijo Schuetz.
Ella dijo que también tenían un viejo gallinero "vacío por un ataque anterior de mapache" que se había movido por la ladera. Varios patios de vecinos también se vieron afectados por el deslizamiento.
Fire department and city personnel evacuated Schuetz and her neighbors on the 7700 block of Sierra Del Mar, and the 1700 block of Soledad Avenue, but Schuetz’s husband refused to leave.
“We knew our house would be OK,” Schuetz said. She left anyway, going to a friend’s house, she said. But Schuetz shares the edge of her backyard with her neighbors, who may not have fared as well.
El tobogán en Sierra Del Mar, donde se encuentra la residencia Schuetz, comparte límites de propiedad con casas en la cuadra 1700 de Soledad Avenue. Pero algunos residentes de Soledad Avenue dijeron que estaban "renuentes a hablar" y "anhelaban privacidad".
The Oct. 3 landslide at the other side of Mount Soledad resulted in property loss and, according to attorneys representing the homeowners, loss of home value. While that landslide occurred on city property, this slide, officials said, is on private property.
Homeowners affected by the October landslide are suing the city because of a series of events leading up to the slide, including water main and other leaks they say caused the slide.
“What I understand was that the initial reports said that it was the pipes from the homeowner’s backyard,” said Arian Collins, spokesperson for the City of San Diego Water Department.
Siempre es posible que algo cambie una vez que alguien comience la investigación, dijo Collins.